Watercoloured Accented Blooms with Lisa Curcio

Welcome to today's Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with speical guest Lisa Curcio from the USA. Our task was to CASE (copy and selectively edit) one of Lisa's creations - just what I need as I have been having crafters block, so off to Lisa's Stamp Studio I went, and I soon found my inspiration.

I've had colouring on kraft/crumbcake on my list for quite some time now, so this was the perfect opportunity, here's what I was inspired to create.... there may also have been some influence from the morning I spent moving mulch in the garden!

It was so relaxing colouring this image from Accented Blooms with my Watercolour Pencils, colouring then using a Blender pen to mix the colours, then to really make things pop I went back over with the white pencil, it made a huge impact, really giving depth to the image.

I also decided to add a subtle Hardwood background - I cut a mask for the image, then lightly sponged Crumbcake onto the stamp, pressing harder around the image and less towards the edge of the card. Then I went back in with the Early Espresso and Basic Grey pencils to add shadows, and I had to add a little bling so did with a light wash with a mix of Champagne Mist and rubbing alcohol with a aqua painter... does that make it an alcohol painter... hahaha

Now for the sentiment using the KISSing technique - first I inked up the sentiment in Crumb Cake, then I stamped it onto the Hardwood stamp, then stamped on my cardstock - by "kissing" the inked stamp onto the other stamp some of the ink transfers off, thus creating the wood grain background behind the sentiment, how awesome is that!

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