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WATERCOLOR IMPRESSIONS

Rita Holmes
Magic Stampin’ Bus
Beginner Stamping Designer 

Supplies:
•Fern Sprig (TAC, The Angel Company)
•Sentiments (TAC, The Angel Company)
•Kaleidacolor Stamp Pad Creole Spice (Tsukineko, TAC)
•India Ink Black (TAC)
•Acrylic Blocks (TAC)
•Brad Bar (unknown)
•3 ½” piece of ribbon (unknown)
•Milwaukee Heat Gun (Milwaukee, TAC)
•Fabri-Tac Glue (Beacon)
•Cardstock:
  -Ivory 5½”x8 ½” Folded for card
  -Green 5 ¼”x4”
  -Purple 5”x3 ¾”
  -Ivory 4 ¾”x3 ½”
•Spray Bottle with Water
•Piercing Tool (Darice)
•Scissors 

Instructions:

1.  Spray the 4 ¾”x3 ½” piece of ivory cardstock with water bottle.  You want the cardstock wet but not dripping. 

2.  Stamp the fern sprig a few times onto the wet cardstock with the Creole Spice Kaleidacolor stamp pad.  The image should bleed making it a shadow appearance.  At this point you can use your heat tool to speed the drying.  Make sure your image has bled before heating as this will stop the bleeding process.

3.  After the cardstock is dry; ink the fern sprig stamp with the Creole Spice Kaleidacolor and stamp off center from the blurred images already on the cardstock. 

OPTIONAL:  You may take the fern sprig with the Creole Spice stamp pad and ink and stamp off onto scrap paper then stamp onto your cardstock in the open areas.  It gives the card a softer look.

4.  Ink the Happy Birthday stamp from the Sentiments set with the Black India Ink stamp pad and stamp onto your ivory cardstock  in a place of your preference.  This is a good time to hide a mistake if you need to.  Tear the cardstock to give a nice feathered edge.

5.  Layer the green, purple and ivory cardstock with the Fabri-Tac glue.  Trim the ribbon and attach to the purple cardstock underneath the ivory with the images.  Attach the brad bar onto the ribbon.  Use the piercing tool to pierce through the ribbon and cardstock. 

Attach the layers to the ivory cardstock that is folded into a card.    ENJOY!!!! 

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