Watercolor Background on Designer Series Paper

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you one way to change your designer series paper.  I did just that on my card today, it's not a drastic change but enough that it gives the paper a new feel and added texture.  I used the Mosaic Mood Speciality Designer Series Paper and a little ink and my Aqua Painter.  Here's a look at my card.

Tips & Tricks: 

I wanted to add a little watercolor wash to create a little creepier looking background for my card today.  One thing you have to remember before I get to far into this is that you are painting on plain paper so it will not take to much water without damage, so something to keep in mind.  So go gently with the water.  You can always build up more color once it's dry.

Another thing to remember is that each paper will take the water and ink differently.  For example the Mosaic Mood DSP has areas that have a clear embossed coating.  So those areas act like a emboss resist.  Only the areas of the paper without the coating changes colors.  I used Blackberry Bliss ink on my card today.  Once i had the designer series paper the way I wanted I sat it aside to dry.  You could also dry it with a heat tool, but becareful on how much you do this because it can cause the paper to warp more.

Once I had the paper dry I could add it to a mat cut just slightly bigger than the DSP.  I then added that to a Terracotta Tile card base (5 1/2 x 8 1/2 scored at 4 1/4) using a strong adhesive.  I used a little Multipurpose Liquid Glue to attach the DSP to the Basic Black mat, and then to the card base.  I stamped the bottle image from Monster Bash and the sentiment, in tuxedo black ink.  I did some simple coloring with my Stampin' Blends and cut both out with the Stitched Rectangle dies and the Ornate Frame Dies.  I added a strip of Blackberry Bliss Cardstock cut at an angle and some of the Basic Black Scalloped Ribbon.  I attached both of these with a little tear & tape.  The sentiment and rectangle was attached with a couple dimensionals.  I added some of the Monster Bash Enamel Shapes for a little added fun to finish off the card.

Video Tutorial: 

Here's a video that I shared a few weeks ago showing six different ways to alter your Designer Series Paper.  If you are viewing this post via email you may have to click here to view the video.  

Thanks for dropping by today, I hope that you have been inspired a little to try and altering your designer series paper.  I would love to hear what you have tried or if you have tried this in the past, leave me a comment below letting me know your thoughts.  

Happy Stampin' 

Rick Adkins 

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My Memorable Mosaic Hummingbird Swap Card

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a card that I made for a card swap back in May.  I picked products from the Mosaic Mood Suite to create my swap card with.  For those that don't know what a swap card is I will briefly explain it for you.  This is the general jest of it; you make so many cards that are all the same and then you go to a event and you exchange one of your cards for one from someone else.  So you are really making a even exchange of ideas.  The swap that I took part in was a mail swap.  We all signed up and then mailed the correct numbers of swaps to the host and they switched them all out with other peoples swap cards.  Okay so enough of the details let's look at the card shall we.

As I said I picked products from the Mosaic Mood Suite in the 2019-2020 Annual Catalog.  If you have your catalog these products are on pages 119-120.  This suite of products was designed with mosaic tiles in mind.  The designer series paper is not just a run of the mill designer series paper. It has a raised embossed like feel to different elements of this fun nature filled pack.  The raised images have a clear transparent coating on top that gives the look of a freshly waxed tile floor.

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To create my swap card I took some of this lovely designer series paper and I cut it down to 4 x 5 1/4.  I then created a mat using Mint Macaron Cardstock to 4 1/8 x 5 3/8.  I layered both of those together and then placed that on my Terracotta Tile Card base (4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2).

I used some of the Mint Macaron 1/4" textile ribbon as a accent on the front of the card.  I didn't want anything super over powering.  I wanted to really showcase this designer series paper.  Pictures do not do it justice on how pretty it is in real life.  When I was at OnStage in Charlotte back in April I wasn't impressed with it just from the pictures I saw.  But once I saw it in person I was like omg that is amazingly pretty.  So I knew with wanting to really show off it's beauty I would have to keep everything else super simple.

For the greeting I used one from the Memorable Mosaic Stamp Set.  But again I couldn't pick something that was going to out do the paper so I picked the stamp that had a simple greeting but wasn't to busy but would draw a little attention.  I stamped the Sending all Happy wishes stamp in Terracotta Tile Ink and then punched it out using the Timeless Label Punch.  Which by the way you can get both the Memorable Mosaic Stamp Set and the Timeless Label Punch together in a cost saving bundle.  I just wanted you to be aware of that.  Also you can order products from the entire suite with one item number; which is something new with this catalog.
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