Romantic Rose Coloured Card with Ornate Frame

A project from our live show CREATE AND CRAFT LIVE - Join Helen Kirkham - broadcast 8th April - show 1 · 08/04/2022 · watch it from 11:45

A beautiful card featuring a hand-coloured rose stamp with watercolour inks, layered with an ornate die-cut frame and sentiment. The design uses soft colour blending to create a vintage, elegant look with light and shade effects.

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Step by step

1. Cut the watercolour card using the deco plate die through your die-cutting machine. ▶ watch 12:00
2. Apply dye ink in orange and green directly onto the large stamp, then spritz lightly with water to blend the colours together. ▶ watch 12:30
3. Press the stamp onto the die-cut watercolour piece using the Eureka stamp press, applying even pressure. ▶ watch 13:00
4. Dab away excess wet ink with a paper towel to control the colour saturation. ▶ watch 13:45
5. Re-ink the stamp with the same colours and press again to add more depth and detail to the stamped image. ▶ watch 14:00
6. Use a waterproof grey ink to stamp over the coloured areas, creating a vintage, layered effect as the inks mix. ▶ watch 14:30
7. Paint in fine details using a paint brush and stamps by me paint to add shading around the rose petals and frame. ▶ watch 15:00
8. Add extra antique detailing by painting directly onto the matte glass mat and then pressing the card onto it for subtle edge colouring. ▶ watch 15:30
9. Stamp the sentiment 'Find beauty in the small things' in a darker brown ink onto the centre of the design. ▶ watch 16:00
10. Cut two pieces of brown card to create the ornate frame backing, scoring and folding one to create a card blank. ▶ watch 16:30
11. Glue the stamped and coloured piece to the brown card backing, leaving the ornate edges slightly raised using foam pads for dimension. ▶ watch 17:00

Tips from the show

• When using watercolour card, you may need to send the die through the machine twice as it is quite dense.
• If you miss stamping some details or the colour feels too wet or dark, you can always go back in and re-stamp or adjust with a paper towel.
• Changing the colour palette from spring pinks and reds to autumnal browns shows how the same die and stamp set can work for different seasons.

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• Quick Inked Butterfly Collage Card

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