CC661 = Marina Mist, Cucumber Crush, Real Red (see colour sample in the challenge)
I don't have SU colours but was able to get very close to the colours with my Distress inks.
I used a technique I learned from Jill Foster at Penny Black. You need a MISTI for this and must remember to leave the stamp in place till the very end!
I used my mini Distress inks in various browns, reds, and greens to ink up the image, spritzing very lightly before stamping each time. I kept building up the layers of colours till I was happy. I used Distress markers to add the brown tips of the berries and the veins on the leaves.
When it was all dry, I inked up the whole stamp with Versamark, stamped over the watercolouring, and heat embossed with clear powder.
I then used Distress Tumbled Glass (tapped on a palette and slightly watered down) to paint a wash background all around it. The embossing powder acts as a resist for the background so you don't have to worry about the colours of the image running.
I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment with Distress Oxide Vintage Photo - I find the Oxide inks are better for detailed or thinly lined images as they stamp more sharply.
At the end, I splattered with watered down white acrylic paint for snow.
Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 GMT Views: 1642
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Thu, Nov 16, 2017 @ 4:52 AM
Bestill my heart, this is stunning, stunning, stunning. Your patience in stamping so many layers to get the colors right really paid off in a gorgeous piece of art. ~Karen.
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28949
Thu, Nov 16, 2017 @ 7:00 AM
Oh my goodness this is awesome and beautiful!! Wow!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
Registered: April 16, 2008 Location: Meridian, Idaho Posts: 8507
Fri, Nov 17, 2017 @ 1:39 AM
A glorious image of foliage and berries, the multiple stampings really paid off! Thanks for sharing the technique about clear embossing before adding the background. A gorgeous card!
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Registered: October 29, 2004 Location: Coos Bay, Oregon Posts: 24007
Sat, Nov 18, 2017 @ 3:59 PM
Gorgeous watercoloured layered coloring of your beautiful Christmas image, Susan. I Love your added diluted acrylic snow splatters too. TFS my friend. Hugs
Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 75075
Sat, Nov 18, 2017 @ 7:32 PM
Fabulous creation! This is one of my favorite stamps.
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Mon, Nov 20, 2017 @ 6:52 PM
this is beautiful- love the image and thanks for explaining how you inked up your image-my favorite from the CC662 gallery - thanks for playing along with us
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