Watercolour Backgrounds | Ken Oliver Color Bursts

Hello! Today I have a couple of cards to share that use the Ken Oliver Color Burst powders. Color Bursts are concentrated powders that are meant to be used with water to create fun, unique watercolour effects. They are super fun and super addicting - it's so fun to watch them react when they come in contact with water! ;)

There are a lot of fun ways to use these awesome powders, but for today's post I'm just showing how fun and easy it is to create watercolour backgrounds with them. My first card used the Violet and Ultramarine Blue powders to create a night sky looking background.

I love the colours you get when you mix the blue and purple powders... so bold and vibrant. I actually created this background yesterday using the powders for the first time. I let the piece dry overnight rather than using my heat tool... I love the different looks you get from heat drying it or letting it air dry.

When I played with the Color Bursts the second time I used the Ultramarine Blue powder mixed with the Lemon Yellow to create a bluish green background. I am seriously amazed at how well the colours blend and stay true to colour.... they don't fade at all! 

For this card, I stamped a simple sentiment in black ink and heat embossed it for some shine and dimension. I also added a few black hearts and some clear sequins and silver stickles. I love that the focus of both of the cards is on the awesome watercolour backgrounds.

You can see how I created the backgrounds and the Star card in the video below:



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I also have to announce the winner of the July SSS card kit - congrats to Sue McRae!!
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MFT June Ingenious Inking

Hello and welcome to the June My Favorite Things Ingenious Inking challenge. This month we're using Copic markers with our favourite MFT images to create colourful, vibrant card designs. I decided to pair my Copic colouring with some water colouring to create my scene. ;)

I stamped the girl and dog image with MFT Black Licorice Hybrid ink and then coloured them in with Copic markers. Once I had them all coloured, I fussy cut the image out so I could adhere it to my background piece.

I used Peerless watercolours to create my background. I first stamped the same image onto watercolour paper and then I painted on the grass and sky. I let it completely dry and then adhered the cut out stamped piece on top with liquid glue and stamped the sentiment underneath with black ink.

I diecut the finished panel using the largest Stitched Rectangle die and then I adhered it onto a Grout Gray cardstock mat before adhering it to the white card base. I also added some clear sparkle to her dress for a little shimmer.

Make sure to head over to the MFT blog to see what the other designers created this month with stamps and Copic markers. ;)

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MFT Summer School | White Space

Hey everyone! Today is the last day of summer school over on the MFT blog and I'm the teacher today! ;)

I'm sharing a card that uses the Whole Herd stamp set and the Cow Print stencil to create a focal point and the use of white space to make my image stand out on the card.

The cow print was done with embossing paste for texture and the cow image was adhered with foam adhesive. I always think of white space cards as clean and simple and realized when I was creating this that I seem to be making these types of cards more and more. ;)

Make sure to head over to the MFT blog for today's post, a video showing how I created my card and another chance to participate and win!

We hope you enjoyed the MFT summer school and learned lot's of fun new ways to get crafty!

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