Watercolor Technique: Collection

Here are all of the cards together, even though they use different products, the overall effect is very similar!

~Enjoy!

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For each card showcased below, get the details on each card here:

• Watercolor Technique: Pigment Sprinkles (Green)
• Watercolor Technique: Watercolor Pencils (Pumpkins)
• Watercolor Technique: Ink Pad (Blue)
• Watercolor Technique: Watercolor Pencils (Yellow)

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• Soft Spring Stamp Set
• Country Home Stamp Set
• Paper Pumpkin Stamp Set
• Watercolor Pencils 
• Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2
• Aqua Painter
• Stayz-On Black
• Braided Linen Trim
• Mini-Sequin Trim
• Very Vanilla Scalloped Lace Trim
• Whisper White Bakers Twine
• Night of Navy Bakers Twine
• Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon
• 1/8" Pineapple Punch Grosgrain Ribbon
• Linen Thread

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Watercolor Techniques: Pigment Sprinkles

This one is quick but has the opportunity to be very messy!

~Enjoy!

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I sprinkled a few of the Granny Apple Green Pigment Sprinkles on a craft mat. Then I picked up the color with the Aqua Painter and did a quick color wash as a background onto a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper. It is really cool how different colors come out of the Pigment Sprinkles, I did not add any yellow to this, it came out of the sprinkles! I used my Heat Tool to speed up the drying process so I could stamp the plants with Soft Spring and StazOn Black Ink Pad. I filled in the plants with a mix of Garden Green and Granny Apple Green from the Watercolor Pencil Sets 1 & 2 and water-colored again with an Aqua Painter. I matted the watercolor paper on some Garden Green Card Stock and again on a Whisper White card base. The whole thing is topped off with a bow made from Linen Thread. The sentiment is stamped with one of the images in StazOn Black Ink and the Country Home Stamp Set.

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• Country Home Stamp Set
• Soft Spring Stamp Set
• Pigment Sprinkles 
• Watercolor Pencil Sets
• Watercolor Pencil Sets 2
• Aqua Painter
• Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper
• Heat Tool
• StazOn Black Ink Pad
• Garden Green
• Whisper White
• Linen Thread

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Watercolor Techniques: Pencils

While I was preparing for a swap, I could not decide on what technique I wanted to bring, so I tried several techniques including one with Pigment Sprinkles to use as a water-coloring sample. These are all really quick & simple.

~Enjoy!

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For this one I lightly scribbled Daffodil Delight from the Watercolor Pencils set onto a piece of  Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper, I also added a very light Granny Apple Green (from Watercolors Pencils 2 Set) to the mix as well as a little harder press from the Daffodil Delight to add some depth. Then I went over everything with an Aqua Painter to watercolor it & smooth out the strokes. I used my Heat Tool to speed up the drying process. I stamped the plants with Soft Spring and StazOn Black Ink Pad. I filled in the plants with a mix of Garden Green and Granny Apple Green and water-colored again with an Aqua Painter. I matted the watercolor paper on some Pineapple Punch Card Stock and again on a Whisper White card base. The whole thing is topped off with a bow made from the Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon and the 1/8" Pineapple Punch Grosgrain Ribbon. The sentiment is stamped with one of the images in StazOn Black Ink and the Country Home Stamp Set.

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• Country Home Stamp Set
• Soft Spring Stamp Set
• Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper
• Watercolor Pencils
• Watercolors Pencils 2
• Heat Tool
• Aqua Painter
• StazOn Black Ink 
• Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon
• 1/8" Pineapple Punch Grosgrain Ribbon
• Pineapple Punch
• Whisper White

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Pigment Sprinkles meets Soft Spring

Last card for the day. While the sprinkles were still out and the hands were already inky, I proposed one last project that was quick & simple.

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We decided on the Soft Spring Stamp set. We both used (without talking to each other) the other person's Pigment Sprinkle colors, so I used the Granny Apple Green for mine. We pulled out watercolor paper, added some sprinkles to our craft mats, picked up the color with the Aqua Painter and did a quick color wash as a background. Stamp one of the images in Memento Black and add a sentiment from Country Home. Topping it off is a simple double bow made with Linen Thread. Don't forget to check out Tracy's card! 

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• Country Home Stamp Set
• Soft Spring Stamp Set
• Pigment Sprinkles
• Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper
• Aqua Painter
• Linen Thread
• Garden Green
• Memento Black

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#simplestamping with Soft Spring

This month's Stampin' Up #simplestamping challenge is Birthdays! I always send out a million birthday cards every month, so I am always looking to make more birthday cards! Here is a #simplestamping card I made for the challenge as well as the #casualstamper and #avidstamper versions.

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When I was stamping the envelopes for another card I made, I noticed how pretty it was just by itself and this card was born! I knew I just wanted a few simple elements so I decided to cut down the card front to a 3 x 4.25 Whisper White piece. Then I stamped The Very Versailles stamp set's script stamp in Sahara Sand. Layered on top of that is the Soft Spring branch in Mossy Meadow and the leaves in Pear Pizzazz stamped off. I added a little more to it by adding the dots from Waterfront in Mint Macaron. The sentiment comes from the Seaside Notions stamp set and is stamped with Pear Pizzazz.

The #casualtstamper may like just a little more, so for this card I added border layer of Mossy Meadow and a strip of Braided Linen Thread and a bow.

This card actually settled somewhere just shy of the #avidstamper I think. I was going to add some die cuts to the bottom left corner to give it more dimension, but I was really liking the simplicity of this card. I added a few champagne sequins from my stash and added a few more stamps to the bottom base layer.

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• Very Versailles Stamp Set
• Soft Spring Stamp Set
• Seaside Notions Stamp Set
• Waterfront Stamp Set
• Braided Linen Trim
• Sahara Sand
• Mossy Meadow
• Pear Pizzazz
• Mint Macaron
• Whisper White
• Sequins

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On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Bendall Stripes Collection

Here is a collection of cards using the Bendall stripe from the envelope liner that came with the  July 2019 On My Mind Paper Pumpkin.

~Enjoy!

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Check out the details for each card:

• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Meets Well Written Dies
• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Meets Flourish Dies
• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Meets Geared Up Garage

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin
• Waterfront Stamp Set
• Geared Up Garage Stamp Set
• Very Versailles Stamp Set
• Soft Spring Stamp Set 
• Garage Gears Dies
• Well Written Dies
• Layered Leaves Embossing Folder
• Gold Glimmer Paper
• Bronze Blends Marker
• Old Olive Blends Marker
• Silver Foil
• Gold Glimmer Paper
• Dimensionals

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On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Meets Flourish Dies

One last card using the Bendell stripe envelope liner from the July 2019 On My Mind Paper Pumpkin.

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The background is one of the Kraft card bases provided with the kit stamped with Soft Suede and the Very Versailles Stamp Set. A piece of the Bendell stripe DSP from the envelope liner is layered with a border of Old Olive and stamped with Old Olive and the Very Versailles Stamp Set. The Pear Pizzazz circle came with the kit and is stamped with Pear Pizzazz and the stripe from the Woven Heirlooms Stamp Set. The flourish is cut from the Well Written Dies and the flower is from the Flourish Dies cut with Gold Glimmer Paper. A few sequins add a little bling as well as a double bow made from Gold Trim. The sentiment is from my stash and stamped with Old Olive and the envelope elements come from the Soft Spring Stamp Set and stamped with Old Olive Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake and Mint Macaron.

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin
• Very Versailles Stamp Set
• Soft Spring Stamp Set 
• Well Written Dies
• Gold Glimmer Paper
• Gold Trim
• Old Olive
• Pear Pizzazz
• Crumb Cake
• Mint Macaron
• Whisper White
• Soft Suede
• Dimensionals

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On My Mind Paper Pumpkin Alternative Meets Well Written Dies

Here is another card using the Bendell stripe envelope liner from the July 2019 On My Mind Paper Pumpkin.

~Enjoy!

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The background is a piece of Bendell stripe DSP from the envelope liner stamped with Old Olive and the Very Versailles Stamp Set layered on a Whisper White card base. The Old Olive banner is stamped with Old Olive and the Very Versailles Stamp Set.Sitting on top of that is a piece of Crumb Cake embossed with the Layered Leaves Embossing Folder. Some dies cuts made with Gold Glimmer Paper, Old Olive and the Well Written Dies. I used a Bronze Blends Marker & Old Olive Blends Marker to color the rhinestones for a little bling. The sentiment is one from my stash and the envelope elements come from the Soft Spring Stamp Set and stamped with Old Olive Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake and Mint Macaron.

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• On My Mind Paper Pumpkin
• Very Versailles Stamp Set
• Soft Spring Stamp Set 
• Well Written Dies
• Layered Leaves Embossing Folder
• Gold Glimmer Paper
• Bronze Blends Marker
• Old Olive Blends Marker
• Old Olive
• Pear Pizzazz
• Crumb Cake
• Mint Macaron
• Whisper White
• Dimensionals

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