ClubScrap Botanicals Blog Hop

Club Scrap "Botanicals" Blog Hop

Welcome to my blog today!!  So glad to have you here.  Hope you are having a great Spring!  I know my beautiful bleeding hearts are in full grow mode and just about to burst into those amazing little hearts.  I am always stunned by the beautiful flowers spring brings!!

Supplies:
Watercolor paper
Watercolor paint
Embossing powder
Versamark ink
Embellishments (Ribbon, Flowers, brad)

Instructions:
1.  Cut out 4 pieces of watercolor paper 4x5.5inch.
2.  Using versamark ink, stamp images onto paper.  Use white embossing powder and emboss with heat gun.
3.  Paint over entire piece of stamped cardstock with water and then a light wash of watercolor.  Use a wet wipe or papertowel and dab any pooled paint off of the embossed images.  Let dry.

 4.  Spritz cardstock with water.  Using a darker shade of watercolor, dab drops of color in various spots on bookmarks. Let dry.

5.  Use script stamp and light brown ink to stamp script in spots that are not embossed with images.

6.  Used light and dark brown ink and ink the edges of the bookmarks.

7.  Tie ribbon and add to matted watercolor paper and add ribbons.

8.  Adhere matted image to card back.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoy my project and find it inspiring!!

Now would you like to see some more great creative ideas using this month's kit from ClubScrap???  Just check out the next participant in the Blog Hop, please visit Hetty's Blog for more!  You can also visit ClubScrap's Blog for the full list of participants.
 
The majority of the materials used in this project are from ClubScrap. TFL DebDuzScrappin

April Artist Team Challenge

Embossed Resist Watercolor Bookmarks

Good morning!!

Today the Club Scrap Artist team was given the challenge of picking a single image or project from the "Club Scrap Botanicals Mood Board" on Pinterest.  So I chose this card:

I decided to use this emboss resist watercolor technique and make a set of 4 bookmarks that I can leave as Abandoned Art.

Supplies:
Watercolor paper
Watercolor paint
Embossing powder
Versamark ink
Embellishments (Ribbon, Flowers, brad)

Instructions:
1.  Cut out 4 pieces of watercolor paper 8x2 inches.
2.  Using versamark ink, stamp images onto paper.  Use white embossing powder and emboss with heat gun.

3.  Paint over entire piece of stamped cardstock with water and then a light wash of watercolor.  Use a wet wipe or papertowel and dab any pooled paint off of the embossed images.  Let dry.

4.  Spritz bookmarks with water.  Using a darker shade of watercolor, dab drops of color in various spots on bookmarks. Let dry.

5.  Use corner punch to round corners.  Use script stamp and light brown ink to stamp script in spots that are not embossed with images.

6.  Used light and dark brown ink and ink the edges of the bookmarks.  Punch hole and add ribbons.  Adhere some flowers with brads.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!!

The majority of the materials used in this project are from ClubScrap. TFL DebDuzScrappin

Retirement Card - Watercolored images

 I made this retirement card for a long time friend and co-worker.  I have totally been on a watercolor kick.  This is made with water color paints filling in the stamped images.

The majority of the materials used in this project are from ClubScrap. TFL DebDuzScrappin

Beautiful day!!

 Watercolor Card

The majority of the materials used in this project are from ClubScrap. TFL DebDuzScrappin

Watercolor Card

The majority of the materials used in this project are from ClubScrap. TFL DebDuzScrappin