Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Growing in Unity - Day 3 - Pretty as a Peacock

Welcome back friends to day 3 of my Growing in Unity week! Today I wanted to share a card I made using the Pretty as a Peacock set of stamps. I love this elegant stamp - the peacock is such a regal bird and it's so much fun to color!


I started off by stamping the peacock onto a piece of watercolor paper using VersaMark ink which was then embossed with white embossing powder.   I then set about playing with my Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Paints. Adding a bit, letting it dry then adding some more. The key to the whole process is layers.


After the paints had dried I trimmed and mounted the panel on a black card blank. I stamped the sentiment (from Naturally Beautiful) on a piece of black cardstock with VersaMark ink and embossed with white ep.  A frame was diecut from Gold/Gold Glossy foiled paper from Rinea using the Geometric Oval Frame from Gina Marie.


I finished the card off by adding lovely Fimo peacock feathers and sequins from Doodles Paper Playground Limited Edition Sparkle Blends sequins mixes. They are the perfect compliment to the lovely peacock don't you think?

I hope you're enjoying the week so far...be sure to leave a comment on this or any or every post this week for your chance to win one of two surprise packages from Unity Stamp Co!  See you tomorrow friends...ink on!

Supplies:

Unity Stamp Co - Pretty as a Peacock, Naturally Beautiful (sentiment)

Imagine - VersaMark, White Embossing Powder

Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Paints




Cardstock, Watercolor Paper

31 comments:

  1. Gorgeous card! I love the gold frame and the peacock image! Pretty colors!

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  2. Absolutely beautiful! And those sequins! We had peacocks while growing up in Indianapolis, and now, here in Iowa, I listen to the neighbor's during morning patio coffee time.

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  3. Wow! This card is absolutely stunning!

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  4. Beautiful card! Great peacock colors and the sequins are really pretty.

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  5. Beautiful! Easy way to watercolor an image. Great colors!

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  6. Beautiful! I love the colors, the peacock, love it all!

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  7. BEAUTIFUL! I love the colors, they really pop against the black.

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  8. Love it, the colors are perfect, I have the die set but have not used it yet.

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  9. what a beautiful card! I just love the colors you used!

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  10. OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH! I want this card! HAHA! It is absolutely gorgeous looking! And my absolute favorite bird is a peacock too!

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  11. The variety of designs that you've shared so far this week are just wonderful. I am a big fan of all shades of blue so this one calls out to me. Blue, green, purple and gold are gorgeously elegant. This is just spectacular in every way.

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  12. This is so beautiful - the gold frame is perfect!

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  13. This card is absolutely stunning.

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  14. This is just stunning! Love the way you colored the peacock feathers. I also love the white embossing; always a fave look for me.

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  15. beautiful peacock colors. thanks as always for sharing.

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  16. Soooo pretty. I love that peacock!!. Beautiful creation.

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  17. Beautiful card Rini, must remember that technique- heat embossing and watercolours.

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  18. Just beautiful!!! Love the colors and design. Thank you for the inspiration all week!

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  19. Those Fimo feathers just make the feathers pop!

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  20. Wowsers! This is such a striking card! The background is beautiful and really makes the peacock stand out!

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  21. Oh my! So beautiful! Peacocks are interesting and beautiful birds! My Mom use to raise them. I have a whole vase of tail feathers. You could walk around the yard/pasture and pick them up (no birds were hurt in the process 😅😅). I definitely have to put this stamp on my wish list! I love what you did with the feathers! Can you send more details on that?

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  22. Great card! I love the watercolouring. Tell me more about the fimo peacock feathers - look great.

    sue n.

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  23. I can see right now that I need to do much more water coloring and heat embossing. Thanks for the inspiration. BTW bling is always a good thing.😜

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  24. Beautiful card with the peacock image. I also really love the gold frame - so cool. The colors are so rich and vibrant.

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  25. Wowza! Your colors are absolutely stunning! Loving this gorgeous card!

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  26. Stunning card! Love the background and the details!

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  27. Wow that is so pretty. This was one of my first Unity stamps years ago and I love what you did with it.

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Thanks for your thoughts and comments!