Michele Reynolds
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Sweetest Thing Candy Wash Birthday Swap |
B right and cheery birthday card using watercoloring and Stampin' Up! products.
Cut cardstock pieces to the following sizes using a Stampin' Trimmer:
- card from Coastal Cabana Cardstock at 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored at 4-1/4"
- 4" x 5-1/4" from Granny Apple Green Cardstock
- 3-3/4" x 5" from Shimmery White Cardstock
- 2" x 3" from Shimmery White Cardstock
If you haven't already done so, fill an Aqua Painter with water.
Squeeze the lid of the Coastal Cabana Ink Pad to get a pool of ink in the lid. Open the pad but leave the lid exposed. Squeeze the Aqua Painter gently to get the water flowing into the brush tip and let some water drip into the pad lid. Use the brush tip to swirl the water into the ink. Paint in short, back and forth sweeps down the left side of the large piece of Shimmery White Cardstock until you get the coverage you want. Get more ink on the Aqua Painter as needed.
Tip When you are done clean, the tip of the Aqua Painter by scribbling on Grid Paper until no more color is coming off.
Squeeze the lid of the Granny Apple Green Ink Pad to get a pool of ink in the lid. Open the pad but leave the lid exposed. Squeeze the Aqua Painter gently to get the water flowing into the brush tip and let some water drip into the pad lid. Use the brush tip to swirl the water into the ink. Paint in short, back and forth sweeps down the left side of the large piece of Shimmery White Cardstock until you get the coverage you want. Get more ink on the Aqua Painter as needed. Set the Shimmery White Cardstock aside to dry.
Tip When you are done, clean the tip of the Aqua Painter by scribbling on Grid Paper until no more color is coming off.
Tip: You can use a Heat Tool to speed up drying if you wish.
As you are ready to stamp using the Sweetest Thing Set, place the cardstock on the Stampin' Pierce Mat. Using the mat will help you get a cleaner image each time you stamp. Put a piece of paper (Grid Paper works great) on top of the Mat to protect it from ink.
Mount the bulbous jar image from the Sweetest Thing Set on Block D. Ink it up with the StazOn Ink Pad. Stamp onto Grid Paper. Then, WITHOUT re-inking, stamp it in the center of the remaining rectangle of Shimmery White Cardstock.
Pick out the matching jar framelit from the Jar of Sweets Framelits. Place the stamped candy jar image on the Cutting Pad on top of the Magnetic Platform on the Big Shot. Place the candy jar framelit on top so it is centered over the image. Place another Cutting Pad on top and run through the Big Shot.
Mount the wrapped, hard candy image from the Sweetest Thing Set on Block A. Ink it up with the Granny Apple Green Ink Pad. Stamp it in the bulbous part of the jar cut out. Leave the stamp on the block.
Re-ink the wrapped, hard candy image with the Granny Apple Green Ink Pad. Stamp it on a Post-It Note near the top of the Post-It Note where the adhesive is located. Re-ink the stamp again and stamp it on the top of the Post-It Note one more time. Clean the stamp using the Simply Shammy or Stampin' Mist and Stampin' Scrub, but leave it on the block.
Use Paper Snips to carefully cut out the stamped candy images along the top of the Post-It Note to create 2 masks. Cut just barely inside the stamped lines.
Adhere one of the Post-It Note candy images over the stamped candy image inside the jar cut out.
Re-ink the wrapped, hard candy image with the Coastal Cabana Ink Pad. Stamp it in the bulbous part of the jar cut out so it overlaps the mask of the previously stamped candy a little bit. Leave the stamp on the block.
Adhere the second Post-It Note candy image over the second stamped candy image inside the jar cut out.
Re-ink the wrapped, hard candy image with the Coastal Cabana Ink Pad. Stamp it in the bulbous part of the jar cut out so it overlaps the masks of the two previously stamped candies a little bit. Clean the stamp, but leave the stamp on the block.
Remove the Post-It Note masks.
Tip: Put the masks inside the case of the stamp set to use again on future projects.
Squeeze the lid of the Granny Apple Green Ink Pad to get a pool of ink in the lid. Open the pad but leave the lid exposed. Pick up some of the watery ink in the lid with the brush tip. Carefully paint in the complete candy image inside the bulbous part of the jar cut out. Get more ink on the Aqua Painter as needed.
Tip When you are done, clean the tip of the Aqua Painter by scribbling on Grid Paper until no more color is coming off.
Squeeze the lid of the Coastal Cabana Ink Pad to get a pool of ink in the lid. Open the pad but leave the lid exposed. Pick up some of the watery ink in the lid with the brush tip. Carefully paint in the parts of the remaining two candy images inside the bulbous part of the jar cut out. Get more ink on the Aqua Painter as needed. Set the candy jar cut out aside to dry thoroughly.
Tip When you are done, clean the tip of the Aqua Painter by scribbling on Grid Paper until no more color is coming off.
Tip: You can use a Heat Tool to speed up drying if you wish.
If the watercolor washed Shimmery White Cardstock rectangle is dry, then proceed with the next step.
Re-ink the wrapped, hard candy image with the Coastal Cabana Ink Pad. Stamp it randomly down the left side of the Shimmery White rectangle over the watercolor washed area. Stamp some of the images without re-inking the stamp. Rotate the stamp every so often. Let some of the images go off the cardstock along the top, bottom, and left edges. Clean the stamp, but leave the stamp on the block.
Re-ink the wrapped, hard candy image with the Granny Apple Green Ink Pad. Stamp it randomly down the left side of the Shimmery White rectangle over the watercolor washed area. Stamp some of the images without re-inking the stamp. Rotate the stamp every so often. Let some of the images go off the cardstock along the top, bottom, and left edges. Let some of the images overlap the previously stamped images a bit. Clean the stamp and put it away.
Mount the "Happy Birthday" or "Sweets for you" sentiment from the Sweetest Thing Set on Block B. Ink it up with the Coastal Cabana Ink Pad. Stamp it in the lower right corner of the stamped and watercolor washed Shimmery White rectangle.
Adhere the stamped, watercolor washed Shimmery White rectangle to the Granny Apple Green rectangle using Tear & Tape Adhesive along the edges. Then, adhere it to the front of the Coastal Cabana card.
If the stamped and watercolored jar cut out is dry, then adhere it to the front of the card just to the left and above the stamped sentiment using Stampin' Dimensionals and Mini Stampin' Dimensionals.
Cut a 9" piece of Coastal Cabana/Granny Apple Green 3/8" Reversible Ribbon.
Tie a bow in the center of the ribbon. Trim the ends.
Use a Mini Glue Dot to adhere the bow to the bottom of the bulbous area of the candy jar cut out.
Use the mini spatula on the Take Your Pick to carefully peel up 3 different sized Granny Apple Green dots from a sheet of Glitter Enamel Dots making sure that you get the adhesive backings as well. Adhere them randomly to the card front.