Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop…Coloring
Welcome to the Around the World on Wednesday blog hop, #aWOWbloghop. We have 25 stops on this hop representing 13 different time zones (Midnight in Hawaii through 10PM in New Zealand) in all of Stampin' Up's markets! Thank you so much for joining us as we hop Around the World on Wednesday!
This month the theme for the hop is all about coloring. We are lucky that Stampin' Up! offers so many different coloring tools, making it difficult for me to choose a favorite. My favorite coloring tool changes depending on what I am coloring but if I could only choose one, it would be ink refills.
The flowers from the Floral Essence stamp set were colored using Cherry Cobbler ink refill and a Aqua Painter. I stamped the flower with Versamark ink on Shimmery White cardstock and embossed with white embossing powder. I like to use the Aqua Painter without any water in the barrel. I prefer to dip the Aqua Painter into a container of water, I feel this gives me more control of the amount of water on the brush. Once the petal is wet, I dip the Aqua Painter into the Cherry Cobbler ink refill and then touch it to the petal. It is so fun to watch the ink spread coloring the petal. Sometimes if the ink isn't moving the way you want it to, you can help it along. The leaves (To A Wild Rose stamp set) were colored the same way using Mossy Meadow ink refill.
I used the border die from the Wild Rose dies and cut out the border. I layered the Whisper White cardstock onto a piece of Sparkle Glimmer paper. I glued the flower border back in to the cutout allowing the Sparkle Glimmer paper to shine through. I love the bit of sparkle it adds to the card.
The sentiment is from To A Wild Rose set and stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink. The Perennial Essence Floral Centers were used for the centers and they add a lot of texture and dimension.
Time to see what coloring tool the talented Teri West chose to share.
Emma Goddard, Special Guest – UK
Thank you for stopping by! Hope you are enjoying hopping Around the World!
No YOU are amazing Sharon!! 🙂 This is a really lovely project! xx
Beautiful Sharon!!
The white embossing really makes the flowers pop. Beautiful card Sharon x
This is gorgeous, Sharon, and I like your tip about the aqua painter.
How stunning! Wauw!
WOWZERS! AMAZING!
Very nice card!
BEAUTIFUL colouring, Sharon! Your card is gorgoeus. I like the idea of using the Aquapainter dry, then dipped into water – that would allow for so much more control. Thanks for sharing this tip. 🙂
I love your white on white background for these wonderfully watercolored blossoms.
Wow – stunningly pretty flowers! You’ve got “the touch”!! 🙂
Stunning card Sharon!
Beautiful card. I love the way you embossed the flowers and used the dry aqua painter with water and ink refills. They are really lovely. TFS
Wow – this is beautiful! The watercolored flowers are stunning and the inlaid die cutout is genius. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Tina! I appreciate it so much!
Thank you so much JoAnn! I appreciate you stopping by leaving me a comment!
Thank you Teri!
Thank you Mary! I love it when it all works out.
Thank you Chris!
Thank you Christine! I am so happy I was able to share something that was useful!
Thank you Aurelie! I appreciate it!
Thank you Shel! You are so kind and I appreciate you leaving me a comment!
Thank you Danielle! I appreciate it!
Thank you Karen! I am glad that you found the tip helpful
Thank you Rochelle!
Thank you Tatiana!
Thank you so much Cheryl!
Simply beautiful card design. I love the gorgeous colors.
Gorgeous watercoloring with the ink refills, Sharon! Your card and layout are breathtaking. Thanks for hopping Around the World on Wednesday with us! xx
Stunning card Sharon, love the colours – so pretty x