Impression Obsession Spring Release Designer Hop Day 4

Day 4

Welcome to day 4 of the Impression Obsession Spring Release Designer Hop.  We have some beautiful CHA peeks to share and gift certificates to give away each day!!!  You will want to hop on over to the Impression Obsession blog to get all the details. I know you are going to love all the team projects you are going to see this week.

Today’s hop list!

Impression Obsession Blog

Anna Wight

Daniela Dobson

Dina Kowal

Ellen Taylor

Jeanne Streiff

Jenny Gropp

Kittie CaraccioloYou are here

Laura Fulcher

Vicki Garrett

For my project today I used Gail Green’s Tulips image paired with the Border Duo 1 and Circle Shaker Frames

KC Impression Obsession Tulips 1 right

I prepared the watercolor paper by dampening with water and a mini mister.  I applied ink to the stamp with worn lipstick and shabby shutters Distress Markers, lightly misted water on the stamp and stamped the image on the damp paper.  Stamping with water based ink allows you to create a project that looks more like watercolor than when you stamp with a dark color pigment ink.

KC Impression Obsession Tulips 1 left

I placed a drop of reinker in the lids of the ink pads to use as palettes.  Hint- reinker is very concentrated and the color is much deeper and vibrant than what you gather from the ink pad. I little bit goes a long, long way especially the distress reinkers. I used a waterbrush to lightly pull color from the ink lines of the image to fill in creating the base layer of color. I dipped my waterbrush directly into the reinkers to paint in additional color and add depth to the image.  I lost some of the definition of the flower and leaf lines in my painting process but used the dark aged mahogany ink to softly add it back  in.  I heat dried the ink on the image and then lightly applied a soft yellow background around the image with squeezed lemonade reinker.  I finished by doodling in a few lines with my black artist pen to add one more element of definition to the flower without actually adding back bold image lines.  Did that make sense?  Here’s a closer view.

KC Impression Obsession Tulips 1 close

I framed the image and attached it to the card base.  I really love the colors and how this project turned out. 

KC Impression Obsession Tulips center

Thank you very much for all the wonderful and supportive comments on our blog post.  I hope you have a wonderful day. 

Card Size:  5.5” x 4.25”   Paper: Prism Dark Red, Stampin’ Up! Old Olive

84 thoughts on “Impression Obsession Spring Release Designer Hop Day 4”

  1. Beautiful card-haven’t done watercolor stamping in a long while need to try your way sounds like fun and what a pretty result.

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  2. Beautiful card Kittie. Love how you framed the flowers. Im intimidated with
    watercoloring but think Im going to give it a try. Your instructions are very
    helpful.

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  3. Lovely Kittie…looks like you are getting back into stamps…I have been thinking of that also…wondering if I remember how…been doing so many die cuts…glad you explained how you did this watercolor tulip…I would not have thought to mist the stamp when you mist the paper.
    Can’t wait to try it…

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  4. Good Morning, Kittie A beautiful watercolor effect. thank you so much for your directions. the image looks wonderful. I like embossed background and edging as well. A very lovely layout. …..have a good day.

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  5. I don’t know what to say that’s not already been said!!! I agree with ALL the positive comments, and I think your tulips are just exquisite. I, too, appreciate the instructions given for the coloring process. That is SO helpful to me! You are truly an ARTIST and it shows in everything you do!! 😀

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  6. Love your colored image, but to me, what really makes it elegant is that embossed panel! You have such a gift for combining patterns and shapes to where they complement each other, instead of overshadowing!

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  7. The soft watercolor effect is a nice contrast with the formal background textures. Nice tip also to use only a strip of the impression design.

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  8. Wow, Kittie, this card is very beautiful. The tulips in the red frame, amazing! Love the embossed background, now I know I need that folder. The borders are the perfect embellishment. Thank you for sharing today. Tulips are one of my favourite spring flowers. The sun is shining today and the temps are warmed up and the ice is starting to melt, there is hope.
    Jacquelene L
    Canada

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  9. Kittie, this is such a striking card…. I rarely play with ink and water color paper but after seeing this, I am tempted to give it a try…. thank you for sharing your wonderful creativity

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  10. Kitty, what do I NOT like about your cards…………..absolutely there is nothing I don’t like. Love every one. Thanks so much for the beauty of watercoloring and all the instruction. You are always a helpful sweetheart.

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  11. Stunning, stunnning, stunning!! I am so grateful to you for always including tips and techniques in your posts. You are such a giving person. I know that is the truth because you are a nurse which I consider some of the most oustanding and caring people on earth. Thanks for everything.

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