Nina's Southern Accents: Beautiful Day-GDP149

Saturday, August 4, 2018

Beautiful Day-GDP149

Hey Y'all!
This week's Global Design Project challenge is a color challenge.

I used the butterfly image from the Beautiful Day stamp set.

I heat embossed it in white embossing powder, then watercolored it with the inks in the challenge. I added a layer of Basic Black with a very thin border just to set off my butterfly. My card base is Night of Navy, with a layer of Bermuda Bay embossed with the Garden Trellis embossing folder. I split the Bermuda Bay layer with some of the Lovely Lipstick DSP from the 2018-2020 DSP collection. I also added some of that yummy Polka Dot Tulle ribbon. I used the Night of Navy Stampin Write Marker ink up the stamp for my sentiment. The original says "Always thinking of you", I wanted a smaller sentiment and left off "Always." To get the "bokeh" look, I sprinkled water from my Aquapainter onto the image then dried it up with a paper towel. I gave the image some extra shine with some Wink of Stella. I also tapped my Wink of Stella pen to add droplets all over the card, and did the same with the Night of Navy ink and Aquapainter.

Such a fun card!

Card Dimensions:

Card Base-8-1/2 x 5-1/2, scored at 4-1/4

Bermuda Bay layer- 4 x 5-1/4, then cut in 1/2

Lovely Lipstick DSP-appx. 1 x 5-1/4

Shimmery White-3 x 4

Basic Black-3-1/8 x 4-1/8

Tips for this card:

Stampin' Up! Ink Pads are great for watercoloring! Just press the lid into the well while ink pad is closed, then open it up and the ink well becomes your palette.
The more water you add, the lighter the ink becomes
Start light and gradually add ink for variation in color
To adhere ribbon, lay down a strip of Tear & Tape adhesive, then place the ribbon on top of that
Use Stampin' Write markers to ink up stamps when you only want a portion of that stamp, or to stamp in different colors.
Get a "Bokeh" effect by dropping water droplet on ink, then blotting with a paper towel.
Wink of Stella always add just a hint of shine, and looks great on most any project!

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Love,

Nina

Product List

Beautiful Day Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[145915]

$21.00