Happy Birthday to you... Watercolour flower spray 7x5in card

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Happy Birthday to you... Watercolour flower spray 7x5in card

 Hi Craft addicts!

 I was thinking of trying a variety of stamping techniques using just one stamp and I have come up with a few ideas and here is one of them using watercolour paints (as it is Watercolour Wednesday) -  more will be posted over the next few weeks....


How I made this card:-

  • I first of all stamped the flower spray image (Woodware's Bold Blossoms - Caroline set) out using Versamagic ink and True White Embossing powder on to some white Ink Me card and heat embossed it using my heat gun.
  • I then added some water over it and then coloured the flowers etc in using Gansai Tambi's Pearl Colours watercolour paints - they are really lovely as they have a pearlescent effect when dry! - I used the pink, yellow, blue and green colours...
  • Once it was dry, I trimmed it so that it fitted the front of an 7" x 5" white card (leaving a narrow border around it).I coloured the background in using Simon Hurley's Clear Skies ink pad. 
  • I then edged it with a bright blue alcohol marker as I thought it would make it stand out a bit more.
  • I glued it to the card using Collall All Purpose glue as it gave me a bit of "wiggle time".
  • I then placed the Happy Birthday to you stamps (from Lawn Fawn's Happy Happy Happy sentiment range) on to an acrylic block and stamped it underneath the main topper using Black  Gina K Amalgam ink.
  • Finally, I added pearl gems (from Dawn Bibby) to the middle of the flowers, and 3 each to the top right hand side and just above the sentiment.

Products used for this card:-
  • 7" x 5" white card and envelope
  • Bold Blosooms - Caroline from Woodware
  • Happy Happy Happy sentiment range from Lawn Fawn
  • Gansai Tambi Pearl Colours watercolour paints
  • True White embossing powder
  • Versamagic ink pad
  • Clear Skies Simon Hurley ink pad (from Ranger)
  • Pearl gems from Dawn Bibby
  • Gina K Black Amalgam ink
  • Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue or Pinflair Glue it glue
  • Collall All Purpose glue
  • Foam pads/tape
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