Sunday, April 6, 2014

MIM - Stamping with Watercolor Mediums



Thought I would play along with this week's Make it Monday.  The challenge was to stamp with watercolor mediums.  The sample card involved gelatos, and I haven't gotten mine out in a while, so I thought this would be fun to try.

I don't have have any solid PTI stamps, but this bird from Happy Trails is almost solid.

I used two colors, blue and pink, and waterbrush to created the stamped images.  A little gelato goes a long way.  With the exception of the first bird I never reapplied gesso....just added a bit more water and stamped it again.  I liked the look of movement this gives, kind of like generational stamping, so I reapplied the gesso and stamped one more time over that first bird.

The sentiment is also from the Happy Trails set, and I added a vellum mat to soften the transition to the black cardstock.

That's all for today.  Working on a few other projects I hope to be able t share soon.

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  Strathmore - Mixed Media paper; PTI - Black cardstock; Recollections - Vellum
Stamps:  PTI - Happy Trails
Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black
Other:  Faber-Castell - Gelatos; Ranger - Waterbrush; Tombow - Mono Adhesive

16 comments:

  1. OHHHHH! I have a whole box of brand new gelatos that have been sitting on my shelf for almost a year! YIKES! I should break them out and play with them for this challenge:) BEAUTIFUL card--- love the birds! LOVE the colors! Simple yet striking!

    THANKS for leaving some love on my blog-- you made my day <3 HUGS!

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  2. Ooooh, I haven't used gelatos in a watercolor way ... it looks like I will need to be trying this! Thanks for sharing the details on how you made this, Miriam. The "almost generational" effect is really cool!

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  3. This is so beautiful and poetic at the same time Miriam!
    Thank YOu~

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  4. Love the soft result, this is beautiful !

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  5. So beautiful! LOVING those birds!!!!!

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  6. Oh this is super pretty! Love the sentiment!

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  7. Gorgeous!! Love the movement you get with the 2nd generation stamping!!

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  8. DANG.. this is stunning.. I love how you water colored those birds.. this is one of my favorites..

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  9. Wow...what a wonderfully dramatic creation. Love the water color look, and your design is amazing with the birds in flight along your card. FABULOUS!

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  10. this card is fantastic! :)
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  11. Oh, wow! This is super pretty!

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  12. This is truly lovely! I like how you make the stamp work for you. The water-color effect is aweosme in this!

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  13. What a FABULOUS take Miriam!!! Love this :)

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