I created the background by using watercoloring a piece of watercolor paper cut down to size. Once the watercolor paper was THOROUGLY dry, I stamped the heart in clear embossing ink and embossed it with white embossing powder The sentiment is a rub on.
I really like the simplicity of the card. I decided the card did not need ribbon, bling or any other embellishments. The simplicity speaks for itself. I could see adding three simple dots either in brown or crystal in one of the corners but nothing more than that. I enjoyed making this card.
What is interesting to me about this card is that with the exception of the jar of embossing powder (Hero Arts 2015), all of the supplies I used are super old! The stamp is a PSX from 1995. The rub ons are from the Joann's crafts essentials line, circa 2004-2006. I don't even know if Joann's sells this line any more! The watercolors are two sets I have has since at least 2009. The watercolor background is mounted to a piece of cardstock from a pack purchased in 2011.
I have tried different watercolor media over the years and I repeatedly come back to these sets , which I love. The rub ons work really well and even after all of these years, I was able to rub them on smoothly and cleanly. My older supplies really came through for me!
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