"Go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower, dance to the radio, tell stories, write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something" Kurt Vonnegut
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Here's a card I made using a technique I learned in the Creative Chemistry 101 class. I have always loved the look of watercolors, but was never successful at using them. Using the Distress Ink Pads on a stamp and then stamping it gives the look of watercolor with no effort...a great technique. I used various Distress Inks directly on the stamp, then "huffed" on it to give it a bit of moisture and stamped directly onto watercolor paper. I then attached the water color to a craft card, added a ribbon with a dark brown pearl, then colored a cut out butterfly with Distress Ink and a water color pen (another technique learned in the class). When it was dry, I covered it in Glossy Accents to give it a bit more dimension and attached it to the card. I hope you enjoy this one! 
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Just gorgeous. I love the colors!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE it! What stamp(s) did you use? Must have them!
ReplyDeleteIt's one stamp. It's called Blooming Meadow and it's by Hero Arts. Now I need more floral stamps to use with this technique. Hero Arts has several floral stamps that would work for this...
ReplyDeleteI also meant to say thank you Maddie. I appreciate your commenting.
ReplyDeleteit is stunning! Thanks I might just have to hop over to hero arts and buy that baby!
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