Thursday, March 16, 2017

IO Challenge Not So Moody Blues (Blue Cards)


Greetings friends.  I have to admit that the winter weather has given me a bit of the blues and today's theme seems so appropriate.

To make my card, I started with 140lb watercolor paper and colored it with an assortment of blue Color Burst powders.  I made sure to sptiz the paper with extra water to let the colors bleed together and add water droplets to the background.

Once the watercolor paper was dry, I stamped the Cosmo Silhouette on top with Majestic Blue Versafine ink.  I chose the Versafine so that it would pick up all the small details of the stamp.  I also used a MISTI stamp positioner because I knew I would have to stamp the flowers multiple times to get a clean image.  It can sometimes be hard to stamp on watercolor paper, especially if the stamp has a lot of fine details.

As a final step, I added one of the sentiments from the Words for Art cling set.  If you haven't looked at that set before, you might want to give it a look.  It has tons of wonderful sayings.

Need more blue inspiratation?  Don't forget to visit the other designers!




4 comments:

Beth Norman said...

Your background almost resembles Northern Lights but all in blue. Can you see it? I love how you stamped your flowers in blue. It's a very nice stamp.

Patti J said...

Beautiful card - the background is so serene!

reeree62 said...

Breathtaking!!! Just love it :o)

Joan V said...

Oh, so sorry you feel so blue. Spring is right around the corner. Oh, this card is so pretty. I haven't used any color burst products, but I love the results. Thanks for sharing.