Thank you with magnolias

Hello all! Anna here. 

 I'm back with a new project - this time it's Thank You card featuring Avery Elle stamps.

My first step was to stamp almost all the florals from Avery Elle Magnolia stamp set on to watercolour paper. I decided to use Distress inks in pinks and greens for my colouring today. 

After my colouring was done, I went and fussy cut all the images. ( If you don't like cutting by hand,  there are also coordinating dies available here )

To create this ombre background, I decided to use distress oxides. I love the look of lavender colour picking from under the main floral. It gives the whole card completely different look from what it would look like with plain white background.

Before adhering all the flowers on to the background, I stamped a sentiment from another Avery Elle set - Floating Wishes stamp set - with black ink and added frame around my card panel. For that I simply masked off the edges, using masking tape ( you can also use post-it notes or washi tape ) and used dark grey Zig Real Brush marker ( You can use whatever grey or black marker you got ) to draw thick line.
 

After arranging all the florals, I used foam squares to adhere them in place and added a few clear sequins around for more interest.
This card is all done! 

 

Thank you so much forstopping by! I will be back with another fun project next week.
See you soon! 

Anna  

Floating Watercolour Wishes

Hello, Tallie here, with some watercolour inspiration!

When I saw that Avery Elle had released this Floating Wishes set, I immediately thought of watercolour and metallics!

I started with an A2 watercolour cardstock panel die cut with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle. I arranged the celebrate sentiment and balloon from the Floating Wishes set to the right hand side, stamping it with some Versamark ink and silver heat embossing. I also used a couple of stars from some of the new Christmas sets to balance out the white space. Once cool, I taped the panel to a board and let a wash of clean water soak into the paper for a minute before dabbing on some purple and pinks from my Kuretaki Gansai Tambi watercolour paints. I built up the colour in layers, avoiding the centre of the balloon and stars. I also splattered on some paint spatters with a paintbrush.

Once the background was dry, I used my metallic Kuretaki Gansai Tambi watercolour paints in silver to highlight the balloon and stars. A few splatters of the silver over the background helped to pull the metallic in across the panel.

A simple card design that is fun to create and customise in any colour. I created another card using the 'thank you' sentiment with some turquoise blues!

Thanks for reading, catch you next week.

Tallie