Today I have been working with the Stampin’ Up! Beautiful You Stamp set with Watercolor paper and the new Watercolor pencils. I love the backgrounds that you can make with the Watercolor pencils. I have put together a Watercolor class using the pencils and the Beautiful You stamp set!
This is a card that was inspired by one of my downlines on the Stamping New England Design Team, Margaret Galvez. I love this card!
So the details on this card:
This 3D Frame is made by scoring a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Night of Navy Cardstock at 5″, 5 1/2″ & 10 1/2″. Then cut out a window on the front panel by cutting 1/2″ in on each side of the card leaving a 1/2″ window. Cut a 4 1/4″ x 1″ piece of Night of Navy cardstock. Score down the middle at 1/2″ Fold in half and attach to inside of frame with Tear & Tape to hold the frame together.
The actual image in the frame is a 4 7/8″ x 4 1/8″ piece of Watercolor paper. I used the Rich Razzleberry and Melon Mambo pencils and scribbled on the Watercolor paper from the top to 2/3 of the way down the paper. Next I used an aqua painter filled with water to spread and blend the color from the pencils. I used a fair amount of water to make a lighter im
age. You can use less water if you want a deeper image. Then I colored the bottom of the paper with the tempting turquoise pencil and again used the aqua painter to blend the pencil. Set this aside to dry.
In the meantime – stamp the dancing lady from the Beautiful You stamp set on a scrap of Whisper White cardstock with Black Archival ink. Use the pencils to color in this image and cut the lady out. Ink up the top half of the lady and stamp on a scrap of dazzling diamonds glimmer paper to make just the top of the dress. Cut this out. Attach to the dancing lady image that you cut out.
After the watercolor paper has dried, stamp the dancing lady image again lining up the bottom of the foot with the line between the pink and blue of the background. Use dimensionals on the back of your dancing lady that you have cut out. Attach over the stamped image on the watercolor background. Attach the background to the inside of the frame.
Stamp the phrase “Life Looks Beautiful on You” with the black archival ink on a scrap of Whisper White. Cut out with the layering oval framelits. Cut an oval scallop one size larger from a scrap of Soft Sky cardstock.
To add a little dimension to the frame, I used a Wink of Stella pen to outline the inside edge of the frame. It adds just enough pizazz to pull your eye to the card.
I hope you have enjoyed my card today!
Happy Stamping!
