Dove of Hope - watercolor technique

 

This amazing card is so easy to make and yet so elegant. There is a YouTube video by Beth Hill Rush that shows you step by step how to make. Thank you Beth for the awesome card and techniques. The supplies I used will be listed below since I did change a few things. I will also write out instructions below. I was amazed how well you can tell the difference between the white card front and the Dove. I used Shimmery White on the dove and our Fluid 101 watercolor paper for the card front. Here is a list of the supplies I used. 

All supplies Stampin' Up! unless noted

Stamps: Dove of Hope

Ink: VersaMark and Misty Moonlight

Ink Refills: Misty Moonlight, Balmy Blue and Highland Heather.

Paper: Misty Moonlight and Whisper White cardstock, Silver Foil, Fluid 101 Watercolor paper and                 Shimmery White
Accessories: Stamp, Cut and Emboss machine, Magnetic Cutting Plate, Detailed Doves dies, Simply             Scored scoring tool, Paper trimmer, Paper snips, Tear & Tape, Silver embossing powder, Heat tool,         Water painters, Silver metallic pearls. Tombo Multi purpose liquid glue, Simply Shammy, Stampin'         Scrub, Stamparatus, Stampin' Dimensionals, Take Your Pick tool, Embossing Buddy (retired)                 Watercolor palette (not Stampin' Up!) I also used Ornate Layer dies*

Instructions:

Card Base: Misty Moonlight 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4", Silver Foil 4" x 5 1/4" (*I used the Ornate Layer die in the         center to die cut a piece to use on another project later, since you only see a small portion of the            silver), Watercolor paper 5" x 3 3/4"

Inside panel: Whisper White 4" X 5 1/4"

Dove: Shimmery White 

Place one drop of ink refill in lid of ink pad or in separate wells on a watercolor palette. Using a Sharpie I labeled each color (You can remove the sharpie writing later with paper towel and hand sanitizer. 

Lay the Tear & Tape on Watercolor paper where you want your color to go. Hold in place and use largest Water painter wet the entire circle, squeezing the water painter to keep it really wet. You can now remove the tear tape. Use the Medium water painter and squeeze a drop of water in each well with re-inker. Pick up ink and touch near the edge of the wet circle and ink will run, keep adding color until you have the desired amount. Squeeze water painter over your Stampin' Scrub to get wet and wipe off color before moving on to the next color. I did the Balmy Blue first the the Highland Heather and the Misty Moonlight last. Set aside to dry.

Die cut the Dove body and two of both detail and solid wings. I added liquid glue to solid portion and left the rest unglued. Glue one wing to back of body upward and one to front between the back wing and tail of body. 

When your watercolor paper is completely dry  rub where sentiment will go with embossing buddy or dryer sheet. Stamp sentiment in VersaMark and pout on Silver Embossing Power. Tap off excess back into container. I store my embossing powder in a plastic sandwich size container. If you keep yours in original container use a scrap of paper to catch excess power and bend to make a funnel to pour back into container. Heat with Heat tool until shiny. Do not over heat as you can scorch your paper. 

Add silver and water color paper to card front. Add dove with Stampin' Dimensionals. Using the Take Your Pick tool pick up and place three Silver Metallic pearls to card. 

I placed the dove and sentiment both on my Stamparatus for perfect placement and stamped on Whisper White panel in Misty Moonlight. Then glued to inside of the card. Add the small dove also to back tap of envelope if desired.