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Water-coloring TWO ways with video tutorial!

In August our Flowerbug's Team had our usual card swap – this time we featured either Sale-a-Bration or Holiday catalog products.  I chose to use both!  

I created this card for a few reasons; I wanted to use the Aspen dies (LOVE THEM) and also wanted to create a water-colored background.   What do you think?  

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I chose to use Orchid Oasis as my card base and added Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry and a bit of Tahitian Tide in the water-color wash at the bottom. 

Be sure to watch the video below to see how it's done.  It's super simple and hard to mess up!  Honest!  

Tips for a successful water color wash:

  • Wet the water before adding ink.  This is super important!  The ink will spread so much easier and without lines if the paper is wet. 
  • I used our Water Painters – but a paintbrush also works. 
  • Use a heavy paper such as watercolor paper, Thick White or Vanilla or Shimmer paper. Here I used our Silver & Gold DSP from the Sale-a-Bration catalog.  It worked but thicker paper is easier and has less chance of the paper fibers lifting. 
  • Let the paper dry between layers if you want a definite line between colors – like this sunset & water combo.  

Other details:

  • I stamped the bird in Orchid Oasis and colored him in with our watercolor pencils and a blender pen.  
  • The greeting is from the Perched in a Tree stamp set – it's in a bundle with the Aspen dies I used here. 
  • The greeting die-cut is from the All That dies. 

The Aspen dies are available in three ways – in the Bundle at a 10% discount, separately from the Perched in a Tree stamp set or free during August & our Sale-a-Bration promotion. 

*Best buy: purchase the Perched in a Tree bundle in August and choose a $50 Sale-a-Bration choice for free!  See them all here. 

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  • 2 fabulous new Kits in our Kit Collection

    At the beginning of each month Stampin’ Up! adds at least 2 new kits in their online Kit Collection. This month they’re extra special!

    First is a 9 card kit called Painted Skies and it’s a big WOW.

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    See what I mean? This is an all inclusive kit that has no stamping required. You’ll be especially proud to give these cards away.

    Each one is a fun fold card that opens once and then once more. It comes with everything you need to complete them. Pre-stamped greetings, die-cut beachy elements, Dimensionals, gems and adhesive. It’s $18 and you can see it here.

    The second new kit is a big Scrapbooking kit called Sunniest Stories and can be seen here.

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    It can create at least 12 pages like the two above! That’s 6 double layouts in 12 X 12″ size.
    It includes the following:

    Step-by-step instructions

    -12 sheets of single-sided Designer Series Paper

    -4 sheets of precut images and phrases & 4 sheets of cut-apart designs

    -20 colored and patterned 4″ x 6″ cards

    -1 sheet of printed stickers

    -8 yards (7.3 m) of Tear & Tape Adhesive, 100 Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals & 50 Mini Glue Dots

    Here’s a photo of the kit elements:

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    Whether it’s card making or scrapbooking; our Kit Collection will have what you’re looking for. See it all here.

    April Specials:

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    Product of the Month is the Eyelet Blooms dies

    *Get a free 12 project tutorial when you redeem this POM from me!

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  • A WOW card with Swirled Designs

    This is one of those cards you will not soon forget; the Swirled Designs bundle is so cool!

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    See what I mean? The colors include Blueberry Bushel, Shaded Spruce & White. Striking, bold colors for a celebratory card. The stars are die-cuts from the Swirled Designs dies.

    The Swirled Designs bundle was a sleeper; not many people have used it. But once you do…. you’ll want to use it over and over. See the stamp set here and the dies here. You can choose the bundle here, but the dies are discounted which makes it almost the same cost to order separately. It’s on the Last Chance list unfortunately; only available while supplies last.

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    For the greetings I used the Reason to Celebrate stamp set. Wonderful and specific greeting images you will love. See it here.

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    It’s a simple fun fold card where you score the front one extra time. I used the Garden Poetry DSP for the left side panel. That’s where I got the idea for my colors.

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    If you’d like the free project sheet for this card click here. You can download or print it for future projects.

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    Below is the video tutorial. Please follow me on Facebook here or my YouTube Channel here so you don’t miss a thing!

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    Product of the Month is the Eyelet Blooms dies

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  • Gorgeous Petals of Beauty fun fold card with video

    This pretty card was a big favorite of my club gals in March.

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    It features the Brushed with Beauty suite which includes many items that are now on the Last Chance list!
    The Petals of Beauty bundle was used mostly for the stamped images and die-cuts. See it here.

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    My card base is Very Vanilla with the following additional colors: Mossy Meadow, Petal Pink, Darling Duckling.

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    Look at the airy Vanilla flower petal die-cuts above. They are not meant to match which I love!

    You cannot tell but there is a window sheet sandwiched between the top and bottom layers. It adds a bit of surprise to the card. The rounded leaf die-cut is cut from the new Wood Grain Wonders 12 X 12″ specialty paper seen here. It has a very faint wood grain to each sheet in all wood tones. I added a bit of Mossy Meadow ink to the one on the right above.

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    I added designer paper to the inside layers as well; all from the Brushed with Beauty DSP seen here.

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    If you’d like the free project sheet click on this link to download or print it.

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    Below is the Video tutorial for this card and one more striking celebratory card featuring the Swirled Designs bundle

    April Specials:

    Check out the Last Chance list here; these items go fast!

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    Product of the Month is the Eyelet Blooms dies

    *Get a free 12 project tutorial when you redeem this POM from me!

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