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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.

Designer Showcase: Peel Off Outline Stickers – Birds & Tree Silhouette

1 Comment 20 Nov Raya

Hi everyone! This week I had a little time to play and couldn’t resist trying out some of the fantastic Peel Off Outline Stickers that we have in stock.

There are so many different designs to choose from and after browsing a little I settled on the Birds & Tree Silhouette in black.

From the picture it’s a little hard to tell what the sticker is going to look like but it’s really very pretty and you get two silhouettes plus some extra little birds in the package.

Since I love watercoloring I decided to create the background for the sticker using our Studio K Watercolor Paper and Lyra Aqualcolor Watersoluble Crayons. Using just two colors I was able to create the illusion of a horizon and give the image lots of depth.

To create the wash of color I first brushed the piece of watercolor paper with water – this lets the colors move better on the paper. Then I picked up color directly from the crayons with my brush and ‘painted’ them onto my paint palette and added more water to them. The colors are pretty intense when you take them directly from the crayon so I like to water them down so that I don’t end up with really dark areas when I am applying my wash.

Starting at the bottom I painted on a very light wash of green and then added a light wash of blue, overlapping the colors slightly and then working out to blue at the top. After this was a little bit dry I went over the green and blue on the top and bottom again with another light wash to add more color. By adding several light layers of color I was able to achieve the effect that I wanted without noticeable lines – just a subtle blending of colors.

After letting my background paper dry for a couple of hours I carefully placed the silhouette sticker on top so that the bottom part of the sticker was on the green area and the trees and birds were on the top. Then I trimmed around the image leaving a small border, layered it with some coordinating cardstock and added a few black pearls just to anchor everything. That’s it. Simple and yet very pretty. You could use this card for so many different occasions – birthdays, sympathy, thinking of you, thanks….just add a sentiment and it’s ready to go.

I hope this gives you a better idea of what these stickers look like and how you can use them. Sometimes it’s hard to imagine what they will actually look like from the pictures that we get from the manufacturer so we will be adding more samples as time permits. Darn…looks like I’m going to have to make more time to play. LOL!

Thanks for dropping by. Have a wonderful week!

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