Watercolored Anemones w/Kara

Hello again friends!  Today I have a birthday card to share using the beautiful Watercolored Anemones stamp set. This is an easy to use multi-step stamp set that creates stunning flowers in a watercolor style. One of my favorites!

I started by stamping the large bouquet image in a very light grey ink. I used Fairy Dust ink. This creates a base for lining up all of the other stamping, but in the end doesn't show. With that light base as a guide it is super easy to add all of the other layers of the flowers, stems and leaves.

I chose Last Leaf and Appletini ink for my stems and leaves. I love these two colors together. I'm sure at this point you can tell which colors I used for my flowers. They are my all time favorite Pure Color combination ; Little Piggy, Sweet Gelato and Cranberry Crush accented with a little black center.

I added my sentiment using the 'happy birthday' from And Many More and the word 'friend' from Modern Anemones. I wanted the sentiment to stand out more among the flowers so I added a frame from Autumn Blessings. I colored in the frame with a black Copic marker and then added some shimmer with a clear glitter pen.

As one final detail I added a strip of black glitter on black card stock to the right side of the card panel. It's subtle, but in the right light really shines!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured Wplus9 supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase.

Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Black Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 4 Bar Stitched Rectangles Die Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 PURE COLOR Black Dye Ink Shop at: WP9
Wplus9 Modern Anemones Stamps Shop at: WP9	Watercolored Anemones Stamps Shop at: WP9	And Many More! Shop at: WP9 | SSS | EH	Autumn Blessings Shop at: WP9

GUEST ARTIST FEATURE: Stretch Your Creative Muscles (and stamps) w/Rubeena Naz

Hi friends, thanks for stopping by the Wplus9 Blog today! This is Rubeena (Ruby) from A Rare Ruby and I am honored to be a guest for Wplus9 again. After taking a break for over a year, I am happy to be creating again and exploring the inner artist in me. Today, I will be sharing five cards with you focused on adding your own personal touch to your projects.

The Wplus9 inks are amazing so I started by stamping one of the watercolor florals from the Watercolored Anemones set in Little Piggy onto white cardstock. This was actually my practice sheet since I have not really doodled before so I did not want to “mess up.” I surprised myself and liked how it ended up so I decided to use it for a card!

I used the splatter stamp and sentiment from Biggest Fan as well as a strip of black and white pattern paper to complete the look.

For my next three cards, I used stamps from Watercolored Anemones and Wplus9 inks (colors are below in supply list). I created three different looks, and for two of the cards I added my own doodles with a black pen. Honestly, these were really random, and there is plenty of inspiration on Pinterest if you need more ideas on different kinds of doodles on floral illustrations.

For this one, I used the sentiment from Bold Banner Greetings. I felt like the font style perfectly matched the hand doodles.

For this card, I again used a sentiment from Bolder Banner Greetings heat embossed in white on black cardstock. I rounded off the corners at the bottom for a slightly different look.

I decided to leave the background as is for this one. The colors alone are gorgeous and non-traditional. I even used a softer striped pattern paper for the left side. I stamped the sentiment from Kind Soul onto the banner from Bold Banner Greeting and used the coordinating Bold Banner Die. It's a huge banner so I used only part of it.

For my last card, I used Modern Anemones and swiped Queen Bee and Lake House dye inks directly over the stamped images. I added in my doodles again and dots all over the background. I finished it off with yellow watercolor splatters and die-cut the word from Hand Letter Hello Die from black cardstock.

I hope you were inspired by today's projects and my process when creating these cards. I am having lots of fun channeling my inner artist in order to stretch my stamps and supplies when crafting. It really does stretch those creative muscles and gets me looking at all of my supplies in new and fun ways!

Thank you so much to Dawn for having me as a guest again, and a huge thank you to everyone else who stops by and leaves me love. Have a great day!

~Ruby

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured Wplus9 supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase.

Wplus9 PURE COLOR Black Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 PURE COLOR Lake House Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Modern Anemones Stamps Shop at: WP9	Watercolored Anemones Stamps Shop at: WP9
Wplus9 Kind Soul Stamp Set Shop at: WP9	Wild Mango PURE COLOR Dye INk Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Queen Bee Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 V.I.Pink Dye Ink Shop at: WP9
Little Piggy PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Sweet Gelato PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Sunshine Layers Die Shop at: WP9	Bold Banner Greetings Shop at: WP9
Bold Banner Die Shop at: WP9	Fairy Dust PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Silver Lining PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Biggest Fan Shop at: WP9
Hand Lettered Hello Die Shop at: WP9

You're The Best With Kara

Hey Guys! Kara here with a sweet little fox card to let you know you're the best! You always leave the nicest comments and I really appreciate it!

I have mixed together so many sets on this one project and I love it! I started with the Watercolored Anemones set. I die cut a bunch of flowers and leaves and stamped them all out. I started to arrange the flowers and leaves on a piece of white cardstock to see what I liked. I felt that behind the die cuts I needed something stamped in the background. I wanted something without too much visual weight because the die cut flowers in the front were quite heavy. I used a very thin lined image from Botanical Bunch. I chose to stamp it twice in Cranberry Crush ink, the darkest color in the flowers but stamped in the least amount. This helps to balance the colors. I decided to add in the cute fox and because his eyes and nose were black I wanted to add in more black to the design. A few berries from Botanical Bunch and some dots from Dream Believer add just the right amount.

I wanted to extend the size of the background stamping a bit, but in a more subtle color. I chose to use the lightest color from the flowers, Shell Pink. I used an image from Ink Splats for this.

Underneath I added a black panel and accented two corners with just a few elements of the main design. A banner tucked into the floral spray with a simple sentiment finishes it off.

I hope you like it. Thanks again for stopping by. You're the best!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured Wplus9 supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase.

Watercolored Anemones Watercolored Anemones Die Botanical Bunch Wplus9 Dream Believer 6x8 Stamp Set Wplus9 Ink Splats 3x4 Clear Stamps Wplus9 Bountiful Blooms Die Wplus9 Foxy Friends Die Wplus9 White Premium Cardstock Wplus9 Premium Kraft Cardstock Wplus9 Black Premium Cardstock 4 Bar Stitched Rectangles Die Shell Pink Dye Ink Wplus9 Little Piggy PURE COLOR Dye Ink Wplus9 Sweet Gelato PURE COLOR Dye Ink Pad Wplus9 PURE COLOR Cranberry Crush Dye Ink Wplus9 Last Leaf PURE COLOR Dye Ink Wplus9 Appletini PURE COLOR Dye Ink

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