Guess who got to set the challenge for this week?
That’s right!
Me. 😀
You’ve probably seen on here and Instagram that my projects these days have tended to use a lot more heat embossing than before and even some watercolour/inking techniques.
Well this one is a favourite: the resist technique.
For my take I went with an oldie but goody, heat embossing in white and then creating a watercolour background brushed over the stamped image:
Stamps: WPlus9 – Coming Up Roses (r), Concord & 9th – Herringbone Background, Memory Box – Big and Little Words
Dies: WPlus9 – Coming Up Roses (r), Simon Says Stamp – Sentiment Labels
Other: Distress Oxides
And yep, the ink daubers had their first outing for this project.
I started off by stamping the Herringbone Background in versamark onto ivory card. I used a Sticky Grid to hold my cardstock panel in place when I stamped it (I’m still using the first Sticky Grid sheet from the pack and just store it with its backing sheets in place under the foam pad of my Misti).
Once embossed in white I diluted some Lawn Fawn Minty Fresh and Merman ink on a mat with a few spritzes of water and took a number 6 round brush to go over the tiles. I repeated this a few times as the layers dried to get a subtle ombré effect.
I left the panel to dry properly in the sunshine and it crinkled up a bit at the edges, but I really don’t mind that look for this particular card. 🙂
While all that was happening it was time to select some colours and stamps to try out layered ink blending with my daubers and Distress Oxides.
I wanted some autumnal but still August-friendly colours to go with that blue, so I layered up Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Wild Honey for the floral spray, Peeled Paint for the branches, and two tones of blue to stamp the vase: Tumbled Glass and a bit of depth from Broken China.
These Coming Up Roses stamps from WPlus9 are sadly retired now, but they’ve been a great purchase and well worth picking up if you see them for sale somewhere still. I love the multi-step stamping designs that Dawn creates for her florals. You can get so much detail from them in dye ink, but I love how this layering with Oxides allows you to take that a step further.
I finished off the card with some twine on the vase and a simple greeting in Wild Honey original Distress Ink to bring everything together.
Make sure you check out the fab creations from the Design Team and play along if you can! 🙂 Click on the image below to find out more. 😀
Resistance is futile… 😉
 Memory Box – Big and Little Words stamps Shop at: SSS |
 WPlus9 – Comping Up Roses stamps (r) Shop at: MISC |
 Concord & 9th – Herringbone Background stamp Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC | SHC |
 WPlus9 – Comping Up Roses dies (r) Shop at: MISC |
 Simon Says Stamp – Sentiment Labels dies Shop at: SSS |
 Distress ink pad – Wild Honey Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress ink pad – Wilted Violet Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad – Broken China Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad – Mustard Seed Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad – Peeled Paint Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad – Squeezed Lemonade Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad – Tumbled Glass Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Distress Oxide ink pad – Wild Honey Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Lawn Fawn – Merman ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC |
 Lawn Fawn – Minty Fresh ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC |
 Versamark ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SHC |
 Hero Arts – White embossing powder Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC |
 Ranger – Multi-Medium Matte adhesive Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH |
 EK Success powder tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC |
 MISTI stamping tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Sponge daubers Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Tim Holtz – Distress Sprayer Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Ranger – Artist brush set Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Sizzix – Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ | SBC |
 Sizzix – Sticky Grid sheets Shop at: AZ | SBC | SHC |
 Thermoweb iCraft – Purple tape for die-cutting – 1 1/2″ Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
 Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
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