Watercolor wash – A Stamping Journey

Another one with the Stampin’ Up! Rustive Centerpiece Stamp Set. I have been playing with this over the last few days. Lots of creative fun with it.

This time I created a Watercolour Wash over some Watercolour Card.

To create it I washed over some Watercolour Card with the Soft Sea Foam. I added a few drops of the Reinker in to the lid of the Ink Pad and added some water to it and swirled it around to mix it. With the Water Painter I washed over the card. Then I left it to dry before stamping on it.

When I came back to it the piece nearly went in to the bin. When it was drying I didn’t like the colours that were coming out. I picked it up to throw it and thought maybe I will just try stamping on it and see how it turns out. (To see if it works ok 😄). It was my little experiment. I actually thought it turned out passable in the end.

The succulents are stamped in Garden Green. I think the Black sentiment helps it all to POP. That was heat embossed in White on the Black card. The sentiment is from the Simply Said Stamp Set. The paper is from the Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper.

So the card lived to fight another day. Just a word of encouragement. If you don’t like how something is turning out, persevere with it. Put it aside, walk away, come back and work on it. You never know. It might just become a hero.

This is the Rustic Centerpiece Stamp Set if you missed it. It was released yesterday as an Online Exclusives.

You can find the stamp set -> HERE along with other Online Exclusives.

If you are in Australia I would love to help you get them. You can head to my store at the above link or Contact me directly.

Happy Crafting,

Jenny

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SNOWFLAKE SHOWCASE WEEK – DAY 3 – AND A VIDEO FOR WEDNESDAY’S WOW!

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 Jenny Hayward

Day 3 of our Snowflake Showcase Week. Half-way through. Today’s card is simple really but I think effective – and they can turn out differently each time.

The background for this card is a Watercolour wash. I have used Bermuda Bay and of course the Snow is Glistening stamp set and Snowfall Thinlits.

The large snowflake is cut from the White Velvet Paper. Have I told you how soft and furry it is? So nice and adds such a lovely texture to your projects. I have also used the Silver Glimmer Paper and the tiny snowflake is from the White Velvet Paper too.

Do you want to see how I have done the Watercolour Wash background? Since it is a Wednesday and time for Wednesday’s WOW! #45 I thought I would combine the two. How about that. 🙂

You can see the video below. (NB: If you receive the blog updates by email and the video hasn’t shown then click on the title at the top to go to the blog post and watch it there).

I am just starting out more with videos. They are not easy let me say … 🙂 I would love to know your thoughts and if you have any suggestions to improve them, please drop a comment and let me know.

How are you liking the Snowflake Showcase products? Have you bought any yet?

Just a reminder what these products are as you couldn’t see them well in the video.

If you are in Australia you can order these now from me. Remember these are only available in November AND only while supplies last, so don’t delay with them.

Order in store -> HERE. Please use the Host Code: KGQKCBA4

OR email me to arrange an order.

Thanks for watching. Now go and try that wash technique.

Jenny

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FRESHLY MADE SKETCHES #200 – TAKE 2!

August 24, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Yesterday I shared a card I made for the Freshly Made Sketches 200th Birthday Challenge. I mentioned that the card I posted wasn’t my first card I made for it. I wasn’t really happy with the first card but I thought I would show you it today. It was my first time inking this stamp set up and I had an idea in my head but it just didn’t seem to work. I don’t know?? You can be the judge. 🙂

Here is my card.

I started with watercolour paper and lightly misted water on the card. Then I used an aquapainter and the inkpads to brush colour over the card picking up ink from the pool of ink in the lid. I used Marina Mist, Calypso Coral and Pear Pizzazz and let it dry. Really I left it overnight as I had to get going doing other things. I really wanted to stamp the card to get it finished and picked up the stamp several times to stamp but had to seriously talk to myself to wait!!! The stamp set is ‘Gift From The Garden’. I stamped the pots in Mossy Meadow onto the card and then on scrap white stamped them again in Calypso Coral. I cut the pots out and raised them up off the card with dimensionals. I stamped the gloves onto scrap white card also and cut them out. The greeting is from ‘Butterfly Basics. I finished the card off with Whisper White Baker’s Twine and a Marina Mist Candy Dot.

Something is a miss though. What do you think????

Thanks for visiting today. I hope your week is super awesome. 🙂

Jenny