Watercolor Ice Cream Dream

As I mentioned the other day, I am really enjoying creating with the CTMH June 2015 SOTM Ice Cream Dream stamp set. Today's card uses watercolor pencils and the crafting technique A Bit of Blot shown on pages 55 of Annual Inspirations (clicking the link will open PDF in a new tab).

Here is a screen shot of the A Bit of Blot technique I used.

One tip I remember reading during the A Bit of Blot blog hop I recently hopped (if you would like more inspiration, the hop started here) is to avoid using the side of the My Acrylix® Block that has the line that assists with aligning stamps because the line will show when the ink is transferred to the paper. One thing I do not remember reading during the hop, but discovered when I was creating, is the closer the block is the to spray pen, the larger the water droplets and more mottled I found the ink to be.

This is how my card front turned out.

Since the front of my card has a lot going on, I left the card inside quite plain:

All supplies are from Close To My Heart except where noted:

• My Acrylix™ June 2015 SOTM: Ice Cream Dream Stamp Set (S1506)
• My Acrylix™ Lovely Birthday Stamp Set (B1462)
• 12" x 12" White Daisy Cardstock (1385)
• Slate Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z2173)
• Pear Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z2197)
• Canary Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z2643)
• Thistle Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z2640)
• Pixie Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z2644)
• Crystal Blue Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z2117)
• Sponge Daubers (Z726) or Value Pack of 12 (Z1938)
• Spray Pen (Z1380)
• Watercolor Pencils (3505)
• Water Brush (retired)
• 3-D Foam Tape (Z1151)
• Supplies not from Close To My Heart: Glass Cutting Mat, Craft Knife, Canvas Crop. Skinny (4 x 9 in.) Cards with Envelopes

The Close To My Heart products I used may be ordered from my Online Business Address. If the craft projects I share inspire you and you would like to use Close To My Heart products to create them I would be grateful if you placed an order on my OBA.

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