Ink / Watercolor Squishing

Ink squishing – when you don’t want to do detailed coloring

April 22nd, 2020Varada2 Comments

Today, I want to stand on top of a building that “my crafty friends are the best!”. My friends from Instagram – Subhashini and Chandhini – are amazing – they are so good at crafting. You should check out their feed – on Instagram they go by @crafty_sistahs. They won a giveaway from Unity Stamp company and because of the chaos with shipping asked them to deliver their prize here at my house. AND they let me use the stamps for crafting before I can take it to them when I visit India next time. What did I say? My …

Altenew | Beautiful Peony | Ink Squishing

September 26th, 2019Varada0 Comments

Hi friends, today I got a chance to play with one of the items that has been on my wish list for a long time – the Altenew Beautiful Peony stamp and die set. To start with, I used Canson watercolor paper and misted it with some clear water. Next I squished distress and distress oxide inks on a piece of packaging plastic material and then used the plastic to add that color to the damp-wet watercolor paper. For pink flowers, I used Worn Lipstick and Festive Berries Distress Oxide Inks For yellow – Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink For …

Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Flowers stamp set | Inspiration recap

July 21st, 2018Varada0 Comments

Hello friends, so here’s a recap of all the cards you have been seeing on this space using Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Flowers stamp set. Inspiration 1 Inspiration 2 Inspiration 3 Inspiration 4 Inspiration 5 Inspiration 6 Inspiration 7 Inspiration 8 Hope you give these ideas a try. These ideas can also be used with other floral images. I hope you do give them a try. And don’t forget to let me know which one is your favorite. INSTAGRAM GIVEAWAY I am running a giveaway on Instagram this month. Do let me know which one is your favorite technique …

Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Flowers + Distress Ink Squishing

July 12th, 2018Varada4 Comments

Okay, I totally went to town with distress inks and the SSS Beautiful Flowers for today’s card. I started by die cutting a stitched rectangle from Canson cold press watercolor paper. Next I used Black Archival ink and stamped the main floral image as well as the sentiment – “you are so” along with the outline word “LOVED”. Archival ink is waterproof, I knew I wanted to add watercolor / distress ink with water on top, so I used this ink. For good measure, I let it sit and dry completely (for about 5-10 mins) before doing anything else. When …

Cards using Wplus9 Kind Soul

September 6th, 2017Varada0 Comments

WPlus 9 - Kind Soul - Orange and Yellow Colors

Hi friends, today we are continuing the spirit of crafting with three more cards. Focal point for all these was made with the same stamp set – Wplus9 Kind Soul. I only used a couple other stamps for sentiments. I started by die cutting three Bristol watercolor paper panels using SSS stitched rectangle dies. Next, I took a piece of packaging material and added several different inks on top, sprayed it with water using mini mister and then squished it on top of each watercolor panel. The water itself moved the inks / paints around and gave some cool effects. …

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