Welcome to the Mama Elephant April Stampede Blog Hop!
I love the look of greetings die cut from a stamped background but I've been intimidated to ruin all the hard work of stamping and coloring. I decided to take the plunge with this floral stamped and watercolored background card and I'm oh so glad I did. The simple elegance makes for a beautiful finished result.
To begin, I die cut a scalloped rectangle from watercolor cardstock using the All Prettied Up Die. I masked off the sides of the panel from the die cut stitching to the edge of the panel and stamped the large floral design from the Organic Blooms Stamp Set off the "edge" using Versamark Ink and heat embossing with white embossing powder. I watercolored the designs using Victorian Velvet and Aged Mahogany Distress Inks. I haven't used these colors a lot and I'm not sure why not! These colors make the most gorgeous, romantic flowers! I painted in the leaves with Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, and Forest Moss Distress Inks.
I set aside the panel to completely dry and stamped a greeting from the Organic Blooms Stamp Set on a scrap of watercolor paper using the Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink. I trimmed the greeting, leaving a thin white border all the way around.
I die cut the Hello Script die from a piece of Fun Foam with Stick It applied to both sides before die cutting the greeting from the now dry watercolor panel, being careful to keep all the "inside" pieces of each letter.
I adhered the watercolored panel to a side fold card base and then adhered the dimensional fun foam Hello Script to the panel and adhered the cardstock die cut Hello on top of the fun foam. I replaced the inside of each letter by gluing each in place.
I finished the card by adhering the stamped greeting below the word "hello".
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of this watercolored and die cut greeting card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
The letters below the thumbnails below link to stores where you can purchase the products shown in this post and video: SSS = to purchase from Simon Says Stamp, EH = to purchase from Ellen Hutson, SB.COM = to purchase from Scrapbook.com. Affiliate links used.
S H O P P I N G
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K E E P H O P P I N G
- Vera Rhuhay
- Melania Deasy
- Laura Bassen
- Anna Kossakovskaya
- Pamela Ho
- Nichol Magouirk < ---- you are here.
- Suzy Plantamura
Wow, gorgeous card! Love the 'hello' treatment! Perfect! :-)
Posted by: Dori Johns | April 15, 2016 at 08:32 AM
Super pretty!
Posted by: Vinita Jain | April 15, 2016 at 08:33 AM
Beautiful card Nichol, thank you for sharing!
Posted by: Michelle Varol | April 15, 2016 at 08:34 AM
Love this beautiful card.
Posted by: Mel H | April 15, 2016 at 08:42 AM
That hidden sentiment makes this card so special! Lovely colours!
Posted by: Yolanda Garrido | April 15, 2016 at 08:52 AM
So pretty! I love how you superimposed the sentiment on this card.
Posted by: 1aquagirl | April 15, 2016 at 08:59 AM
WOW, it turned out so delicate and beautiful!!! Bravo and thanks for sharing :)
Posted by: Daria G | April 15, 2016 at 09:04 AM
Gorgeous card!!!
Posted by: Yvonne C. | April 15, 2016 at 09:09 AM
Your card is gorgeous! I can't wait to watch the video! Thank you.
Posted by: Martha R | April 15, 2016 at 09:16 AM
So soft and sweet. Great card . Love the new ME release.
Posted by: Susie Sonnier | April 15, 2016 at 09:17 AM
Nichol, it's stunning as always! I just love flowers on cards there so versatile and can be used for many occasions. This set is gorgeous, and you did a fantastic job of showing off its beauty. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.
Posted by: Lisaerica | April 15, 2016 at 09:20 AM
So soft and elegant!
Posted by: Debbie Br | April 15, 2016 at 09:22 AM
LOVE it Nichol!!! The colors turned out beautiful, yes, romantic and also realistic and a bit of a vintage feel to them! TFS Nichol, awesome as always!
Posted by: Dolly | April 15, 2016 at 09:42 AM
Its Beautiful !
Posted by: Pooja | April 15, 2016 at 09:47 AM
I love what you did with the Hello sentiment. Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: pamboe | April 15, 2016 at 10:02 AM
What a pretty little crad Nichol!
Love the colours. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Jessica | April 15, 2016 at 10:10 AM
Beautiful card! I really like the Hello cut from the image and popped up.
Posted by: Deborah Kaye | April 15, 2016 at 10:19 AM
Gorgeous card love the flowers and the soft pink. So pretty.
Posted by: Ericka Strange | April 15, 2016 at 11:08 AM
This is just stunning!
Posted by: Karen B. | April 15, 2016 at 11:30 AM
Fabulous card dear Nichol. I just love Everything on this card.. Thanks for sharing and inspiration! kristinasartcorner
Posted by: Kristina Pavlovic | April 15, 2016 at 11:39 AM
Gorgeous card! Love the colors and that flower stamp is beautiful ♥
Posted by: Brandi R | April 15, 2016 at 12:01 PM
Thanks for sharing this beautiful inspiration!
Posted by: GINA ANG | April 15, 2016 at 12:11 PM
I've never used Victorian Velvet and Aged Mahogany together. They look so great!
Posted by: Sandy S. | April 15, 2016 at 12:26 PM
I love Sentiment on your card!!!it is so cute! Thanks for the inspiration. Hugs;)
Posted by: Eva | April 15, 2016 at 12:31 PM
This beautiful Nichol! Great coloring!
Posted by: Gladys M | April 15, 2016 at 12:33 PM