Beautiful Moments

Hi Stampers!
I hope you are ready for some fun coloring!  Stampin'Up! has been increasing the number of stamp sets that lend themselves to coloring and the sketched drawing styles tops the list in my opinion!  The new stamp set "Beautiful Moments" is the latest one and features women and girls that are easy to relate to and easy to color.  Ready to see some ideas?  I sure had fun!

If you like to use an Aqua Painter with ink for your watercoloring technique, you will love this card!  Be sure to use watercolor paper so it can absorb all the water without breaking down.  Stampin'Up! has great watercolor paper that comes in 5" x 7" sheets so I cut one in half for this card. I started at the bottom and slowly worked my way up with horizontal brush strokes of color. I used Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Soft Seafoam, Pool Party, Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay. I stamped my image prior to watercoloring and be sure to use Stazon ink because it is permanent and won't bleed.  Below, you can view a quick Youtube video showing how I made this card!

This card is the result of a different idea that went awry.  I had made a mountain scene with my "Snowfront" stamp set and then added this woman in a field image also, then in coloring it, really messed it up and so had to cut her out. I was going to throw the whole thing away, but decided to salvage her. That is the explanation for the somewhat awkward shape I cut! I had to cut away everything that was a disaster from the first project. I made it better by adding some of the new "So Very Vellum" paper which is a new freebie in the Sale-A-Bration promotion. I love the soft colors. I used one of the larger rectangle dies for my white frame as well. To color, I used our alcohol markers, Stampin'Blends. They color easily and smoothly and with a dark and light shade of every color, it's a snap to blend.

This final card is my emotional favorite! I'm the mother of two girls and I have such strong memories in my head and photos in my drawers of these two precious girls, hand in hand, everyday, exploring, learning and laughing. That sister bond is incredible and I'm so very blessed to have a couple sisters of my own.  This image was also colored with Stampin'Blends.

As promised, here's my video tutorial of the first card with a watercolor technique.

I love this style of stamp that lets me color with different techniques. It's a fun past time to color and the end result is stunning with the right tools. I've listed my supplies below as always and a click on any of them will take you to the store. I hope you try coloring soon!

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Happy Stampin!
Sarah