Day 1 of my Watercolour Technique Class using Stampin' Up's For Being You - Ombre Effect

Hello here,

I'm at home today with a poorly little boy, just sitting with him and his very sore throat and cough :-(

I do have a card to share with you today though. It was one of the cards we made at class this week and I wanted to use the Whitewash Technique again with the Sale-a-Bration 2015 set "For Being You" as this technique/card has been really popular on here and it fitted perfectly with the watercolouring theme at this class, which I chose as it seems to be just everywhere at the moment!

For this class card I stepped it up to add a lot more colour to the letters and a couple of extra layers too from my original CAS card.

 I coloured the whole letter with an ombré effect using blender pens and the Coastal Cabana ink pad, but stayed with the original gold embossing. I love the gold and cabana together!

I added some thick twine around the bottom

 And splashed a few sequins, from my stash, around to finish.

 Well, the ladies at class enjoyed this card and I hope you do too!

Please, come back tomorrow for another card from this class.

Stampin' Hugs,

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Products Used to create this project:

Versamark Pad	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder	Embossing Buddy	Heat Tool - Uk Plug	Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad	Aqua Painter	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock
Blender Pens	Card Stock A4 Coastal Cabana	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad	Coastal Cabana Thick Baker's Twine	Crystal Effects

For Being You Sale-a-Bration stamp by Stampin' Up! with a FREE Whitewash Technique Tutorial!

Hi there,

There's lots going on here today again! It's my daughters 14th birthday today so we are gong out for early tea soon :-)

I just wanted to pop on here and share the photo tutorial I did for you the other day whilst I was making this card using the Sale-a-Bration stamp set 'For Being You' which contains this gorgeous Thanks stamp and a few others too. Remember SaB finishes on Tuesday so place your last minute orders (over £45) in soon to get free products!

OK, so I started with a crumb cake card to make this simple style one layer card.

 I heat embossed the Thanks word straight onto the crumb cake card using versamark and gold embossing powder. 

but I stamped these hearts after the whitewashing.

 I also added a coat of glitter to the whitewashed areas using my Wink of Stella pen. I did this the next day so I knew it was dry ;-)

 And I made quite a few too! So, do you want to try this technique too??

 That's great as I took pictures whilst I was making these cards ;-) 

So, to start you need to heat emboss your large Thanks stamp, I used Gold powder but any colour would work.

1. Begin by squeezing some water through your brush. I then dabbed the excess off as you need it wet but not soaking. You need enough water so your ink coverage looks like this. You could use a paint brush or blender pen too, of course.

2. I found the white craft was easiest to work with when I did just a small area (3 letters) at a time. 

3. Blot the excess ink away.

4. Repeatedly dab over each letter to dry some more.

5. Buff away the ink from the embossed areas.

6. Ta Dah! Finished. I coloured in the shadows only on mine using a blender pen and Crisp Cantaloupe ink pad. I then went back the next day after they were completely dry and re-coloured the shadows to make them darker still.

And here's the card again to finish.

I really hope you have a go at this fun technique and if you do please remember to share it with me ;-)

Thanks as always for looking today.

EDIT TO ADD: For an ombre effect using this technique please go HERE

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Products Used to create this project:

For Being You Wood Stamp Set	For Being You Clear Stamp Set	Versamark Pad	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder	Embossing Buddy	Heat Tool - Uk Plug	Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad
Aqua Painter	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock	Blender Pens	Crisp Cantaloupe Classic Stampin' Pad