Hi! Flying by today with my entry for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Card! This week's theme is "The Artsy Stamp" and I chose a pretty bird stamp from Judikins as my 'artsy' starting off point. I'm sharing a fun technique today too - hope you like it!
Here is my finished card, with a watercolor bird, some hand dyed ribbon and a pretty sentiment!
The bird and the sentiment were both watercolored with stamps! Have you done this yet? The "enjoy" word is from Papertrey Ink. I stamped it in Corduroy Distress Ink and then gently put water over the ink to blend it together!
The bird was done the same way. It's stamped and then blended! More photos below of my steps. Here is a close up of the final bird I chose. I made a bunch, and each one came out slightly different. Nice surprises when you watercolor...
Here is my stamp after I colored it with some Distress Markers....
It doesn't look very pretty yet...I stamped it onto watercolor paper so you get the outline of the image, but not all the details...
Next up, take your water brush and wet the image very sparingly. You can always add more! See how the colors blend together? Love that!
After I stamped my bird, I had to wait for him to dry, so I made my own dyed to match ribbon using water and Distress Ink pads in the same colors as the bird. I like to match ya know!!! Dyeing my own ribbon is one of my very favorite things to do.
I put the whole card together by adding my ribbon in the corner with a pretty Tim Holtz charm. I added some light speckles of brown all over the main part of the card too.
Enjoy YOUR day! And thank you for coming by my blog!
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Whoa! Very different for you. I really like this. Very fancy schmancy!
Posted by: Princess Judy | 06/10/2014 at 12:56 PM
Sooo pretty! Love that watercolor look! If I didn't know you used a stamp I'd think it was hand-painted!
Posted by: Jen | 05/29/2014 at 11:34 AM
Beautifully done, Wanda! Love the colors you chose!
Posted by: Lin | 05/28/2014 at 10:18 AM
Oh! What a pretty bird...I love watercolors. I think they present such a mystery, with no definite lines. Your bird is beautiful. Love the ribbon as well!
Posted by: Fonda Jo | 05/28/2014 at 07:52 AM
I am in love with the watercolor look, and your technique here is really cool, Wanda! So fun and beautiful! TFS your process!
Posted by: Audrey Pettit | 05/28/2014 at 07:06 AM
WOW love it..so gorgeous!
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 05/28/2014 at 03:19 AM
Lovely card and a great watercolour technique too. The teals and browns also compliment each other so well. Thanks for joining us for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!
Posted by: Dan | 05/27/2014 at 06:08 PM
WoW!! AMAZING!! I LOVE the water colored bird and the overall design!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and have a Fabulous Week!! =)
Posted by: THANKS | 05/27/2014 at 02:31 PM