I love using watercolor techniques to soften stamp images. From no-line coloring to the impressionist technique I'll be showing you today - watercolor does lots of tricks!
I started with a 5" x 7" piece of watercolor paper, and I made both cards out of that one piece of paper!
I smooshed some Taffy Reactive Ink onto my craft mat and spritzed it with water until I had a nice puddle of ink. I swished the watercolor paper through the ink, being careful to leave a few white spaces for light effects. Then I dried it with my heat tool.
Next I placed one panel in my MISTI and stamped the first set of trees from the Winter Trees stamp set in the Taffy Ink. I sprayed it with water to soften the look until it was slightly blurry, and then heat set the panel. Then I repeated that process with the trees on the left. I stamped each image several times with the MISTI to get lots of Reactive Ink onto the paper before spraying.
Next, I set up the little layering tree from Winter Trees in the foreground on my MISTI and inked it up with Pool Party Reactive Ink. I also added swipes of Root Beer Reactive Ink onto the stamp and then stamped the panel. When I had as much ink as I wanted, I spritzed that tree and dried the panel with my heat tool. To add a subtle texture to the tree, I stamped the detail layer using Unicorn Pigment Ink.
I splattered the whole panel with a white paint pen before adding the sentiment so that it looked like it was snowing.
On the second card, I added more water to the pink trees, and did not add the white detail layer of the tree. I wanted an over all fuzzier look so that my little bird popped into crisp focus. I used a blender pen to add Taffy Reactive Ink to the edges of the bird so it would blend into the background. I also stamped little footprints leading up to the bird in the lower right corner.
I absolutely love pink Christmas cards - I think they add a cheerful tone. Are you getting ready for your holiday cards? Let me know in the comments.
Thanks for stopping by today.
Love both of these cards, Lydia!
Love this look! Definitely will be trying this!