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Today's card project uses a stamp from an Altenew set called Wild Flora. I will be water coloring my image using Distress Oxide Inks. Oxide inks are great for ink blending, ink smooshing and even water coloring. These inks give a soft, milky color and blend really well on watercolor cardstock. Let's get started!!
I will be doing all of my work today on my Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat.
To start, I cut a panel big enough to fit my image out of Canson Watercolor Cardstock using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer. I then place the panel into my MISTI Stamp Positioner and prep it with my Anti Static Powder Bag. I choose an image from the Wild Flora Stamp Set and stamp it using Versamark Embossing Ink. I add Detail Gold Embossing Powder then heat set with my Heat Tool.
Next, I use the white side of my Glass Media Mat and press Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Ink and Victorian Velvet Distress Oxide Ink onto it, I will be using this as my palette. I will be using two Water Brushes filled with clean water, one for wetting and blending, the other for adding color. I wet my first flower and add Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Ink to the base of the flower and petals then blend the color out. I do this for all of the flowers. This first layer will be a light wash.
For the next color I add Victorian Velvet Distress Oxide Ink to the base of each flower and blend out. I then add a little color to the petals and blend. I repeat this process for all of the flowers.
After coloring the flowers, I decided I wanted the flowers to be a little darker, so I add Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink to the base of each flower as well as the petals and blend out.
To finish off the flowers, I add Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide Ink to the shadow areas as well as the center of all the flowers and blend.
I now color the leaves by adding Bundled Sage Distress Oxide Ink to the leaves. Again, this first color will be a light wash. Next, I add Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink to the leaves and blend out.
Now that all of my water coloring is finished, I fussy cut the image using my Razor Edge Shears. *Later before mounting my image, I decided to color the very base of the flowers where they join the leaves with the green colors.
I now take the biggest die from my Stitched Rectangle Dies and cut out of Neenah White Cardsock, running them through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine.
Next, I take my Speckles Stencil and adhere it to my panel using Purple Tape. Using my Blender Brush, I blend Bundled Sage Distress Oxide Ink and Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink to tie in with the colors of my leaves. *This is a great stencil to add a little something to a background without it being busy.
I take the panel and place it into my MISTI. To help with my stamp placement, I lay my flower onto the panel where it will later be adhered. I remove the flower and stamp a greeting from the Wild Flora Stamp Set using Versafine Clair Nocturn Ink. I then choose a sentiment from the same stamp set and stamp it just below the greeting.
I add Foam Tape to the back of my floral image and adhere to my panel. I then trim off all over hang.
I use Double Sided Tape to adhere my panel onto a Coral Reef Cardstock card base. I use my Jewel Picker to add Water Droplets using Liquid Glue and this completes my card.
I hope you enjoyed today's card. I'm not familiar with these flowers, so I wasn't sure how to color them. The best part about creating your own watercolor, is you can choose the color you want to use, whether it's realistic or not! Using regular or Oxide distress inks to do water coloring is a great way to use what you may already have on hand. I've found that most dye based inks work really well for water coloring. Always remember, the type of cardstock used for water coloring is very important. If you are going to be using water to blend your colors, you must use a cardstock that can withstand the water and not warp. This water color paper I use is very good quality for what I do and is very inexpensive. I purchased mine at Walmart for under $7.00 which is a great price for the large pad.
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Jeannie
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