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Hi Everyone,

This month Inking Royal Blog Hope is Ocean and/or Sea.  Unfortunately, that’s not a stamp set I own. So, I took to making the background look like I’m looking into a sunset!  Standing at a railing, with a glass of (something)? looks like a relaxing vacation by the ocean, so just go with it for me.  Really easy card and you need to make multiples.  Once you have a brush full of color, why not use it, right.

Here’s how I did it.

Get your tools out.  You need ink pads or ink refills, water, brush or water paintbrush, and some watercolor paper.  You can also use our shimmery white cardstock, which makes everything have just a bit of shine.

Stamp pads watercolor paper and water brushes

Using ink refill and water with brush

Squish stamp pad for ink

Once you have ink on your brush, just paint across the paper.  If you want it darker, add more ink.  If you want it lighter, just add water (I think there is a store by that name, lol)

Let the paper dry.

  • I cut mine down to 4-3/4 x 3-1/2.  This is the actual picture with color
  • Bermuda Bay is the next layer at 5 x 3-3/4
  • Black is the last layer at 4 x 5-1/4
  • Base layer in Fresh Freesia .  Cut that 4-1/4 x 11, score at 5-1/2  with a side fold

I let the glue dry on the layers and used dimensionals for the final black layer.  Next I added a 4 x 5-1/4 piece of basic white and stamped just the birds several times inside to tie it together.

When you stamp on the watercolor paper, I suggest you use a positioner like our Stamparatus!  Because the paper is not perfectly smooth like our Basic White Cardstock, you need to stamp several times to get it to fill in the bumps.

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  1. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
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  5. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
  6. Lisa Graham at Lisa’s Little Ink Spot
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Jan