Is this not the most vivid yellow you've ever seen!?! I really love the watercolor gelatos that come in the kit. You just shave some of the pigment off and mix with water or rubbing alcohol and brush it on. I chose to use alcohol so that my flowers would dry faster.
All the paper layers I used came with the kit including cardstock, vellum and crepe. To protect my desktop from the pigment, I painted my 'lemon' flower layers on top of a large scrap of white cardstock. I never imagined I would use that scrap, but I loved the look of the accidental background. I trimmed it and adhered it with foam tape. I'm so happy about how it turned out.The kit also comes with a bottle of 'texture gems' gel to make dew drops and/or designs on the flower petals. Instead, as my rebel side insisted, I made clear drops around my card where I might normally adhere gems or sequins.
I have a great basket stamp that I thought would be perfect to use with a few flowers from the kit. I painted the centers first with 'metallic melon'. Then, I painted on 'metallic grape' by lightly dragging a stiff brush from the centers out. Once the flowers were dry, I gently scored between each petal of the top layer to get more dimension. I curled the petals and stacked the layers with foam tape that also comes in the kit. I'm telling you, this kit has everything in it you need! But, I digress- I used a Faber-Castell India ink 'light skin #114' marker to add shading to my basket. I finished the card with a heat-embossed sentiment tag and a few white pearls.
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Thanks a million for hopping along with us today! I hope we have inspired you to create your own cards or other projects using this Faber-Castell Paper Flowers kit. I would love to see what you create!
Be sure to stop in and see the amazing creations of my fellow CardMaker blog-team members. Leave a little love for each if you can while you are there. And, make sure you stop at Faber-Castell. They are hosting a giveaway for a lucky hopper.
CardMaker
Carisa Zglobicki
Dawn Lusk
Kim Klinkovsky
Linda Beeson
Lisa Silver
Pamela Haskin (you are here)
Faber-Castell
Products Used:
paper flowers, texture gems gel, gelatos, foam tape- (Faber-Castell 770803T)
marker- India ink light skin #114 (Faber-Castell 770080)
cardstock- heavy duty white (the Paper Studio 227041), heavy duty cream (the Paper
Studio 667998), purple, yellow, orange (the Paper Studio pack 449769),
pre-embossed white (DCWV CM-002-00008)
stamps- hello sentiment (Hero Arts CL342), blessings sentiment and basket (Our
Daily Bread Designs - Basket of Blessings H618)
pigment- dragonfly black (ColorBox 13165), black dye (Memories BLACK-002-MEMB)
embossing powder- clear (Ranger Super Fine Detail SFJ06954)
gems- pearls, white (Michaels 377558), yellow (Prima 530891)
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In case you came here first, or if you get lost, here's a complete list of the blogs that are joining in the fun today. CardMaker
Carisa Zglobicki
Dawn Lusk
Kim Klinkovsky
Linda Beeson
Lisa Silver
Pamela Haskin (you are here)
Faber-Castell
Products Used:
paper flowers, texture gems gel, gelatos, foam tape- (Faber-Castell 770803T)
marker- India ink light skin #114 (Faber-Castell 770080)
cardstock- heavy duty white (the Paper Studio 227041), heavy duty cream (the Paper
Studio 667998), purple, yellow, orange (the Paper Studio pack 449769),
pre-embossed white (DCWV CM-002-00008)
stamps- hello sentiment (Hero Arts CL342), blessings sentiment and basket (Our
Daily Bread Designs - Basket of Blessings H618)
pigment- dragonfly black (ColorBox 13165), black dye (Memories BLACK-002-MEMB)
embossing powder- clear (Ranger Super Fine Detail SFJ06954)
gems- pearls, white (Michaels 377558), yellow (Prima 530891)
