Hello friends! A very happy Holi to all of you!!
Today I have two colorful cards for you which are super simple to create. In both these cards I used the technique of reverse (water)coloring – the images themselves are left white with outlines either stamped or heat embossed and color washes are added around the images to highlight them.
In both these cards, I started with the main watercolor panel by cutting it using SSS Stitched rectangle dies from Strathmore watercolor paper.
For the smaller card, I had to do creating die cutting to get the panel exact size as I wanted but with rectangle / square images, it is pretty straightforward. I die cut the panel ones as it is, then adjusted the width to match my card front and die cut one more time.
I did heat embossing for both these cards, instead of only stamping the images. Using MISTI, I arranged all my stamps the way I wanted then and stamped all of them at once in each case. I used Versa Mark clear sticky ink to stamp and then Hero Arts detail gold embossing powder to emboss these images.
Next I added watercolors around my images using gansai tambi watercolors:
Nothing fancy here, just some waterbrush to pick up color and lay it down on the panel around heat embossed images.
For finishing the blue card, I used an old card base I had created but never used. One one side of this card base, I had used a Darice embossing folder to add some detailing. I mounted my watercolored panel right next to it and added some clear sequins + ppp clear droplets.
For finishing the red card, I used a card base from some blank notecards I had picked up during fall at Michaels. It matched the rich red tones on my card beautifully. I also added a layer of glossy accents to the centers of these flowers, sprinkled Martha Stewart generously over it and tapped off excess. A few iridescent sequins and a couple dot images stamped using Hero Arts Burgundy ink completed this panel.
For both these cards, I also decorated the envelopes – for blue cards, I heat embossed the images while for the red one, I stamped images using Hero Arts Burgundy ink.
Supplies List
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Giveaway
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Thanks for dropping by and big hugs! ~Varada
