...till Christmas Day! There is still so much to do, but the excitement certainly is growing in our household! Each new gift that appears under the tree must be shaken, sniffed and carefully examined to determine its contents. Christmas sure is fun with a 7-year-old in the house!
I have been so busy shopping, baking and wrapping gifts that I haven't had much time to play in my stamp room (unless you count the hours spent wrapping!). I do want to show you the third project I designed for my Blendabilities Club this month...
Can you believe I achieved that soft watercolour look with Blendabilities?? Its SO easy! First of all, I stamped the
Blended Bloom image in
Melon Mambo ink. Did you know that there are several Classic ink colours that work with Blendabilities? Check out the list below:
- Always Artichoke
- Baked Brown Sugar
- Blushing Bride
- Calypso Coral
- Coastal Cabana
- Crisp Cantaloupe
- Crumb Cake
- Crushed Curry
- Daffodil Delight
- Garden Green
- Hello Honey
- Marina Mist
- Melon Mambo
- Lost Lagoon
- Old Olive
- Pear Pizzazz
- Pink Pirouette
- Pistachio Pudding
- Pool Party
- Pumpkin Pie
- Sahara Sand
- Smoky Slate
- So Saffron
- Soft Sky
- Tangelo Twist
- Tangerine Tango
- Tempting Turquoise
- Wild Wasabi
- Wisteria Wonder
Now, to create the soft colour, begin by colouring 4-5 petals at a time with the lightest shade of
Melon Mambo Blendabilities. Then go over each petal with the
Colour Lifter, working in a circular motion using the fine tip. Be sure to only work 4-5 petals at a time, so as not to allow the ink to set completely...it is much easier to lift the colour when it is still damp. I really worked the folded parts of the petals to achieve a very light shade of pink.
For the centre of the flower I coloured the stamens using the lightest shade, but didn't use the colour lifter on them. The area between the stamens and the centre of the flower I coloured with the medium shade of
Melon Mambo Blenda's. The centre is coloured with the lightest shade of
Old Olive Blenda's and then lightened further with the
Colour Lifter.
The rest of this card is pretty simple. I used the
Perfect Polka Dots TIEF to emboss the background and the
Circles Framelits to create the cut-out for the bloom. The sentiment is from the
A Dozen Thoughts set and is stamped in
Pear Pizzazz ink. I used some
Melon Mambo 1/8" Taffeta ribbon by way of embellishment. The entire card is on a
Pear Pizzazz card base.
I kept the inside very simple to allow lots of space to write, stamping the
Blended Bloom image twice in
Melon Mambo ink.
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