Hello and welcome to the Share It Sunday Blog Hop where we are sharing something we have been working on recently. I am loving the Hills of Tuscany stamp set and have used it to make a pretty water coloured card.
Colours used in this card are:
To recreate the Italian lavender hills card, you will need:
Highland Heather card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 3¾” by 2¾”
Basic Black card – 3⅝” by 2⅝”
Fluid 100 card – 3½” by 2½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Using a Spritzer, filled with water, I sprayed the piece of Fluid 100 card with enough water to make it wet.
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The large curved image was inked in Highland Heather ink, then lightly spritzed with water before I stamped the image at the bottom of the Fluid 100 card. The colour didn’t look right and I realised the stamp had picked up a little Old Olive ink from the scrap paper the Fluid 100 was resting on – quite liked it so carried on. I stamped again in Highland Heather ink to add more ‘ground’.
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The large ‘sky’ image was inked up with Azure Afternoon ink, spritzed with water and stamped at the top of the panel, I added the small ‘cloud’ like image using the Azure Afternoon ink in 1st & 2nd generation to add some depth. The panel was set the panel to one side to dry.
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When the panel was dry, I added the more defined ‘ground’ images with 1st & 2nd generation Gorgeous Grape ink. This time I didn’t spritze with water. The dotty image was stamped to give the impression of flowers.
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The house was stamped in Starry Sky ink and the roof added in Night of Navy ink. I used the Black Stampin’ Write Marker to add some definition to the windows. I managed to stamp the roof slightly squint but quite liked the effect so left it.
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The group of trees were stamped in Garden Green ink. I used a Waterpainter to smear the ink on the trees – this gives a greater depth of colour. When completely dry, the finished piece was glued to the Basic Black panel, then to the 3¾” by 2¾” piece of Basic White card.
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The whole piece was added to the Highland Heather card front on Dimensionals.
I love this card, hope you like it.
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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.
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