Hi everyone!! SLOWLY getting caught up - I mentioned in a previous post that while I haven't been posting here on my blog/YouTube channel as much as I usually do I am still working behind the scenes with schtuff.
This set of cards and video was one of them. I shared this already on the Honey Bee Stamps YouTube channel and on their blog (subscribe to both if you haven't already) and wanted to share here too:
I've had SO many of you asking for a long time now if I was going to get Honey Bee's Zen Bouquet stamp set. It's such a HUGE stamp so a lot of people wondered just what to do with it - well I finally got my hands on it and sat down to play.
What turned into the idea for one card tuned into 4 cards LOL. I think the thing I'm most proud of is the fact that not only did I watercolour in the entire image (b/c anyone who knows me knows I don't have time or energy to deal with a lot of detail and taking huge amounts of time to color anything) but that I did it using only 3 Distress Inks (still doesn't mean not owning every single one isn't worth it - just means that you can get a TON of mileage from a select few).
I also love the fact that there's a coordinating die set for the Zen Bouquet stamp set - not only for the huge main image but for all the smaller ones too (it's a massive stamp set).
I heat embossed the main image onto Canson XL watercolour paper with white embossing powder, then used the 3 Distress Inks (Picked Raspberry, Mermaid Lagoon and Mustard Seed) smushed onto my plastic palette to color them in. I just mixed the colors together on my palette to create all the purples, oranges, greens etc.
For the second set I did the same thing - heat embossed the images onto watercolour paper. Instead of painting everything individually I pressed the paper into the ink multiple times to create the splattered, messy look that is SO much fun with Distress Inks.
On all the insides I stamped the flower bouquet image after inking it up with the same 3 Distress Inks then lightly misting the stamp with water.
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
Or watch directly on YouTube HERE <-------click!
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