Today I am continuing my series of cards that use a
basic layout and can be recreated using any number of stamp sets that you may
have on hand. I used four different
stamp sets to create these cards as well as using my Aqua Painters to create a
beautiful watercolor background for each of these images. As you can see, I left all of my images as
black outlined images and I love how they turned out. I hope you enjoy them.
Timeless Tropical Stamp Set (ink colors: Balmy Blue, Blueberry Bushel and Soft Suede)
Beautiful You Stamp Set (ink colors: Blueberry Bushel, Seaside Spray and Daffodil Delight)
A Good Man Stamp Set (ink colors: Soft Suede, Seaside Spray and Daffodil Delight)
Sailing Home Stamp Set (ink colors: Soft Suede, Pool Party and Daffodil Delight)
Two of the card bases are 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 ¼” and open like a traditional card, the other two however, are 4 ¼ x 11” scored
at 5 ½” and open from the bottom up. To
start I cut out four pieces of the Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper from Stampin’ Up!
to 3 ¼ x 4 ½” (yes you really need to use watercolor paper). I then used an acrylic
block and stamped it down into my three colors of ink (I will list the colors
below the pictures) and I used my aqua markers to paint a background onto the
watercolor paper, keeping in mind the image I intended to use. For some of the cards I went with a light
wash of color and for others I used less water which made the colors
richer. I was pleasantly surprised with
how easy it is to use the inks as watercolors and how easy it is to watercolor.
Be sure to let the watercolor dry completely before
stamping your images. I used my heat
tool to speed up the process and used Tuxedo Black Memento ink to stamp the
images after everything was good and dry.
For card 1 I used the mat size recommended on the
original layout given to me by my upline so it is a layer of Whisper White that
measures 3 3/8 x 4 5/8”. After doing
that card I just felt I wanted a little wider mat so on all the rest of the
cards I made my mat size 3 ½ x 4 ¾”. I determined
my colors based on the image itself and what colors I thought would work best
with it.
I used a variety of different sentiments on them but
of course any sentiment would work wonderfully.
I hope you enjoy this layout and these cards. I will list the supplies below but remember
you can use anything you have on hand.
If you need to add to your crafting supplies so you can stay busy during
this time when we find ourselves with more time for things like cards head over
to my website at https://craftwithronnie.stampinup.net
or by clicking the shopping button at the top of this blog.
Happy Crafting!!!
Some of the Supplies Used (don't forget to grab inks and cardstock that work with your image:
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