I can't say enough about the Altenew Classes! Each one is filled with tips and techniques to help you with all your crafting. The cards below were inspired by the Polychromatic class. Polychromatic is defined as using 2 or more colors. The class consists of 6 different lessons, each using a different technique.
This technique is called Faux Watercolored Effect. I really enjoyed this technique and made 3 different cards using it. I colored my stamps using waterbrush markers, spritzed with water and then stamped onto watercolor paper. You will get a slightly different look each time. The stamps used were from the Coneflower set and the Stunning Cosmos set. I wanted the emphasis to be on the flowers so I opted to not use sequins or jewels.
As you can see in the above photo, each flower is slightly different as well as the leaves.
I used the Gardenia set for this card and did add a few black splatters. The sentiment is heat embossed with black embossing powder and is from the Coneflower set. I ink blended my card front with Kitch Flamingo Distress Oxide Ink and also added a die cut using the Garden Trellis Die. I mounted my stamped piece onto a slightly larger piece of black cardstock, added a few gems and mounted it to the card front.
This card was made using the same technique. The stamp set for the flower is Antique Roses. The sentiment is from All The Hearts set as is the sentiment. This stamp set has a matching die that cuts out several small hearts. I attached several to my stamped piece and used the stamp to stamp the edges of my card front. The edges are also LIGHTLY ink blended with a green ink that matches the leaves.
As you can see from the picture, I used Heart Beat, Honey Drizzle and Azurite inks to watercolor my background piece. The inks are lighter when spritzed with water and added to the watercolor paper. I used the same technique on another piece of watercolor paper and die cut the balloons using the Birthday Greetings Die. I added 2 more balloons to the back of each one for added dimension. The sentiment and balloon strings are from the Faithful Feathers set. The balloon strings are the center stamp for the feathers. This is a way of stretching your stamps! I added Glossy Accents and tiny stars to the balloons as well. To finish them off, I added some white twine knots.
Happy Stamping!
