Watercolor Thanks

I've been playing with so many of the new holiday goodies - and I'm super excited to share with you what I've been making!  However, after so much red, and Christmas carols (for mood music!), I really wanted a brief break, back to something a bit more "August-y".

I decided to revisit this stamp set, to watercolor another set of these gorgeous flowers.  I stamped my image in Sahara Sand, so that the finished product would look fairly seamless.   Once I had finished my watercoloring, I coated all of the flowers with clear Wink of Stella.  I added the stamens to the bottom flower with my gel pen, and then coated that white ink with my gold Wink of Stella.

I had asked my fellow Inking Everything Teammates for some tips on photographing the glitter on the flowers.  The suggestion was to use a flashlight to highlight the sparkle that the WoS adds.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Supplies:

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock	Gold Foil Sheets	Watercolor Paper	Perfect Plum 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock	Stampin' Rewards: Gift Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set
Aqua Painters	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad
Always Artichoke Classic Stampin' Padv	Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad	Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad	Perfect Plum Classic Stampin' Pad	Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad
Basic Black Archival Stampin%u2019 Pad	Versamark Pad	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder	Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen	White Signo Uni-Ball Gel Pen
Gold Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush	Linen Thread	Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder	Big Shot	Big Shot Platform
Clear Block E	Bone Folder	X-ACTO X2008 Designer Series Precision Scissors, 5-Inch	Embossing Buddy	Pink Heat Embossing Gun | Hobby Lobby | 506345
Stampin' Trimmer	Stampin' Dimensionals	Scotch CAT 085 Advanced Tape Glider,Cure Pink	JVCC ATG-7502 ATG Tape [Acid Neutral]	Stampin' Scrub
Stampin' Mist

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I got TWO amazing packages of fun, new, goodies yesterday!  I couldn't wait to tear into them to play with all of the fun!  This stamp set was not the first thing I had planned to play with, but once I saw the gorgeous Iris, I had to pull out my watercolor things, and give it a go.  

The watercoloring was done by heat embossing the image in white onto watercolor paper.  I then painted the over the top of the image with plain water.  Once the paper was wet, I could "drop" color into the places that should contain the shadows, and it would spread towards the embossed outlining.  Once that was partially dry, I went back in with additional color to deepen the shadows.  This is a very easy way to get a soft watercolor effect that still has a bit of dimension.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:

Elegant Eggplant 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock	Gold Foil Sheets	Watercolor Paper	Stampin' Rewards: Gift Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set	Versamark Pad
White Stampin' Emboss Powder	Aqua Painters	Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad	Perfect Plum Classic Stampin' Pad	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad
Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad	Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad	Clear Block D	Clear Block E	Stampin' Trimmer
X-ACTO X2008 Designer Series Precision Scissors, 5-Inch	Scotch CAT 085 Advanced Tape Glider,Cure Pink	JVCC ATG-7502 ATG Tape [Acid Neutral]	Stampin' Scrub	Stampin' Mist

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