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Come on... grab your Stampin' Up! Stampin' Pastels... I know you must have them... if not.. rush to your nearest demonstrator to order them!!
Today I am featuring these 4 great Stampin' Up! products on my blog:
STAMPIN' PASTELS, item #120962, pg 202
Sweet Floral Background stamp, #122855, pg 151
Versamark pad, #102283, pg 203
Sponge Daubers, #102892, pg 203
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For today's lovely cards, I used an old technique that I used to teach YEARS and YEARS ago, called Poppin' Pastels. It's very simple.. .stamp your image in Versamark, apply pastels, rub and wow!! So.. here we go..
1. Ink your image (Sweet Floral Background stamp) in Versamark ink and stamp on Whisper White cardstock:
2. Grab your Stampin' Pastels and your Sponge Daubers
3. using a Sponge Dauber, apply your lightest color first.. here I used Pink Pirouette first - POUNCE up and down all over all the flowers:
4. next, add a darker pink, here I used Pretty in Pink - again, Pounce up and down but only where you want some darker color:
Ya, I know.. looks messy... DON'T WORRY...
5. add another darker pink to just little bits of the image, I used Rose Red:
6. to blend, use the sponge dauber you used with the LIGHTEST COLOR and POUNCE up and down all over and they will all blend...
7. Now you are ready to add some green to the stems.. follow the same method, starting with a light green and going to a darker green:
8. after adding a 2nd (and/or 3rd green shade) pounce to blend as above
9. when all your color is applied, swirl lightly over the color with a cotton ball.. use one for the pinks and one for the greens - try not to swirl all over the white part of your paper... it will smear the color.
10.. lastly... i decided I wanted to see what it looked like with a little yellow added in so I added some Daffodil Delight... .simply delightful.. don't you think????
Here are 2 finished cards... you could do this with ANY color scheme...
Do ya like 'em??? I do!! Now... get some pastels and have fun!
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