Distress Ink Watercoloring + Whimsy Stamps Reveal #2

Well hello everyone and welcome back to day two of the Whimsy Stamps April release! Today we are showcasing my newest stamp set, Mom’s Layered Flowers. I’m using it in a distress ink watercolor technique to create a pretty Mother’s Day card.

When I was designing the Mom’s Layered Flowers set, I wanted to make sure it could be used year round for a variety of mom-themed cards. You can mix and match the sentiments to create custom greetings, and the florals can be stamped in a variety of ways to create pretty bouquets!

For this card I heat embossed the outline floral images onto watercolor paper; I love how the white outlines of the heat embossing make these flowers feel like the are painted in the no-line watercolor style.

Heat embossing your images rather then simple stamping is also a great way for new watercolorists to practice their coloring skills!  You don’t have worry about color bleeding into other areas because the heat embossed lines contain the watercolor into the areas inside the lines.

After watercoloring three flowers and a few leaves and stems, I fussy cut them each out using some precision tip Cutter Bee scissors; these are my favorite scissors for detail cutting.

I created the background by pouncing Evergreen Bough distress ink onto my watercolor paper and adding some water droplets for texture. I die cut the panel using a Whimsy Stamps Handstitched Rectangle die.

Using the sentiments from Mom’s Layered Flowers, “Mother” is gold heat embossed onto vellum and fussy cut out; I built the rest of the sentiment using Hero Arts Soft Granite shadow ink and a small white banner. I tucked the banner behind the flowers, which are popped up off the panel using foam tape.

To finish off my card, I matted the watercolor panel using gold foil paper and added a few Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins around as well.

MORE INSPIRATION

If you enjoyed this post, here are some more cards I’ve created that you might be interested in featuring stamps and dies from Whimsy Stamps! Click on the photos to be taken to the corresponding posts.

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PRODUCTS

If you are interested in any of the products used in this post, I have them all linked below to Simon Says Stamp. Affiliate links used when possible.

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SIMON SAYS STAMP

Hand Stitched Nested Rectangles	Pretty Pink Posh SPARKLING CLEAR MIX Cupped Sequins	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SHABBY SHUTTERS	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MOWED LAWN Ranger Summer TIM35008	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad EVERGREEN BOUGH Ranger Winter TIM32854	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad WILTED VIOLET
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SPUN SUGAR Ranger TIM27164	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GATHERED TWIGS Ranger Fall TIM32823	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad BRUSHED CORDUROY Ranger TIM21421	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad WILD HONEY Ranger TIM27201	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SCATTERED STRAW Ranger TIM21483	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad WORN LIPSTICK Ranger TIM21513
Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark	Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad SOFT GRANITE Mid-Tone AF226	US Artquest MATTE Perfect Paper Adhesive	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White 660425	*Ranger Perfect Pearls PERFECT PEARL Individual Pigment Powder	EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator 54-04002
Silhouette GOLD Printable Foil	Canson XL WATERCOLOR PAPER 9×12 Pad 726259	Bazzill 40 LB VELLUM 8.5 x 11 White 25 Sheets	Bright White Linen Cardstock PAPER AND MORE	WHITE FUN FOAM 12 Pack 118711 9 x 12	EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors EKCB01
Kool Tak DOUBLE-SIDED TAPE Clear	*3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4″” Adhesive Glue Gun

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