Faux Watercolour Effect for As You See It Challenge #338

 

It's been awhile since I've played with any watercolour techniques and I thought that the Peaceful Evergreen stamp set would really work well for that.  This week's As You See It Challenge is a Sketch Challenge, which gives me a perfect layout for a watercolour canvas.

Here's the challenge banner:

You can see right where I would plunk my watercolour.

Here's how it turned out:

• I started with a card base of Pretty Peacock, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4".
• I added a panel of Lost Lagoon, 3 1/2" x 4", embossed using the So Swirly embossing folder.
• Just below the Lost Lagoon panel, the sentiment from Peaceful Season stamp set was heat embossed in white embossing powder.
• Two strips of ribbon were added at the bottom of the Lost Lagoon panel: Shaded Spruce Satin & Sheer 1/2" Ribbon, and Summer Splash 3/8" Bordered Ribbon.
• For the canvas watercolour effect itself, I took a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper 3" x 3 1/2" and taped it down on my glass mat with painter's tape on all 4 sides to give 1/4" border all around.
• I started by using a Water Painter to wet the surface of the paper all over. Then I added a little bit of Pool Party ink to create a background.
• I took the group of small evergreens stamp, inked it up with Pretty Peacock ink and stamped it on the wet surface of the paper. The ink bled a bit into the paper to soften the image. o
• I used the small single evergreen stamp and inked it with Shaded Spruce and stamped it in the foreground on the wet surface, letting the ink bleed into the background a bit, again to soften the image. When the paper had dried a bit, I stamped it again to sharpen up the image a bit.
• I added a snow drift stamp in Pool Party to the left of the single fir.
• With a wet brush I moved some more ink around to create more watercolour like effects.
• I took some Whisper White craft ink, added some water to dilute it and loaded a brush. I tapped the brush on my finger over the picture to get tiny  sprinkles of snow. I used a tissue to blot one or two larger ones, giving a misty look to the background.
• I added some White Snowflakes as embellishments.

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Product List

Peaceful Evergreens Cling Stamp Set [164153]	Peaceful Evergreens Bundle [164025]	Peaceful Season Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [164145]	Peaceful Season Bundle (English) [164021]	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612]
Pretty Peacock 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150880]	Lost Lagoon 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133679]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083]	Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad [147088]
Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097]	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107]	Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill [147277]	Basics Embossing Powders [155554]	Shaded Spruce 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Satin & Sheer Ribbon [164224]
Summer Splash 3/8" (1 Cm) Bordered Ribbon [163786]	White Loose Snowflakes [164128]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]	Embossing Additions Tool Kit [159971]	So Swirly Embossing Folder [163791]
Water Painters [151298]	Stampin' Seal [152813]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]

Peaceful Evergreens for As You See It Challenge #337

As the sun sets in the west, I have another Speed Stamping Challenge to pull off for As You See It Challenges. This time the theme is trees, thanks to the Queen of Speed Stamping herself, Team Member Jan, and the title of the As You See It blog post is Turbo Trees! If you're not familiar with Speed Stamping, the idea is that you have 10 minutes to produce a card or other project. You can plan out your card and gather your materials ahead of time, but as soon as you ink up, die cut, cut cardstock or anything else involved in the process of making, you must start your timer.

Here's the Challenge Banner:

Here's what I was able to throw together in less than 10 minutes:

• I started by cutting a card base of Cherry Cobbler cardstock, measuring 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" and scoring it at 4 1/4".
• I embossed a piece of Basic White cardstock, measuring 5 1/4" x 4" with the Painted Trees 3D embossing folder and added it to the front of the card base.
• I stamped the largest tree from the Peaceful Evergreen set with Mossy Meadow on Basic White cardstock and die cut it with the coordinating die from the Peaceful Evergreen dies. This was adhered to the card front as shown.
• On a piece of Basic White backed with Foam Adhesive Sheets, I die cut the scroll banner from Peaceful Season dies, then, using Cherry Cobbler ink, I stamped Merry on it using the sentiment stamp from the Peaceful Season stamp set.
• On a rectangle of Cherry Cobbler cardstock, backed with Foam Adhesive Sheets, I die cut the silhouette for the word Christmas with the die from the Peaceful Season dies.
• From a strip of gold foil, I die cut the word Christmas with the die from the Peaceful Seasons dies, and adhered that to the red silhouette.
• I removed the backing from the Foam Adhesive Sheet on the back of the Cherry Cobbler Silhouette and added the word Christmas to the bottom of the card front, leaving a bottom border of about 1 1/4".
• Just above that I attached the Merry sentiment, by removing the backing from the foam.

I finished my card in 9 min 6 sec, which, when you're counting down from 10 min looks like this:

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If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.

Product List

Peaceful Evergreens Cling Stamp Set [164153]	Peaceful Evergreens Bundle [164025]	Peaceful Season Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [164145]	Peaceful Season Bundle (English) [164021]	Gold Foil Sheets [132622]
Cherry Cobbler 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119685]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111]	Cherry Cobbler Classic Stampin' Pad [147083]	Painted Trees 3 D Embossing Folder [164026]
Peaceful Evergreens Dies [164024]	Peaceful Season Dies (English) [164020]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]	Foam Adhesive Sheets [152815]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]