Wedding Watercolor Stamped CARD

Watercoloring stationary is a huge trend right now.

I wanted to create a wedding card using watercolors to match this lovely wedding invitation (invitation to the left).  I inked my stamps (Turning A New Leaf-PTI) heavily with water and stamped images onto the wet watercolor paper (wet-on-wet technique).  

Then played around with my aqua painter.

                         

Adding (ink) paint to a wet layer of paint on the paper produces a soft, diffused look as the colors mix.  Being able to predict the results you're going to get working wet-on-wet takes practice, but as this technique can produce spectacular, lively types of cards, paintings, it's well 

worth experimenting with it.

CRAFTERS TIP: when watercoloring your paper can curl!  If you have time leading up to your event – stack all papers under really heavy books/bricks for like a week to flatten them out.   

If you don’t have time ... iron them.

All supplies Stampin' Up! ... unless noted.

Recipe ...

Stamps: PTI (Papertrey Ink): Turning a New Leaf, SU Word Play (retired)
Ink: Classic-Rich Razzelberry, Wisteria Wonder, Soft Suede (stamped-off)
Paper: Watercolor paper 140 lb, Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Pearl Basic Jewels (2 mm), Rhinestone, Aqua Painter-medium, Tim Holtz water spritzer, the beautiful lace Artisan Embellishment Kit (retired), 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Dimensionals
Technique:  Wet-on-Wet Watercoloring

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Do somthing creative every day!

Project Life Wedding and BIG News SU partnered with Becky Higgins (starting May 1st)

Project Life is an amazing system of recording memories without the hassle, investment, or hours required to finish a typical scrapbook. Becky Higgins has created a revolutionary system to simplify the process of preserving your family’s history in a simple, yet stylish way that takes out all of the guesswork.

I've been a long time stamper, scrapbooker, a former Creative Memories Consultant and I said to myself "I can do this" and took the plunge.  A few months back I've put together my first Project Life album together a wedding theme.  I made two duplicate albums of the same, one for the bride and groom and another album for my daughter who was one of the bridesmaid and also the bride’s hair stylist.

Project Life is an amazing and simple scrapbooking system designed by Becky Higgins.  Lot's more news down below.

Take a look of Kelly and Ian's special wedding day ... Oct. 28th, 2012 ... it WAS a perfect fall day.


               Using Project Life Blush and Midnight Edition core kits.

Most photographs are taken my me and some by Honey, Honey Photography, California.

Beautiful bride!

 It’s a super simple, totally affordable way to get your photos into albums: you just slip your photos into Photo Pocket Pages and add designed cards.

The above photo "Cute" stamp set by Ali Edwards 

It’s a back-to-basics approach to documenting your life.

Leaves are punched with a misc leaf punch, perfect for a Fall wedding album.

I stamped the sentiment right onto a few photographs using StazOn Jet Black ink which is a solvent-based ink.  I love this ink!

Midnight Edition Core kit

To the right I stamped the camera image from the Stampin' Up stamp set

Around the World (clear) #131083 (not on the retired list). 
Last year when I saw this set I knew it was perfect for Project Life.

Heidi Swapp Epoxy word stickers

Misc. letter stickers

Misc. doily

So Totally Happy clear stamp set by Ali Edwards

Everyday Words clear stamp set by Ali Edwards

Again, stamped the sentiment onto the photograph using Stazon Ink Jet Black.

Print Shop Gold Stars rub-on's by Studio Calico

Heidi Swap Epoxy Word stickers and

Stampin' Up! Candy Dots #130933 page 170 Annual catalog

The rotary date stamp by Stampin' Up! Remember This #130133.  

Nostalgia meets journaling. Classic rotary date stamp with 12 clever and useful phrases for all of life's events. Turn dial to change phrase and date.

 

The LOVE tag below is from a former SU Artisan Embellishments Kit (retired) but you can make your own.

More SU Candy dots and I love this arrow clip called Hung up Cute clips by Stamp' Up! 

It's on the retired list so grab them fast #129389. 

 

 

I didn't do any journaling.  I will leave this blank for the bride to do. 

Most photographs are taken my me and some by Honey, Honey Photography, California.

    Kelly and Ian, the bride and groom had made the sweetest wedding favors that I've have ever seen.  They were a mason jar filled with delicious oatmeal cookies adorned with beautifully laced & ivory satin picot edge-ribbon draped all around (photo on the left).  The center photo showing I made a mason jar cut with the SU Perfectly Preserved framelits (unfortunately retired) filled with a punched leaves, covered with SU cardstock vellum and adorned with the ribbon from her favors.  Stampin' Up!'s high-quality vellum is great for overlays and creating soft illusions.  Misc. Round Doily.

We surprised Kelly and Ian with a wedding gift a photo album I made filled with

photographs taken of their special day on their one year anniversary. 

One their one year anniversary.

           Ian, Kelly (the bride & groom), Damon my daughters sweet fiance, Matthew (my son), me (Marian) and Mandy (my daughter).

 

Now for the Big News! 

 

So excited to let you know SU partnered with the amazing Becky Higgins to bring you the real deal—authentic Project Life products, now in exclusive Stampin’ Up! colors and designs. If you’ve somehow missed the Project Life craze and are wondering what it’s all about, we’ll fill you in: it’s a super simple, totally affordable way to get your photos into albums: you just slip your photos into Photo Pocket Pages and add designed cards.          It’s a back-to-basics approach to documenting your life. In a nutshell, it’s all about spending more time making memories and less time scrapbooking them.

You’ll be able to order a selection of Project Life products starting May 1!  
And with the launch of our new annual catalog on June 2, you’ll be able to buy from our complete line of Project Life products.

Can’t wait that long? Stampin’ Up! demonstrators will be able to order the limited selection starting April 21. So if you’re a demonstrator make sure to check the demonstrator website that day; if you’re not a demonstrator, sign up and you can order the products early too!

Click here for details on Joining!

Here are the items you’ll be able to purchase on May 1:

I can't wait to see what other Project Life kits will be available in the new SU catalog! If you want a catalog, feel free to contact me for one June 1st when they come out!

Get ready for a scrapbooking revolution with Project Life! It helps busy people (so basically all of us) document life using photos and journaling in a quick, simple, and fabulous way. Stampin' Up! has partnered with Becky Higgins, creator of Project Life, to offer a complete line of elite products.   "Becky explains, "It's called Project LIFE because it's about YOUR LIFE.  Whatever your life is. Whatever your stage of life. Whatever your family circumstances. Whatever your lifestyle. Project Life is designed to help anyone and everyone get their pictures into a book."  In a nutshell, it's all about spending more time making memories and less time scrapbooking them."  I'm IN!

You will be able to order a selection of Project Life products starting May 1 and with the launch of Stampin' Up!'s new annual catalog on June 2, you'll be able to buy from the complete line of Project Life products!

• It’s a super simple, totally affordable way to get your photos into albums: you just slip your photos into Photo Pocket Pages and add designed cards.
• It’s a back-to-basics approach to documenting your life.
• In a nutshell, it’s all about spending more time making memories and less time scrapbooking them.  I did it and you can too!

Project Life Product Availability

• You’ll be able to order a selection of Project Life products starting May 1st!
• And with the launch of our new annual catalog on June 2, You will be able to buy from our complete line of Project Life products.

 

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Vintage Wedding Blossoms CARD

Deep purple: enduring love, this particular color is frequently observed at wedding party anniversaries beyond the 25th year mark.

Deep purple: enduring love, this particular color is frequently observed at wedding party anniversaries beyond the 25th year mark.

Two-step stamping is so easy to do and the results are spectacular!  Just stamp the base image, then position and stamp the overlay image. It's that simple.  This 10-piece set lets you make old-fashioned roses ... for all of your feminine and vintage projects. Stippled Blossoms:
 Wood-mount #132076 here.

http://www.stampinup.com/ECWeb/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=132076

All supplies Stampin' Up! ... unless noted.

Recipe ...

Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, French Script (retired) you can use En Francais, Word Play (retired)
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Wild Wasabi = solid stamp imaged is stamped off
Paper: Shimmery White
Accessories: Many Dimensionals, 2 /38" Scallop Circle Punch, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, White 4" Doily, Stampin' Sponge, Dazzeling Diamonds (retired) you can use Dazzling Details, 2-Way Glue Pen, Piercing Tool, Rhinestone Basic Jewels, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Artisan Embellishment Kit (retired)

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