beautiful friend...

Hello my fabulous friends!

I have been playing with more gorgeous stamps...

Paper: Strathmore Bristol Smooth; Neenah Classic Crest Solar White

Stamps: InkOn3 Heels to You

Ink: InkOn3 Fadeout, Juicy Clear Embossing; Memento Rich Cocoa

Coloring: Zig Clean Color Real Brush

Flower- 230, 028, 067, 062

Leaves- 043, 046

Dies: LDRS Creative Scalloped Rectangle Frame

Other: InkOn3 Gold Rush embossing powder

I absolutely love how this flower, and card turned out! It's so soft and elegant! 

But it didn't actually start out as a card...

This was originally just a warm up exercise... Not meant to be used for anything other than practice.

Doing 'warm up' exercises allow me to experiment and play with an image or technique without the normal pressure my perfectionism places on me. It gives me a chance to play with shadows and colors without worrying if I'm going to ruin the project.

I started by stamping the flower from Heels to You with Fadeout ink. 

 I then colored it using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers...To get a very soft flower, I kept a light hand with the markers and used a lot of water to create washes. 

After the flower was colored, I loved it so much I had to turn it into a full card! 

To give the lettering a more vintage feel, I stamped the sentiment in brown ink, then over-stamped it with the Juicy Clear Embossing ink. I then covered it with Gold Rush embossing powder, and flicked the paper a lot more than usual to knock off some of the powder from the letters. I then heat set it.. the result is this pitted gold lettering!

To create the gold layer, I rubbed the InkOn3 Juicy Clear Embossing ink across the edge of that paper, then heat embossed using Gold Rush powder. It's such a pretty shiny gold!

See you soon!
~Kassi

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