Good morning! I’m continuing my study of the gorgeous background stamps from Simon Says Stamp! 😉 You can find two cards using the Emma background here. Today I focused on the Elizabeth background stamp and I love it just as much as the Emma! 😉
I decided that I wanted to experiment with very saturated watercolors in a peacock palette! I started by stamping the Elizabeth background with versamark and then heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder. Next I used my deep blue and persian green zig clean color real brush markers to add color to each segment and then blended it together with a damp paintbrush. In some areas I used a mix of both colors and in some areas I only used one. Varying the amount of water I used or the amount of each color helped to create different shades of blue green. I let it dry completely and then stamped the sentiment with versamark and heat-embossed it with gold tinsel embossing powder. If I did it again I’d probably use the same embossing powder for the sentiment and the background as the gold and gold tinsel are slightly different shades of gold. Oops… 😉
Seriously though…this stamp is just as gorgeous as the Emma background! Next up…the Elinor! 😉 Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful Friday!
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Beautiful card, love the vibrant color (and awesome coloring) and pretty stamp.
Jess this is so stunning, and the drama!!! Gorgeous! two colors? what an impact they’ve made.
I have a love/hate relationship with gold embossing powders. I also have a theory that the embossing buddy powders contaminate the container, which cause less-than-desired results over time – any thoughts? xx
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My first reaction was, WOW! I love the colors you used and embossing that gorgeous stamp in gold was perfect!!
This is lovely! Great colors and I love the sentiment! TFS!
Oh my… I love this
What a gorgeous card!
Just gorgeous! The rich blue green with gold is beautiful!
gorgeous card and i love love love that stamp! so pretty 🙂
Echoing the others: a pretty stamp elevated to a gorgeous image with your creativity! The gold and blue/green is stunning…
~carol
Such a beautiful card Jess! And I wouldn’t have noticed that the embossing powders were not the same had you not mentioned it.
Really nice! Thanks for sharing your technique! I had a similar situation with gold also. I think the person who created is the one who notices most.
Lovely card. I haven’t used this technique before. I certainly am inspired by you to try it. Thanks for sharing.
Omg this is so gorgeous! I love it! I’m usually too lazy to leave comments but I just had to with this one!
Really classy – I love the look and thank you for sharing!
WOW! I love your stunning card! So pretty!