Hi crafty friends! My card today features Rubberneckers Stamps gorgeous Precious Poppies stamp set and coordinating dies. I envisioned these poppies with a crystal clear blue sky on a crisp autumn day! I rarely create any background without some kind of die cutting, ink splattering or embellishing but I wanted the poppies to just pop with the beautiful blue sky. This was so fun to create!
For my background, I used a blending brush to create an ombré pattern with the beautiful blues in the Color Fuse set #8 on an A2 sized piece of 80# Neenah Solar White card stock. I went over the colors 2-3 times and then adhered the panel to my top-folding card base.
Next I stamped the flowers and leaves onto watercolor card stock with Versamark ink. Then I sprinkled on some gold embossing powder and heat set them. I used various pretty coral/red watercolors from my stash to color the flowers and leaves. When everything was dry, I used the coordinating dies to cut out the flowers and fussy cut the leaves and stems. I adhered the stems and leaves to the flowers with liquid glue.
Next I planned where to stamp my sentiment that's from the Autumn Harvest stamp set by arranging my flowers (without adhering) on the card front. Then I used my anti-static pouch on the card front before stamping the sentiment with Versamark. I sprinkled on gold embossing powder and heat set it.
Now all that's left is to add a few foam squares to the back of the flowers, and dots of glue to the stem bottoms. I love the dimension this adds to the card!
I really enjoyed watercoloring these and I hope to have inspired you today! Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful, crafty week!
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