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Hi readers! Happy Wednesday! I hope you’re having a fantastic week! It’s always fun to have Teri Anderson as a guest on our blog. I love her fresh take on design and bold use of color. I hope these cards inspire you like that did for me!
Enjoy!
Hi Simon friends!So good to see you again! I always enjoy stopping by! Flowers just have a way of making everything better so I cooked up a couple flower card to share with you today.
Both of these card were created with the Blooming Roses stamp set from My Favorite Things. The flowers in in this stamp set look really cool when you ink them up and stamp with them. But they also look cool when you want do something a little more artsy with them.
For both cards, I inked up the flowers (and leaves and stems) and then spritzed them with a little water before I stamped them. I love the artsy, messy look adding the water gives.
A Mini Mister bottle works great for adding just a light misting of water to your ink. Ink up your stamp and then mist a squirt of water on it. Be sure to hold the bottle 10″ to 12″ away. Hold it too close and the colors will really bleed.
Just for kicks, here’s how one of the stamps looked after I spritzed water on it. It’s not pretty, but the results will be will worth it. Trust me on this one.
And here are a few examples of the flowers stamped after I added the water to the ink. By the way, I put a little too much water on the one in the lower right hand corner, but I think I am going to hold onto it and use it on a project later.
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Thanks for reading today and thanks to our pal Teri for the fabulous inspiration!
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Love your card.
What a statement, Teri … bold, brilliant, wonderful! Anita:)
Awesome!!! I love these cards and stamps!!!
Soooo beautiful! I know that I always write the same things, but all the cards are always absolutely fabulous!!! Thanks for all, girls, for all those fantastic inspirations.
These are beautiful cards.
Wow, those flowers are fabulous, love the striking colour combo :)
the flowers are very pretty.
thanks for sharing.
nice big flowers
I am loving this technique!!
Stunning cards by Teri and I love the misting technique she used. I’m lovin’ clean and simple cards.
Pretty card! I love the color scheme and flowers.
The roses turned out beautifully – perfect colour too. i follow the blog by email.
Such pretty cards!
Love those bold gorgeous flowers! Great cards!
love these great flowers
very pretty set of cards!
I love the bold sentiments on these cards.
I love the ink then spritz technique, esp when I use perfect pearls powder in the water for some shimmer.
Love those gorgeous flowers. Hugz
Gorgeous cards!!!
Very pretty cards! Love those roses & the spritzing technique!
Those roses are amazing! Thanks for the spritzing tip!
Great cards! You can’t go wrong with red roses!
Gorgeous!!! Love the watercolor effect and those flowers make you want to smile!
Pretty and bold…great combo.
I love those flowers!! Beautiful!!
Wow, I love the look of these flowers! Always a pleasure to see Teri’s work!
Beautiful floral cards!
What a lovely, deep red colour on those roses!
Your roses are absolutely beautiful. You make awesome cards.
Great technique and lovely bold colors.
Beautiful card!
Very bold and thank you for the little tutorial.
Beautiful, bold, colors!!! Pretty!
Beautiful card! x
Love your card Teri!
Fabulous, would be great for Valentines too!
xx Irene
Such a clever way to use your stamps- very pretty!
Love this stamps so much!
The roses are beautiful. Just might have to go get these stamps.
Beautiful cards. lLove the color choices!
These cards are just beautiful! They are so CAS but sure pack an awesome punch! Thanks so much for sharing!
Beautiful roses!
Well hello, my friend! Always a pleasure to find Teri creating anything, anywhere!!! BEAutiful flower cards, Teri…
=] Michele
Beautiful card, lovely stamp set. Plus I love the green you used for leaves
This is a great idea. I love all the ideas I get from this site!
The bright color makes the flowers really pop out and the water misting gives the rose a realistic look. Thanks for the tip.
That’s a lovely set and I love the brightness of the colours she used. TFS!
Love this bold and colorful design!
Love how the flowers turned out with sprinting.