Ink.Stamp.Share July Blog Hop - Other Celebration...

Good afternoon and welcome to the Ink.Stamp.Share July Blog Hop where this month we are making a project for any 'Other Celebration' but not Birthday.

You may have joined me from Annette or starting the hop here but either way we have a bumper hop for you today so sit back and enjoy.

Today I am sharing with you a card I have had in my mind for a while.  I adore the Celebrate Sunflowers set and I love the vibrancy you can achieve on the sunflowers but I wanted to create a mottled dark background to really show them off.

Here is what I came up with.

I started by inking the sunflower stamp in Versamark ink, then straight over the top I inked again using Soft Suede ink.  I stamped my image onto Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper and embossed using clear embossing powder.  This is a great way to achieve whatever colour embossing you require.

I then watercoloured the sunflowers using a mixture of Bumblebee, Pumpkin Pie and Cinnamon Cider.

I then watercoloured the background in Misty Moonlight, moving the ink around until I achieved the desired effect.  When you see it in real life the background looks almost velvety.  I hope you like it.

The greeting is taken from the Beautiful Friendship stamp set.

All of the products I have used on this project are shown below and are available from my online shop.

I love to receive your feedback so if you would like to leave me a comment it would be really appreciated.  I am now going to pass you on to Tricia who I know will have something beautiful to share with you today.

Happy Stampin'

Jo

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Roll Call

Sue McDonald

Jacqui Lawrence

Lisa Kmiec

Annette Elias

Annette Ball

Jo Blackman - YOU ARE HERE

Tricia Butts

Rochelle Laird-Smith

Laura Mackie

Gez Carpenter

Cindy Mitchell-Clark

Sue Allen

Anastasia Radloff

Karen Egan

Tracie St-Louis

Libby Fens

Kirsty Pattrick

Jill Chapman

Product List

Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock [153086] £8.25	Bumblebee A4 Cardstock [153082] £8.25	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] £8.25	Celebrate Sunflowers Cling Stamp Set (English) [152517] £22.00	Beautiful Friendship Photopolymer Stamp Set [149252] £20.00
Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder [109130] £5.50	Heat Tool - Uk Plug [129054] £28.00	Water Painters [151298] £11.25	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] £7.00	Versamark Pad [102283] £8.75
Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad [153116] £7.00	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] £7.00	Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad [153114] £7.00	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad [153118] £7.00	1/4" Bumblebee Gingham Trim [153658] £6.50