Congratulations to this week's Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper Kemernow!
I chose this card as my inspiration:
I focused on:
-floral theme
-cut out for sentiment
I changed:
- technique (from markers to distress ink stamping)
-layout
-added back a white panel in my sentiment cut out
I am also linking up to the current Time Out challenge - flowers.
I call this 'no-watercolour-watercolouring'. This is a variation on a technique from Shari here. This lovely sketchy floral stamp set (Golden Garden) has no corresponding solid stamps, so I used solid stamps from another set (Mini Blossoms). I chose a solid stamp that kinda-sorta fit the image I was stamping. I knew this would give me a loose watercolour feel and I purposely did not emboss the outline stamps, so that the ink could go outside the lines sometimes. Each solid stamp was inked with distress ink and then misted before stamping. Each area was stamped with more than one colour, to create blending and interest.
Here's a quick video of part of the process. This was the second time I did this, and you can see that I was using more water than in the card above. This resulted in softer colours. Also, notice the point at which I realize that my Mowed Lawn and Peeled Paint ink cubes got mixed up!