White Tulips

Hi everyone.  Today's card uses the same image as yesterday's card.  This time I re-sized the image, making it much smaller and then cut out another stencil.  I placed the stencil over my card stock (secured with lots of removeable tape to keep everything in place) and then pounced with my Versamark stamp pad.  I quickly removed the stencil, poured white embossing powder over top and heat set.  I then randomly sponged yellow, green and blue inks, covering my main panel.  I used a paper towel to wipe away any ink that sat on top of my embossed tulips.

I decided to try a technique that I saw on Jennifer McGuire's blog yesterday ... she sponged on water color paper (mine is on Whisper White card stock from SU!), and then misted from about two feet above the image, leaving a very fine misting of water.  LOVE how it turned out.  Just adds some interest and texture to the piece.  I mounted my Whisper White sponged panel onto the same sized panel of a thicker card stock to add strength.

Since I had my white embossing powder out, I decided to also emboss the sentiment onto a strip of vellum.  I cut the vellum to the width I wanted, but left extra length, which I folded and tucked to the back and secured with tape.  That way I didn't need to figure out how to attach the sentiment without the glue showing, as it almost always does on vellum.  Worked great!  I am learning so much from other bloggers and am happy to pass along these tips and tricks.  That's what our crafting community is all about - sharing info and encouraging other's to try new things. :)

Stamps:  Sunny Sentiments (Amy R)
Paper:  White (Neenah - card base); Whisper White (SU!); Vellum
Ink:  Versamark; Daffodil Delight, Gumball Green, Tempting Turquoise (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Silhouette Cameo, plastic sheet for cutting stencil (Grafix), white embossing powder, heat tool, sponges, water mister