Growing in Unity - Day 3

 Hey… happy Hump Day! On a side note…my last boss’s name was Mike, who was a very effective and productive leader, and who I really liked and highly respected. Every time I had an important or tense meeting on a Wed., I so wanted to say, “Hey, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, guess what day it is?”. 🤣 Sorry, I digress and had to chuckle… loved that commercial!

And no, this card has nothing to do with camels🤣. 

Instead, I used the beautiful Linen Flowers from Unity. Because the stamp lines were so delicate, I wanted to retain that look, but stamp using individual colors for each area. This reminded me of a class I took with AI (Art Impressions) stamps. And then I remembered, I still had those same 3 Tombow watercolor markers from that class from 4(?) years ago.

I pulled out a Canson watercolor paper and my Misti and proceeded to use the markers carefully on each bit of the stamp. I’d color a few leaves, then stamp, then repeat. Then move onto the next section when I was happy. I didn’t bother with misting the stamp pad with water, as I didn’t want to dilute the colors.

When finished, I first used a delicate brush to pull colors from the outlines slightly through the petal or leaf. As the markers were water based, this was easy to do. Then, I added a touch more color using my watercolors (green and yellow). After die cutting the paper, I found coordinating paper for the background, embossed the sentiment from the stamp set, and added crystals. And (jaw drop time) I realized after assembling, I had created a CAS card, oh my!

Loved how this one turned out! 

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