faceted gem

i love the essentials by ellen clear stamps, hello gorgeous set and i have been using it to practice my no-line watercoloring because someday i want to be as good as alice wertz, i'm going to need sooooo much practice and maybe a genie with magic wishes for that because she is amazing! but anyway today i thought i would just practice some simple watercoloring...

i'm such a product oriented kinda girl, i couldn't just watercolor, i had to make something. and after 5 tries, because i guess i need to practice my simple watercoloring too, i finally ended up with this little card. 

so besides learning i need more practice or maybe just more crafty time (wink), i also learned i can emboss with my versafine inks. i knew they were pigment inks but they are meant to be fast drying so i've never tried it before. i was stamping and watercoloring without embossing but i wasn't liking the messy look but of course i was really committed to the smokey gray color (i'm stubborn and honestly now that it's done, it's kinda washed out). so anyways, i stamped in the smokey gray versafine and quickly applied some super fine clear embossing powder and heat set. i'm sure i'm the last person to know this but i thought i'd share in case i'm just the second to last person and there's one more of you out there.

thanks for stopping by!

xo,

carly

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Hello Gorgeous by Julie Ebersole

VersaFine Ink Pad, Smokey Gray

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 081, Light Violet

Ranger Watercolor Paper, 10 pk

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, 25 pk

Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder, Clear

Scrapbook Adhesives 3-D Foam Squares, Mixed

ZIG Watercolor BrusH20, Detailer