Papertrey Ink Customer Blog Hop May 2017

Good afternoon! Had to do some traveling which takes me away from my ink and stamps. I am happy to be back and had a fun time playing along with the challenge photo for the Papertrey Ink customer blog hop. I had more ideas than time to create. My vision never seems to equate to ability, but with practice hopefully I'll get closer each time.

I was inspired by the floral clusters and the watercolor look. Instead of doing an outline and a watercolor wash I thought I'd give  my distress markers a try at coloring on the stamp, spritzing and then pressing direct to paper. I saw a demonstration video by Julie Ebersole and although I own different markers, they watercolor too and I thought I'd try it. Like I said, more practice..

The first one I watercolored on cream colored cardstock and odd thing is it looks white in the photo. It isn't. The second I watercolored on watercolor paper.

Thanks for looking and happy hopping.

Stamps: Papertrey Ink Gathered Garden, Stitches and Swirls, Scripted (this set was a gift from a lovely friend!); Ink: Ranger Distress Antique linen, gold; Paper: Fine Linen, Vintage Cream, teal blue; Dies: Papertrey Ink bookmark die, quilted die; Other: copper embossing powder, Ranger distress ink watercolor markers, ribbon, glitter gel pen, sequins. 

Stamps: Papertrey Ink Gathered Garden, Cutaway Tags Spring Stamp set; Ink: gold; Dies: Papertrey Ink Mix & Mat Flourishes die, My Favorite Things pierced rectangles; Paper: white linen, yellow check (PTI), melon berry, watercolor, sweet blush; Other: sequins, gold embossing powder