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Monday, July 25, 2011

Watercolour Stamping


Have you tried watercolour stamping? Here I used some watercolour paper and Stampin' Up!'s Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set. After colouring the images with some Stampin' Write markers, I spritzed the images lightly with ordinary water before stamping as normal. The effect was lovely and soft compared to the usual crisp, clean images obtained without water.

There are a few more water colouring tips on PaperCraftCentral.com if you would like to explore a few more options :)

The other cardstock and ink are So Saffron, Bravo Burgundy and Garden Green. The ribbon is Night of Navy and the sentiment is from the Create a Cupcake stamp set also from Stampin' Up! The ferns in the background stamped in Versamark are from a retired Stampin' Up! stamp set called Organic Grace.

2 comments:

Alz said...

What a pretty effect! Lovely to know we can achieve the water colour look with the markers as well as the crayons. TFS Susan. xx

Carla Murphy said...

This is so pretty Susan! Love the watercolour effect and love that gorgeous blue ribbon. =)