Add some pops of color to your Gardenia stamps with this beautiful spring inspiration.
Julie created today’s beautiful floral card. Julie said, “My card uses some lovely, water colored, Gardenia images. Usually gardenias are white, but with amazing stamps, they can be any color you want. I chose the pinky-purple colors. I love this greeting and it can be used for so many occasions..get well, thinking of you, birthday, or just because.” If you love to color, this stamp set is a craft room staple.
- After stamping the gardenia blooms twice w/ waterproof ink, I took out a water color set & a couple of small paintbrushes.
- Water was floated into the blooms, then the pinks were dropped in at the centers, & a lt blue at the outer edges.
- I let this dry a minute or two, then added darker pink in the middle & a little blue-violet at the outside edges then added a bit of water in the centers to pull the paint towards it.
- The leaves were done w/ a couple of greens. After they dried, I die cut them.
- The greeting was stamped & only the word “sparkle” was heat embossed w/ black glittery powder onto a deckle cut white panel.
- I wanted a little sparkle on the flowers, too, so I used a clear Wink of Stella over the blooms,
- A cornflower blue panel was die cut & added under the greeting panel.
- One image of the gardenias was popped up & added on top of the greeting, & the other was cut apart & tucked underneath the same panel.
