Hello Pink and Main friends. It’s Donna here from donnaisplayingpaper, STILL waiting for the weather to cool down in Tokyo. I have a card for you today that is part of a series that has caused some enjoyment within the Pink and Main Design Team. Ilina, Justin and I have all used this stamp in combination with rainbow colours to create some fun Christmas cards. Great minds think alike, they say!!! None of us saw each others’ cards, we just had same same (but different) ideas!
The first step in making these cards was to create the rainbow watercolour panels. I used watercolour paper so it would stand up to all the water, and lightly wet this before propping it at an angle so my paints would drip down. I propped it onto a closed ink pad, to give you an idea of the amount of angle. My watercolours of choice for this card were dye inks, which I smooshed onto a sheet of scrap plastic, before mixing them with water and adding a concentrated amount onto the top of the paper. I had a water bottle on hand, and if the ink didn’t run down as much as I wanted, I ‘helped’ it along with the water sprayer!
I worked on alternate ‘stripes’, giving them time to dry a little before I went back in with the adjacent colour, which might have run into the first colour where they touched if I went in too soon.
I have made two variations on my card, using Christmas Streamers stamp set as the focal point for both cards. I stamped the fist card (above) in clear ink, and embossed it with Pink and Main’s Golden Palace Embossing Powder. This is a lovely gold embossing powder, with super fine detail glitter. Once I had heat embossed this, I added a little more colour on the ornaments with the same ink colours and a fine brush,
For the second card, I stamped using Versamark Onyx Black ink, and embossed using Detail Clear Embossing Powder from Pink and Main. Both cards use the sentiment from the same Christmas Streamers stamp set, and stamping in black.
I hope you’ve enjoyed all the rainbows we’ve been bringing you lately, and that you are finding a slice of time to get crafty!
Until next time,
Blessings,