Welcome back to Super Saturday. For today’s card I used the beautiful Flower
Mandala Background. You can also see my
card on the Magenta blog here.
I centered the stamp over a piece of 100# black cardstock in
my stamp positioner. I used my powder
tool very liberally all over the cardstock to prevent any stray bits of
embossing powder from sticking in the background area. I stamped the image using VersaMark ink then covered
the image with gold embossing powder.
Before heat setting, I used a small paint brush to remove a few stray
bits of embossing powder.
I used Gansai Tambi Gem Colors and Fine Tec Pearlescent metallic
watercolor paints to fill in the images. For each set I have made a color swatch for each color on a strip of black
watercolor paper which helps me select the colors for my projects.
Since I used cardstock rather than watercolor
paper, I didn’t use very much water with the paints. I put the cardstock on a Make Art Stay-Tion and held it in place with the magnets. I used a shade of green for the center of the mandalas and a shade of blue green for the outer section of the manadalas.
After the paint was dry, I cut down the image to 4” x 5 ¼”. Next, I centered the sentiment at the bottom
of the image, stamped with VersaMark and embossed with gold embossing
powder. To add a bit of sparkle, I
sprayed the image with Tsukineko Shimmer Spritz. To finish up the card, I adhered the image to
a 4 ¼”x5 ½” piece of gold foil cardstock and then to the front of an A2 card.
I did a second card front using a shade of red and a shade
of pink. I also think this would make a great card for other occasions such as
birthdays and thinking of you cards.
Wishing you a joyous holiday season. Thanks for visiting my blog today.
Magenta Products Used
Other Products Used
Fine Tec Pearlescent Colours
Gansai Tambi Gem Watercolors
Gina K Black Onyx 100# cardstock
Wendy Vecchi Make Art Stay-Tion
your card design is stunningly beautiful! looks like another Magenta purchase is in the near future!
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely gorgeous Pam! Time to get out my metallic watercolors!
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