Saturday 17 September 2016

Inked Feathers

 Hi there.....I'm back.
Life has just gotten in the way of me stamping and I was really missing it, so today I was determined to make a card and this is what I came up with.

I was inspired by the challenge at Splitcoast today and a hat with a peacock feather on the side.  Love the vibrant, beautiful colors of those feathers.
I began by placing the stamp into my MISTI, then coloured the image using Zig pigment markers.  I wanted to try and see what the image would look like if I stamped it onto YUPO paper so I sprayed it with water to blend the colours and pressed it onto my paper.  I was very pleased with how the colours held true and the inks spread on their own giving it the look of being watercoloured.  
For those of you that are not familiar with YUPO paper, it is a synthetic, plastic-like paper that has a a mind of it's own and the inks flow wherever they want to go.  Sure made for a quick and easy card.
NOTE:  I did spray it with Krylon Fixative when dry to seal in the colours.
I die cut a circle using a die from Spellbinders and stamped the sentiment from Impression Obsession onto it then pop dotted it onto my card front.


I am adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- CLEAN and SIMPLE


Craft Stamper Magazine- TAKE A STAMP, ANYTHING GOES

Craft Rocket- MOSTLY BLUE


Thanks so much for coming by for a visit and have a great weekend.

Supplies:  stamps- Impression Obsession, Technique Junkies/ Zig pigment markers/ mini mister/ MISTI/ Yupo paper/ Memento bl ink/ Spellbinder circle die/ pop dots

18 comments:

marilyn said...

Love following all your adventures with colors....you are responsible for me getting involved with Brushos & Yupo! It's been lots of fun!

Diane Jaquay said...

That is one stunning background, love this card!

Barb said...

You've got a great effect Karen and I love the colours. Barbxx

Verna Angerhofer said...

Beautifully done and I love the wonderful colors.

Princess Judy Palmer said...

You are always willing to try new and different ways to color and have such great luck with them. This is very cool!

Nstiz said...

Wow this is beautiful! Love the colors you chose for that stamp and the wonderful watercolor effect you achieved with it! this is gorgeous, Karen!

shirley-bee said...

Gorgeous effect, Karen! Thanks so much for playing along at Craft Stamper Take It Make It :)

Inkyfingers said...

What a vibrant and fun card. Love the effect you achieved on that paper.
Thanks for sharing with us at Addicted to Stamps and More and I hope you will join us again soon.
Hugs
Carol x

Lisa :) said...

very pretty card!!

Bobby said...

I love the way the colors blended and yet stayed bright, Karen. Beautiful card.

Loll said...

So beautiful Karen. Have not tried watercolouring on Yupo yet, but you have gotten amazing results. Need to try it! :) xx

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

SO VERY BEAUTIFUL, I always love your cards.
Faith
x

Linda said...

What a fabulous effect. Thanks for playing along with the Craft Stamper challenge xx

Craftychris said...

Beautiful! Amazing colours! xxx

CherylQuilts said...

Karen, this is amazing! I love how the two colors are "married" in the feather! Wow! And what a fun sentiment for it! Beautiful, my friend! Hugs!

Anke said...

Stunning card, Karen.

Hugs
Anke

Mandy said...

Gorgeous card Karen! The colours and patterns are lovely.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Mandy xx

Nandini said...

Wow! Stunning background! Thank you for joining us at ATSM Challenges. All the very best. Nandini DT