Flower Collage Trio

Today is another Paper Wings Blog Hop Challenge. We were to use the stamps from the Flower Collage Trio set. I love this tulip image! I stamped it in black and then embossed it with clear embossing powder. I then dug out my Stargazer Water Palette. I love these and never use them enough. They have Pearl-Ex in them and they just shine. They come in a nice tray and you just use your water brush to apply. The pic above makes the card look more pink but in real life it is red. I colored a piece of cardstock with the Mars Red Stargazer as well to match. The other stamps I used in this were Script Background and a happy birthday GWP from last year that was punched and matted on a scalloped circle. Everything was matted on black cardstock.

Here is may tip of the day: Do you have a pretty detail stamp that you want to color? Sometimes you will lose that detail once you color the image. How do you avoid this? Emboss! See Below.

This sample was done without embossing ... see how you lose the detail in the butterfly and flower leaf ... now check out the embossed one .....

This sample was done with embossing ... see how you keep the detail in the butterfly and flower leaf and can actually read the words in the circle in the upper left ... you also are able to stay in the lines better with the embossing ... so much more vibrant and sharp.

Check out all of these other blogs in the Blog Challenge today: