I recently purchased this beautiful flower stamp, Large Posy by Hero Arts, from a member of a Facebook stamping group I’m a part of. It’s a great way to add new and not-so-new stamps to our collections! And you may know by now that watercoloring large florals is my favorite! I made three cards with Large Posy and this is the first! I heat-embossed the image in black onto a piece of watercolor card stock, then scribbled the Zig markers into the areas with the most black lines. I then used a wet paintbrush to move the color, adding more color to deepen the shadows. This is a really quick and easy way to effectively watercolor! When the flowers were dry, I smooshed Mowed Lawn distress ink onto my craft mat, added lots of water then painted the background with it. By picking up more ink, and less water I was able to create a darker area around the blossoms. I dried the panel with a heat tool, then dripped water droplets onto the background. How about that grid pattern?! I pressed a grid stencil in the wet ink and then laid it onto the card being sure to only let the design go where the green area was. I die-cut two “prayers” from another set I bought from the group member (Hero Arts Stamp & Cut Prayers) and then heat-embossed the remaining sentiments onto strips of card stock and attached them all to my card front. Lastly, I spattered some black paint then mounted the panel to a base card of white. For my second card, I heat-embossed in white onto watercolor card stock, then watercolored the blossom with a couple purple Zig markers and a wet paintbrush. When it was dry, I again smooshed distress oxide ink onto my craft mat (Squeezed Lemonade), watered it down and painted it all around the flower. Another set I bought from the group is CTMH’s Beloved Blossoms and I inked up one of the stamps with Fossilized Amber and stamped it over the damp yellow background. THEN, I inked up Stampin’ Up’s Dictionary with Iced Spruce distress oxide ink and after covering up the flower with a quickly torn “mask” of paper towel, I added that to the background! I trimmed the panel down, adhered it to a white layer then to a gray base card. I don’t recall who makes the sentiment but I heat-embossed that directly to the card front. Finally, a few faux droplets strategically placed were the final detail for my card! Last, but not least, this pink and gold beauty was the final card I made with Large Posy. I heat-embossed the image twice in gold onto watercolor card stock, then created my background in the same manner. Smoosh distress oxide ink, water it down, paint it onto the panel. Add drops of water for a little interest, stamp over it with my script stamp and done! The flowers were painted with just a little of the oxide inks that were on my mat. I trimmed my panel down then used a corner rounder on two corners, added a strip of gold glitter paper to one side and attached it to my white base card. I had this embossed sentiment in my stash, so trimmed one end to a banner and adhered it with two big gold brads. I’m especially fond of pink and gold together and so I especially like this card! I hope you do too! 🙂
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