WSC 20: For Victoria
September 21st, 2007
Here is my take on Beate’s Sketch for this weekend! I made my card to send out today to Victoria. You can read about her story here, and if you are so inclined, please take action TODAY! There is a timeline to this!
For this week’s challenge, I used a new set from Cornish Heritage Farms called Marieke’s Flowers #1. To enable you, there are 3 sets in the Marieke series - adorable - under $10.00 each! When I want to watercolor fine line images, many times I emboss the image. It helps to hold the watercolor ‘in the lines’.
If you are a regular reader here, you know that I use A LOT of Shimmery White Cardstock….sometimes I want it colored. I could brayer the color on, but sometimes I want soft, watery color. When that is the case, I do a little technique that I call ‘Wash & Dry’. I lightly brush color over the entire surface of the cardstock. I use my aquapainter or a wide watercolor brush. You have to be very careful with the shimmery cardstocks, they don’t take as much water as watercolor paper without the water making spots in the cardstock from getting too wet. After I have lightly brushed the color, I set the color with my heat gun. This helps to avoid the wet spot problem. Here is a close up of what I am talking about:
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Stamps: Marieke’s Flowers #1 - Cornish Heritage Farms, Polka Dot BG - SU!, Sentiment SU! Happy Thoughts
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Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise, Creamy Caramel and Shimmery White
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Ink: Chocolate Pigment for Embossing, Turquoise, Caramel, Cocoa
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Accs: Offray Ribbon, Punches and Mini Brads
Have a wonderful weekend! We have a swim meet and a rodeo among the normal weekend routines, so it’s sure to be hoppin’!
September 21st, 2007 at 9:13 am
Whoa, that ribbon is GAW-JUS!! Are those flower new CHF stamps? . . . I love them! This is beautiful, Lori!
September 21st, 2007 at 9:20 am
Oh…this is beautiful! I am with Sharon….totally drooling over your gorgeous ribbbon!
September 21st, 2007 at 9:46 am
This is absolutely adorable Lori! Victoria will LOVE it! What a great card!
September 21st, 2007 at 9:58 am
Beautiful! I love how you stamped the big flower twice and then cut it out without the curls, ingenious
September 21st, 2007 at 10:44 am
Lori, this is sweet! And that ribbon. . . I see we both used it as a distraction from a layout we were not comfy with! LOL! Have fun at the rodeo! We’re lovin’ our local country station today - all George, all day. Makes me want to go to a rodeo or to go dancin’. . . either one would require a different husband, so *sigh. . . *
September 21st, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Love it Lori! You’re the best!
September 21st, 2007 at 12:51 pm
What a pretty card! I love it! The ribbon is fabulous!
September 21st, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Beautiful card! Love the colors! Great job with the sketch.
September 21st, 2007 at 4:51 pm
This is so beautiful! I love the faux button and gorgeous ribbon! Victoria will love this!! Wonderful sample for Beate’s sketch, Lori!
September 22nd, 2007 at 9:22 am
Very cute!! Awesome ribbon.
September 22nd, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Beautiful! I love these colors together…and that ribbon is Yummy!!
September 22nd, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Wow, this is awesome!
September 23rd, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Absolutely beautiful. I love it. Great job.
September 24th, 2007 at 12:11 am
**gasp**
This is blue beauty at its best!
September 24th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Totally incredible.
Tina
September 26th, 2007 at 1:27 am
Wow!! Love this!!! Great layout, colors, and as others have said… the ribbon is wonderful!!!
September 26th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
*Gasp!* Beautiful card! Thank you so much for sending this to Victoria!
October 6th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
This is beautiful. I absolutely LOVE the color combination!