Blackberry Leaves Birthday - Stampin' Up! Leaf Collection

 My stampers got a bit inky, literally, at my last class with a fun water coloring background.  Some great fall colors and a big background stamp come together for bold birthday card.

  This design starts with a Blackberry Bliss card base.  To make the one of a kind background, because no 2 will look exactly alike no matter how many you make, you just need a water painter and some ink refills.  We used Wild Wheat, Moody Mauve and Blackberry Bliss.  We prepped the watercolor paper by spraying it with water first then added the colors one at a time in random splotches until it was all filled in.  Using a heat tool the panel is dried and then more color was added if wanted/needed then dried again.

  The big Leaf Collection background stamp is stamped in Blackberry Bliss ink onto the watercolored panel.  The sentiment from Sweetly Scripted is stamped on watercolor paper in Moody Mauve ink and backed with a strip of Wild Wheat.

  A few punched leaves using the Bough punch are adhered to the back of the sentiment before it's popped on dimensionals. A few Purple Fine Shimmer gems are added for a bit of sparkle.

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Leaf Collection, Sweetly Scripted (Online Exclusive)

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Moody Mauve, Wild Wheat

Paper: Blackberry Bliss, Watercolor paper, Wild Wheat, Moody Mauve

Accessories: Bough punch, dimensionals, Purple Fine Shimmer gems