Welcome to this month’s Ink, Stamp, Share Showcase Blog Hop.

This month I am showcasing a 3D Home Décor item that I made for a swap at a recent Team event using my own painted watercolour card stock.

One thing I love about being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is that all the products coordinate. Most of the time I will use the printed card stock available but this can make flowers look a bit uniform. This does not happen in nature as no flower is the same as another. In the Annual Catalogue there are a couple of sets of dies that make making flowers so easy. They are the Dainty Delight dies and the Paper Florist dies.

How to make your own painted watercolour card stock.

First using a sheet of Basie White card stock I used a large brush to cover the card stock with water. Next I put a few drops of Re Inker onto a stamping block. Using the large brush I ‘painted’ the ink all over the wet card stock until I was happy with the correct density of colour. Once I was happy I put the wet card stock to one side to fully dry. I then repeated this until I had enough colours to make my 3D Home Décor piece.

The re inkers I used were:

• Lemon Lolly
• Fresh Freesia
• Azure Afternoon
• Balmy Blue
• Calypso Coral
• Lost Lagoon

Whilst the card stock was drying I painted a wooden heart using white gesso paint. and left it to dry. Next using the dot image from the Layering Leaves stamp set and Smoky Slate ink I stamped dots all over the front of the heart to make a background for my flowers.

How to die cut and make up the painted watercolour card stock flowers.

Once the card stock was dry I die cut out the petals and leaves to decorate the wooden heart. I used silicone muffin cases to keep each type of flower separate.

Once I had die cut all my petals and leaves I started to put each flower together. I used a silicone mat and multipurpose glue to make each flower.

The hardest flower to make was the one with the large petals which involved me having to stick each petal base together and then sculpting the outer edge of each petal. For my large flower I used 5 petals as I did not want it to be any bigger and overpower the design.

I found the other flowers much easier to make as they only needed one set of petals stuck on top of another layer of petals. Then each flower was sculpted either using the ball end of my Take Your Pick Tool or pushing the middle of the flower into a Stampin’ Pierce Mat.

When I had enough flowers and leaves I stuck them onto the painted wooden heart. For my swaps I die cut a tag from the Tailor Made Tags dies and Smoky Slate card stock. I then stamped each person’s name onto Basic White card stock using Smoky Slate ink and the Alphabest stamp set. Then I punched each letter out using the Best Label Punch before adding to each tag using Stampin’ Dimensionals. Finally I added a piece of Black & White Gingham Ribbon to each tag before sticking onto the wooden heart.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing both of my wooden hearts decorated with my own painted watercolour card stock. To see how I used painted watercolour card stock to make flowers for my son’s wedding card please click here. Why not have a go at making your own painted watercolour card stock and use it in your designs.

Until next time, keep stampin n crafting,

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