Water Lilies

Hello friends!

I am popping in with a post about this new (to me) stamp set called Water Lilies from Hero Arts. I decided to use watercolors for this project. After all, it is Water Lilies right?

I started out with the white embossing on Bristol paper. Then I used my favorite watercoloring medium Gansai Tambi Watercolors and a bit of Prima Marketing Metallic Accent Watercolors.

I love how these stamps can bring out the "artist" in me.

Well, that's it for today! I will be back for another version with the same stamp set next week!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

edited: the lucky winner of Altenew $15 gift card will be announced tomorrow.
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Create a Frame with a Large Cling Stamp

Hello friends!

I love using MISTI and I love Distress Oxide.

When you have a stamp like this...

Spring Blossoms (Penny Black)

what do you get?

I gradually built up the frame by positioning it as far as the MISTI allowed me to. You need regular  MISTIfor this large stamp. I used just a few colors and was able to ink up different colors in each small area. Now that I really wish Ranger will come up with Mini Distress Oxide! It would be so much easier to do multi-color stamping. 

Since it's stamped in Distress Oxide, I was able to clear-emboss it with Clear Embossing Powder without using Versamark. 
 

AND...

since it's stamped in Distress Oxide, I was able to color the small petals with a Small Watercolor Brush with the inks! Very cool, right? I truly had a great therapy session with stamps and inks! 

 By the way, for the two tiniest pink hearts, I used Bird Abode Metal Die and Nuvo Pink Embellishments Mousse. Very cool, right?  

You can find all the items that I use over Simon Says Stamp here.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Altenew Promotion and Blog Hop Winner

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I want to pass on the Altenew promotion in case you are interested. 
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Teresa Doyle said...

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Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge #418

Welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge !! Thank you for joining us for the Shower/Flower Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too :-)

This week the challenge is... 

Anything goes

We are using Newton's Nook products this week. You don't have to use them to join in but if you have some, we love to see them used :-)

For my project, I am using Love and Chocolate Clear Stamp. 
I love the fine lines of this stamp and it is super easy to color. I had a lot of fun creating this sweet scene with some masking. Since the chocolates are small, it takes little time to do the masking and stamping.

I took out my favorite Gansai Tambi and add my own watercolors.



The sentiment is so right and fun! I'll take chocolates and friends at any time of the day!
 
As always, Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store!

So now it's YOUR turn ! Happy Crafting !!

There are fabulous Give Aways and inspiration from fabulous designers on a daily basis over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog . If you haven't subscribed by email, you may want to do so you don't miss out.

You have until Wed. 8am Eastern Time to join in :-)

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I hope you check out the DT's work!  I can't wait to see what you create!!
Thanks for stopping by! 

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