Becoming Beautiful by Heather Telford

Posted on April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 by Shauna Todd

Hi Everyone,

Today we are sharing one of Heather Telford‘s gorgeous floral cards. Many of you know that Heather makes magic happen with just a few supplies. Today is no exception! Using the Becoming stamp by Penny Black and distress stains, Heather creates an exquisite impressionistic card.

Take a look at how she does it… then be sure to pop over to her blog for more beauties!

Hi there, I am happy to have a floral card to share with you today and one of my favorite techniques. I will warn you though, this technique does not take long but you can never guarantee the same result twice!

I used a stamp positioner, the Penny Black floral cling stamp, ‘Becoming’ and the Penny Black transparent set ‘Just believe’ for the sentiment. I achieved my loose watercolor look by inking and stamping with distress stains. You can’t control exactly what the image will look like but you can get some beautiful blending.

I started by inking the flower and bud with worn lipstick stain. I stamped then cleaned the stamp so I would not contaminate the dauber of the dusty concord distress stain when I added that next. I kept the dusty concord mainly around the edges of the flower and tip of the bud but it blended into the flower a little which is what I was after.

I inked the leaves and stem with pumice stone and stamped. While that was still wet I added forest moss stain to parts of the leaves and stems to get the two-toned look. I dried the panel well then splattered some forest moss ink around the leaves and some dusty concord over the flower.