Love, Honor, Cherish

I'm on a kick with Watercolor VersaMark Reveal, so this is another card with this technique.

I just love the subtle look of the soft colors blending throughout the sentiment.  

 

Edited Aug 14th: So thrill to have received an Honorable Mention at Fusion Card Challenge!

ETA: This is a new technique to alot of people so here is an explanation.

Stamp your image onto Watercolor paper with VersaMark. Do Not Emboss! Just set it with your heat tool. I smooshed this card into distress inks that were spritzed with water on my craft mat.  The color of the ink gets absorbed more intensely into the VersaMark, revealing the stamped image.  

See these other cards with this technique here and here(video).

 

I used a wood mount stamp that I've had since 1995 by Stampington & Co.

I've matched up the colors of the hydrangea's using Broken China, Peeled Paint & Antique Linen distress inks. The sparkle comes from the shimmer grey cardstock backing the panel, a few mirror sequins and a layer of clear Wink of Stella over the sentiment.

                                                                      

I made it for The Card Concept's Create a Wedding card (Clean & Simple). 

The colors work for the photo inspiration for Fusion The Beach House. (I got married on the beach at our cabin at the lake so it has a wedding association for me!)

The bling works for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog Make it Sparkle. (I don't have any Neat and Tangled or Jane's Doodle products, but if I win I promise to buy some.)

 

Thanks for Looking!

Karen 

May All Your Dreams Come True

Edited Aug 5th:  Thrilled to have won an Honorable Mention for this card!

 

Oh, this week CAS-ology Week 106 Rainbow is right up my alley!  I love rainbows!
I've also entered this card in Less is More Anything Goes and Addicted to Stamps Anything Goes

I used a technique I call Watercolor VersaMark Reveal which I think is super cool but I seem to be the only one excited by it!  I haven't seen anyone else do it, have you?  You can watch my video on this technique (with a different card where I smooshed instead of painting on the watercolors) on my blog here. Or on YouTube here.  
 

I stamped the large row of circles from PTI Polka Dot Basics III with VersaMark onto watercolor paper then dried it with my heat tool.  Then I smooshed out my rainbow of distress inks onto my craft mat, spritzed them with water and painted on each color with a brush over where I stamped the circles.  The VersaMark absorbs the color more intensely than the paper so the stamped image really stands out with multiple colors blended beautifully over it!
The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted Dandelion Dreams.  I finished the card off with a strip of black cardstock across the top and rounded the bottom corners.

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Thanks for Looking!
Karen