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Friday, October 31, 2014

November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to the November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  


Remember this is a circular hop, so if you get lost along the way, you can always go back to Melinda's blog here.   Each month our group of consultants keeps growing and you will find over 60 creative designs for this stamp set.  If you have been hopping along then you have arrived from Wendy's blog here.


This month's stamp set is "It's the Little Things" - a stamp set perfect for making thank you cards and favors.






When I first looked at this stamp set, I thought - there is NO way that I am cutting out all of these little pieces!  So I decided to play around with stamping the images.  I found a card I made several years ago using the "doodling' technique and I "googled' doodling and boy did I get an updated 21st century version!

I flipped through the Annual Inspirations and I found inspiration in the Brushed Floral paper.  If you have been following my blog lately, then you know that this is quite the opposite of colors that I have been using!



I am really pleased with how this card turned out.  I decided to name my technique  "Brushed Watercolors".  It may not be new but it is NEW to me!


Here are the steps that I did to create the look of the background paper in the card. (sorry - videos are not my expertise!)

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Don't forget to add the accents to your smaller flower as well.

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Supplies:
Cardstock - White daisy, Pixie
Brushed B & T paper
Inks- Canary, Cotton Candy (I don't have Pixie yet) and Juniper 
Waterbrush- retired

I hope you enjoyed this quick tutorial and give this technique a try! Now it is off to Melinda's blog here

20 comments:

Michelle Stewart said...

I absolutely love the effect of this technique. Great job, and love the step by step instructions. Fabulously done!

Wendy K. said...

Beautiful card and great stamp set for the watercolor look!

Brenda Lapp said...

Great card. Thanks for sharing the technique.

Papercrafting with Doreen said...

Thanks for sharing. I will have to give this a go.

Morgan Vogt said...

What an awesome set of techniques - thank you for sharing!This card turned out beautifully!

Unknown said...

What a great technique! I think I'll be giving this one a try!

Judy Faye Garner said...

Cute Card, great instructions.

Unknown said...

Simply wonder! Not a simple card though, just a fantastic outcome!!

Kathy Burrows said...

Like the technique. Thanks for sharing the tutorial.

Melissa Robinson said...

GREAT technique and love the results!

Unknown said...

What a cool technique! Your card is really lovely!

Sheila Bennett said...

Really nice watercoloring card.

Unknown said...

Wow this is beautiful. Great tutorial too.

Michelle Jones said...

That turned out so well. Thanks for sharing the technique...it's always been intimidating to me!

Lauren said...

This is a wonderful tutorial, thank you so much for the instructions!

terryanndiack said...

That is very pretty. Thanks for the tutorial. I have the water brush, just haven't used it. I think you've inspired me to give it a try.

Christine said...

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I just followed your tutorial, the step by step photos were great and I loved what I made :)

Adeline E. Brill said...

Christine- please send me a picture of your finished project!

Patti said...

OH MY GOODNESS Adeline thanks so much for the tutorial it's great and the card turned out BEAUTIFUL!!

Helen Gullett said...

WOW... beautifully done! Love the watercolor effect this card... Pretty color combo too :)