I had so much fun playing with emboss resist and watercolor paper last week, that I decided to have another go, this time with a more masculine palette. So I grabbed island indigo and bermuda bay along with the Dragonfly Dreams stamp set.

I started by using the embossing buddy all over the watercolor paper and then started stamping the dragonfly in versamark. Since it’s virtually impossible to see, I sprinkled the clear embossing powder onto the paper frequently so that I could see where I’d been. I didn’t actually heat emboss until I’d finished the sheet though. Once the watercolor paper was cool, I filled an aquapainter and got part of the paper very wet and then brushed on some island indigo. I let that dry and then wet another section and brushed on bermuda bay. I continued playing with this until I was happy – adding more water, more colour wherever I wanted. It’s a load of fun and you’ve now got your own DSP to cut up and use as you choose.

This one became a full sized background for a thank you card where the sentiment was also from Dragonfly Dreams stamped on a scrap of watercolor paper and made into a banner. A bermuda bay card base and a sprinkling of the bermuda bay enamel shapes finished this off nicely.

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See you tomorrow,

Liz