Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Ink It Up with Heidi Shafer -- Beautiful Bouquet: Dahlia

Today, I've joined again with Heidi Shafer of Mapleberry Musings
for Ink It Up.


Ink it Up is a challenge where, on the second and fourth Wednesday 
of each month, Heidi and I share cards that we've made with new stamp sets
that we haven't used yet.

Today, I'm sharing my card that I made using my 
Wplus9 Beautiful Bouquet: Dahlia stamp set.
Here's my card:


I started of by stamping my flowers from Wplus9 Beautiful Bouquet: Dahlia 
 in versamark and heat embossing them in white on a piece of watercolour paper.
Then, I used three different shades of Zig Markers to colour over top,
using water and a paintbrush to blend the colours.


I stamped my sentiment (from PTI KIS: Sympathy)
in Altenew Evening Grey.

Don't forget to hop over to Heidi's blog to see what
she created for this Ink It Up.

Thanks for looking!

17 comments:

Jennifer K said...

Gorgeous, Leigh! I always need a few sympathy cards on hand.

Annheidel said...

Your card is so soft and pretty! I love the watercoloring. I think it's amazing that we both used a Wplus9 set without coordinating it. What are the odds? Their Beautiful Bouquet stamp sets are on my wish list!

Jeanne said...

What a fun challenge you and your friend have. This card is gorgeous. So soft and elegant. You did a great job with those pens.

merryf said...

Beautiful! Sympathy cards are hard, and I always need ideas.

Karen C. said...

What a masterpiece, Leigh. Beautiful colours and such a soft and dreamy effect.

Patti said...

Oh Leigh this is simply stunning!! I love the colors you used.

Patti

Audrey Pettit said...

This is stunning, Leigh! Love your stamped florals and LOVE your beautiful soft watercoloring! I think the leaves done in soft grey looks just amazing!

Anonymous said...

This is one of the prettiest cards I've ever seen! I gasped when I saw it. Wow...just WOW!

Katy

McStamper said...

What a beautiful card. I want to be able to color like you!!

Kathy Mc said...

Leigh, this is so beautiful and soothing ~ perfect for a sympathy card with a WOW factor. Your Zig coloring looks fabulous!

Happy Dance said...

Stunning Leigh. Absolutely stunning. You've got some mad watercoloring skills going on! And the yellows.... so perfect for this card. Gentle. Beautiful. One of the most beautiful cards ever. True story. Bev

Lisa Elton said...

What a gorgeous card, love the soft yellow!!

Jenniferk said...

Such beautiful card, I love the soft yellow!

Monika/Buzsy said...

Such a pretty card Leigh. Love the soft coloring with the white embossing.

Nora Noll said...

Hanging my head in shame-I have this stamp too and have not inked it up!! I LOVE the pretty way you colored this card. So soft-perfect for a sympathy card!! Great design!

Miriam Prantner said...

So soft and sweet! I love how subtle the background is!

Kim S said...

Gorgeous - and so perfect for a sympathy card.