Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - Kaleidoscopic Depths

 

Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today is Stamping Sunday blog hop for the month of July and for this month's theme is "Kaleidoscopic Depths" colours from under the sea for our projects. It's the 3rd Sunday of the month. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's projects and you'll be able to see them by clicking on their names at the end of my blog.

The colours I've chosen are turquois a mixture of blues and greens for my card and here's my inspiration photo I found it on Pinterest, see below. I do love the colours of the sea. I used a range of Stampin' Up! Colors starting with Pool Party, Coastal Cabana, Summer Splash, Shy Shamrock, Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel and Night of Navy.

I started playing around with the colours for a water colour wash and a under the sea background. I used Fluid Flow Watercolour Paper, a wide tip brush Water Painter and all of the above mentioned coloured inks. I started with the lightest colour at the top and then moved my way down to the darkest colour. I used the Heat Tool to dry the inks on the watercolour paper and then I would apply more ink to achieve a deeper colour. Next, I added splatters of ink by tapping the brush against the Bone Folder.

I used the Round We Go Bundle which is in the Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue and is located on page 63. I love the pinwheels from the Round We Go Dies they are so much to use and to create different elements for your projects. I made another water colour wash using the same technique as before for the pinwheels and smaller circles.

The sentiment is stamped in Blueberry Bushel onto a part of the watercolour wash and then I used the Round We Go Dies to die-cut the sentiment. Then I layered the different elements onto the card and added Tinsel Gems in Blueberry Bushel and Lost Lagoon. 

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my project by leaving a comment below.

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Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

To see all of the amazing projects by the Stamping Sunday Design Team please click on their names below.