Grandparents Day Bouquet Card

Instructions

STEP 1:

Create a side opening card that is 5 1/2 by 4 1/4 inches. Ink the edges of the card with Sandalwood Dye Ink.

STEP 2:

Cut a piece of watercolor paper to 5 1/4 and 4 inches. Stamp randomly all over the paper to create a background paper. Stamp on a separate piece of watercolor paper the largest flower in the set three times and the flower with the larger stem and leaves three times.

STEP 3:

Color in each of the images you stamped with a water brush and ink. Cut out the larger flowers and stems with leaves.

STEP 4:

Stitch a border around the patterned paper you created. Add ink to the edges.

STEP 5:

Cut a 2 1/2 by 4 1/4 inch strip of blue cardstock. Ink the edges.

STEP 6:

Cut a 1 1/2 by 2 1/2 inch piece of green cardstock and stitch around the edges. Add ink to the edges and then adhere to the blue cardstock strip created in step 5.

STEP 7:

Out of orange cardstock punch the edge of a 1 inch strip. Add to the center of the green strip created in step 6.

STEP 8:

Tie a yellow ribbon around the blue/green/orange piece you have created and adhere to the card with 3D-Dots.

STEP 9:

With 3D-Dots adhere flowers into the different layers of colored cardstock.

STEP 10:

Print your sentiment onto white paper and ink the edges. Mat with blue cardstock and ink the edges. Adhere to card.

STEP 11:

Tips for Success: Watercolor paper has great texture to it, yet it is flat enough to still give you a great stamped impression. If you are going to do a lot of coloring, use a waterproof dye ink to stamp the image that you plan to color; that way it won’t run when you add water and it won’t bleed when you stamp it onto the paper. I used a water brush and an inkpad to color in the images I stamped; to do this drag your brush over the inkpad and pick up the color you desire. When you want to change colors drag your brush on a scrap piece of paper until it runs clear and then pick up a new color.

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