Celebrate Your Day With Kara

Hey! It's Kara. I'm back again, but this time with something much softer. I love bold color, but this subtle watercolor background is just so pretty.

I knew I wanted to use the beautiful Outlined Roses Die. This die set came out several months ago but I never had a chance to use it.  I decided I wanted to back them with some soft watercolor.  I die cut the roses, leaves and buds from white cardstock and moved them around on my panel to decide on placement Once I knew where I wanted each die cut to be I added the appropriate color to an acrylic block in that general position.  For example, I wanted the large rose to be in the upper left hand corner so I added some pink distress ink to the acrylic block in that same area. I added green where the leaves would be placed. Once the acrylic block was coated with ink, I spritzed some water on the ink to activate it's watercolor-like properties. I then placed a piece of watercolor paper onto the acrylic block. I left it there for several seconds applying pressure. When I removed the cardstock from the block some of the ink had started to mix and create a brown color that I did not want. I quickly absorbed some of the color with a piece of chamois and unexpectedly created a subtle texture that I loved!

While I let the watercolor piece dry, I decided to die cut another set of flowers and leaves.  I was then able to layer up the die cuts and make them a bit sturdier.  When the piece was dry, I applied the die cuts using a liquid adhesive. I knew that whatever sentiment I decided to add it had to be just as soft and also not hide the beautiful background.  Vellum was the answer. I used a die cut vellum circle from my stash. It had been cut with the Love Mom Layers die. I stamped a sentiment from Strictly Sentiments 5 in Versamark ink and embossed it in white.  This circle die cut from the Dreamcatcher Die fits perfectly around the circle and creates the perfect frame. I did the same thing, layering 4 die cuts this time to vary the dimension.

You can't see any adhesive behind the vellum because I found that if you run it through a Xyron sticker maker and burnish it well the adhesive coats the back of the vellum entirely and does not show!

I love it and I hope you do too! Happy Friday and have a wonderful weekend! See you again soon!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of featured supplies (or equivalents) used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list does contain some affiliate links.

Strictly Sentiments 5	Outlined Roses Die	Dreamcatcher Die	Love Mom Layers Die
Simon Says Stamp STITCHED RECTANGLES Wafer Dies sssd111455 In Stitches	White Cardstock	ZIG Fine Two Way Acid Free GLUE PEN A Must Have 00778	Ranger Inkssentials MINI MISTER Spray Bottle Tool IMMR13593
Ranger Embossing Powder WHITE EPJ36685	Simon Says Stamp VELLUM SSSVEL12 STAMPtember	*Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER Inkssentials Surfaces ISW39532	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001
Inkadinkado Clear Acrylic Block EXTRA LARGE 6.5 X 4.5 Rubber Stamping Stamp 98095	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SPUN SUGAR Ranger TIM27164	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad WORN LIPSTICK Ranger TIM21513	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MOWED LAWN Ranger Summer TIM35008
Xyron 250 CREATE A STICKER Machine 2.5 Inch XRN250	*Xyron Sticker Maker 250 REFILL Cartridge Permanent

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