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Designer Showcase: Peel Off Outline Stickers – Tulips

I just couldn’t stay away from the watercolors and Peel Off Outline Stickers this week. There’s something so relaxing about watercoloring – once I start I don’t want to stop.

Sometimes I like to just create whole sheets of watercolored paper in different colors that I can use later. Doing washes of color with watercolor crayons, pencils or dye inks can be a lot of fun and is a great project for those times when you are creatively challenged. I often find that my finished papers are the creative inspiration for projects later on. And that’s just what happened here.

I already had a sheet of watercolor paper that I had washed in green and a sheet that was done in pink and yellow so I decided to see if there were any outline stickers that would work with them. As soon as I saw the Tulips I knew they were perfect for these papers. The sheet contains seven individual tulips in two sizes and lots of little swirls & flourishes for accents. And…if you use the background pieces from the tulips after you remove the outline you could get 14 images from this one sheet. Pretty good bang for your buck if you ask me!

To create the tulip accent I placed one of the large tulip outline stickers on a piece of watercolor paper and then colored it with Stsedtler Watercolor Pencils applied directly to the paper and then blended with water. The pigments in these watercolor pencils are wonderful – rich and intense – so a little color applied dry goes a long way.

Rather than matting the tulip I decided to frame it with two layers that I cut out from the sheets I had already watercolored. From the pink/yellow piece I cut the largest oval from  Spellbinders Nestabilities Small Classic Ovals (S4-112) and then used the Nestabilities Big Scalloped Ovals – Small (S4-252) to cut the green top layer. All the layers were trimmed to 3 3/4″ x 4 1/2″ so that there was room on the card front to add the Peel Off Border Scrolls as accents. Finally, I added pearls to the scallops on the frame for that finishing touch.

One of the things I love most about this kind of project is that you don’t have to worry about having the right color of paper because you make everything yourself so it’s easy to get it all to coordinate. And, watercolor paper die cuts and embosses beautifully so it’s a natural choice for working with  Spellbinders Nestabilities. Add all that together with the convenience of using Peel Off Outline Stickers to get that embossed look and you have the perfect recipe for creating lots of gorgeous cards and paper projects.

Thanks for dropping by. I’ll be back soon with more inspiration.

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