Cloudy Days

Are you ready to learn something new??  I put together a tutorial on making clouds, since the challenge today was to make a scenic card.

 

I didn't know what the cloud template was , and so when SU retired it, never bought it.  BIG MISTAKE (for me), and so I after I learned how to use it, I made my own.  I cut a cloud shape out of CS, because I needed it to withstand repeated sponging.  I now use a scallop circle punched out of CS. You lay the shape on your card and sponge the ink or pastels off, for this sample I used bashful blue ink.  The last picture shows how you can layer the clouds, but it will be different everytime, since your scenes will be different.  Here is the card I made today for the TLC on Splitcoast.

All products used are Stampin' Up!  I used rose red, regal rose and whisper white CS.  I am kicking myself now, becauseI would have been nicer ahd I used watercolor paper, because the colors blend better.

I stamped the girl (Summer by the Sea) and the trees (Lovely as a Tree) in black Stazon, so I could watercolor without worrying if my ink was going to run.

I then sponged on my clouds above the trees with bashful blue ink.  I used the small fern stamp from the Watercolor Minis set, to fill in my trees with old olive and always artichoke.  I watercolored the girl with my watercolor wonder crayons and then sponged the grassy area in with artichoke. 

I stamped the sentiment from the SAB Delight in Life set, both on the scene and on rose red CS.  I then cut out the small flower to glue on the card, to make my flower stand out.  I then matted it, and now you know how to make a card *picture* that tells a story.  Have fun and happy stamping!!

Comments

[Sandy K]

Lovely card.

[Jessica]

Thank you so much for posting this tutorial!! I've been wanted to do this technique for such a long time!

[T. Harris]

I've only been stamping about a year so your tutorials really help me a lot! Thanks!

[Mary]

This card is gorgeous! thanks for the idea about creating your own cloud template, too.

[Diane Lapointe]

WOW Julie! This card is beautiful...must of been alot of work!! I must come back and visit!!!

[claudia]

hi,
i do have the cloud template from su.
let me know if you like a copy (made of cardboard) it.
claudia

[Deborah]

Now that is a gorgeous card~!! Very nice.

[Laura Brown]

Very nice! I love how you combined the tree set with the girl set! I've always envisioned the girl on the beach and not on a grassy hill.

Thanks for sharing!

[Peggy (Favorite Grandma)]

beautiful card, thanks for the tutorial; hope to give it a card some time.

[Allison]

Terrific mix of stamps for this challenge!

[Jackie in NC]

That's really gorgeous - thanks for sharing it! I never though of stamping the trees like that but it works beautifully!

[Kelly S]

Wow, that card is beautiful. I love it!! Fantastic job, thanks for sharing it along with all your other fantastic tutorials and ideas, I love your blog!!

Kelly S

[Cherie Bristow]

This is incredibly beautiful!! Thank you for sharing this!!!!