I am not really sure how I stumbled on this technique but I did. I was so impressed that knew I wanted to give it a try. Here is the link to Jennifer McGuire’s blog and the technique. She uses distressed ink but I though I would give it a try with Close to My Heart inks.
When I first started playing around with the technique I tried our White Daisy cardstock and it did not lift the color out as well. So I then tried it with our Watercolor paper and BINGO it worked. So here is how it works.
I used Crystal Blue for my background.
Once you have the ink applied you use water to lift out the ink. I just dabbed a water soaked brush to the inside of the flowers. And as you can see the blue lifts out and becomes a faded blue. Then I took my ink pad and stamped my all purpose mat. I then added water to the ink and painted the new colors in. I used Pixie, Thistle, Honey, Fern and Sweat leaf inks to add color.
Here is the finished product. I am really happy how this turned out and look forward to trying it some more. I actually tried using craft foam to instead of foam tape to pop up the white scalloped boarders.
Complete list of supplies used:
- Watercolor paper Z3146
- Inks ~ Crystal blue, Pixie, Thistle, Honey, Sweet leaf and Fern
- Pixie and White Daisy Cardstock
- Pink Shimmer Trim Z1986
- White Embossing Powerder Z2068
- VersaMark ink Z891
- Stamp Sets ~ Wavy Blooms D1651
- Grey Enamel Gems Z3089
Happy Crafting!
