Enduring Beauty
I have never used this technique before, but I'm definitely going to use it again. It's so quick and easy to use. First I cut an A4 piece of Balmy Blue cardstock in half and then folded in half to make an A5 size card base. Then I trimmed Basic White card 14.4cm by 10cm and embossed using the Basic 3D embossing folder. On another piece of Basic White card I stamped the main image of the flower. I then picked 3 different blue inks for the flowers - Pool Party, Balmy Blue and Azure Afternoon. Using the masks in order I coloured the main flower in the lightest colour. Then changed to the 2nd mask and used the middle colour and finally I used the 3rd mask with the darkest blue. This technique gives the flower more depth. With the leaves I used Granny Apple Green and Garden Green, and again using the 4th and 5th mask. When I was happy with the colouring and I used the die to cut out the flower. To assemble the card I cut some Lighter than Air 6" DSP ...