I Brake For White Washed Flowers

Hi everybody!  Regina here with an easy card using this really fun stamp set.  It is called Ballerina, Flowers and Numbers from I Brake For Stamps.  Here's what it looks like:

This set has so any possibilities!  I am envisioning mixed media projects for the future but today I used the White Wash Technique. I used the stamp with the flowers, script and dots, the butterfly and the love infinity stamp.  I love how it turned out!  

I used these supplies and that is what it looks like white washed. Then I watercolored with the Fired Brick ink.

I embossed the flowers with white embossing powder, took a water brush and used white pigment ink to water color the flowers to give them the 'white wash' look.  Let this dry or heat dry.  Then I just used some Fired Brick distress ink with water to give the flowers a soft color.  I had originally embossed the script white too but I decided I wanted the script part black so I masked off the flowers, stamped in black and fussy cut the flowers out that I had embossed white and used pop dots to give it some height next to the script.  I embossed the small butterfly with black ink and clear embossing powder and used a little of the Fired Brick distress ink to coordinate with the flowers and used pop dots with it also.  I stamped the love infinity symbol stamp at the bottom and used some black glitter enamel dots on each side.  I used a distress tool to distress the edges of the black and kraft card stock.  Finally, I used clear Wink of Stella on the butterfly.  

 I'll be using this set more in the future to show you different ways to use it.

Supplies:

• I Brake For Stamps stamp set called Ballerina, Flowers and Numbers
• Recollections 110# White Card Stock for base
• Gina K Designs Black Onyx and Kraft Card Stock
• Tim Holtz Fired Brick Distress Ink
• Close To My Heart White Daisy Pigment Ink
• Versamark Ink
• Versafine Onyx Black
• Recollections white embossing powder in Snow
• Stampendous Clear Detail Fine Embossing Powder
• Water Brush
• Tim Holtz Distress Tool
• Pop Dots
• Tombo Dot Runner Mono Adhesive
• Virginia Turtle Black Glitter Enamel Dots
• Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen
• MISTI

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Regina - I Brake For Stamps Design Team Member

I Brake for Babies ...

Hello IBFS fans !!

It's Crystal and I am here with a sweet baby card I made using Baby In Bubbles , such a cute stamp . I am loving the watercoloring lately, so that is how I colored this image , if you have not tried watercoloring you really should. For this card I am using my Tim Holtz distress ink pads and a clear block to bounce color on to act as a palette and a watercolor blush and water , I stamped my image in archival ink  or you can use any waterproof ink  and dip my brush in the water and pick up some color and start painting , it is so relaxing , I hope this card inspires you to give it a try , the best tip I can give you is use water-color paper and dry the image between layers of color to get intense color .

take a closer look at her  , I added glossy accents and diamond glitter to some bubbles here and there

inside my card

one more look at the finished card

Thanks for stopping in ,I hope this card has inspired you to get inky with some rubber stamps today ,

for this image and so many more visit the IBFS store  .

Crystal Lopez – Design Team member for IBFS