Hello everyone! I’m so thrilled to be a guest designer for Catherine Pooler Designs and join the celebration of their All the Trimmings Release. I’m madly in love with all the holiday themed products and I had a really difficult time choosing which ones to use first!
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For this blog hop, I created two cards that are a similar take on the same technique.
For both my cards I used a watercolor resist technique. For my first card, I used the Flourishes Background Stamp and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. Then I used a mix of my favorite watercolors by Kwarts Creations to drop hints of color on wet paper, and let them bleed and blend on their own. I finished the card by adding a small sentiment from the Seasonal Sentiments and Borders Stamp Set.
For the second card, I used once again the whimsical words from the Seasonal Sentiments and Borders Stamp Set and repeatedly stamped them on the background using Versamark ink. Then I head embossed them in white. For my coloring, I created a radial look keeping the middle relatively light and adding darker shades of color around the edges. For this card, instead of using watercolors for the background, I watered down some of the gorgeous new Suede Shoes ink.
Instead of sticking an extra sentiment on top of my background, I used a gold watercolor brush pen and painted in one of the heat embossed words to highlight it and turn it into a focal element.
I really had a great time playing with these products and I can’t wait to make some more holiday cards!
Make sure to hop along and check these amazing blogs for more inspiration using the products from this release.
- Catherine Pooler
- Lisa Harrolle
- Melissa Miller
- Karen Baker
- Maureen Merritt
- Kelly Martin
- Tracie Pond
- Susan Powell
- Kristie Goulet
- Jo Herbert
- Laurel Beard
- Jen Carter
- Michelle Lupton
- Zinia Redo < YOU ARE HERE
- Rebekah Weckerly
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Oh my! These watercolor backgrounds are so beautiful!
Love both of your cards. I really like that seasonal sentiments stamp set!!
Love your cards! The colors and designs are so fun and bright!
Gorgeous cards! Love the different color palettes.
Oh My Gosh! I absolutely LOVE that blue card!
Gorgeous cards!!
Really pretty. Love your colors.
Beautiful cards, Zinia!! The pastel colors on your joy card are absolutely gorgeous!!
Your JOY card is soooooo pretty. I am going to try that. I LOVE the different colors, rather than just one.
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These are so lovely! I love how you highlighted the ‘noel’ in gold; very pretty.
The backgrounds are so lovely.
Wow! Beautiful backgrounds on all your cards. Thank you for being a part of this awesome blog hop, and to sharing your amazing ideas. Just beautiful!
Great cards. I love how you used the words to make a background. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful!
I never thought of using the sentiments for a background, but it looks great!
Such gorgeous cards!
Your watercoloring is absolutely gorgeous! I’m most looking forward to that flourish background and the patterned paper in this release.
Love your beautiful cards!
Loving your color choices for those backgrounds! Great cards!
I really like the watercolor look. So so pretty.
Love resist watercolor backgrounds! Just using the gold pen on one of the words for the sentiment- genius!
Cute cards
Pretty cards.
Oh I really love this idea, so much inspiration in this blog hop, thanks for sharing.
I ordered that set. I love those words.
Gorgeous watercolour cards, Zinia. The Christmas sentiment words are kind of a funky font, but your design makes them so elegant.
Very pretty. Love the watercolor background.
Love the watercolored backgrounds.
Gorgeous cards! Love the artistic flow and movement of the watercolored backgrounds.
Beautiful cards, Zinia. The watercolor paper adds to the effect. Thanks for sharing.
The background you created are gorgeous!
Great water colored backgrounds.
I love those backgrounds. So many great ideas.
Great watercolor backgrounds. I really like the way you just colored one of the Noels for your sentiment. Makes for a nice one layer card. Thanks for sharing!
So pretty. I love the gorgeous backgrounds.
Love the watercoloring effect!!
Enjoyed learning of your techniques for these cards. This new release seems so easy to use in many ways.
Love these beautiful watercolor backgrounds you made! Thanks for sharing your creativity!
Such lovely cards. I love your watercolors backgrounds.
Thanks for sharing…
Beautiful cards! I love your watercolor backgrounds.
Thanks for sharing…
These cards are beautiful! The flourish background stamp and those fun sentiments are my favorite things from this release.
Such cool backgrounds! A great way to use the stamp and sentiments!
Fabulous cards! I love that Flourish background and the awesome colors you used! Beautiful background for your Noel card also!
Awesome cards and colors
Fantastic cards. Love the mix of colors – especially
the second. thanks for sharing
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Love the backgrounds you created. 🙂
Beautiful cards! Thank you for sharing!
Love the backgrounds on your cards.
Beautiful cards! I love the white embossing with the beautiful colors!