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Monday, November 18, 2013

Fall Themed hop with Tombow and Candace Pelfrey

Hi there!  Well Fall is definitely in the air here in Central CA, the temps have dipped into 40's and we have had to fire up the wood stove to keep our tootsies warm.

Today I am sharing a card I created with one of my favorite techniques that I call Watercolor Stamping.  Tombow Dual Brush Pens are perfect for this technique because they have a nice brush tip on one end making it very easy to color directly onto the stamp.


I think it is important to have a good quality paper for this technique and I like Arches 140# cold press watercolor paper.  I chose to use the Cattails #3214K from Penny Black and I colored the leaves/stems with Tombow Dual Brush Pens in #076 and #098  and the cattails in #947 and #993.  After you have brushed the colors onto your stamp, spritz the stamp with a fine mist of water.  Immediately stamp onto your watercolor paper, hold stamp in place for a count of ten as this will help the ink settle into the watercolor paper.  

I find when I use watercolor paper I like to use a strong adhesive like Tombow Power Bond to adhere the paper to the next layer.  For each of the subsequent layers I used Tombow Mono Adhesive Dots as it is perfect for layering paper to paper.

I finished off the card with some Diamond Stickles on the cattails and some green ribbon ties.

Now, for the fun part.  Tombow has a great giveaway this week.  You could win the following:



In order to enter to win the prize, please comment on all the Design Team’s projects this week and if you are on Facebook, please pop on over and “Like” TombowUSA and  Jaded Blossom.   We will announce the Winner Friday November 22nd at 3:30 EST!



If you would like to see more of my creations, I would love it if you "like" my INKclinations Facebook page...you would make this girl really happy if you did :)

37 comments:

  1. WOW!! Such a gorgeous card!! I love the cattails!!

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  2. Melissa, your card is a work of art. So Frame Worthy! Absolutely gorgeous! Great texture, beautiful colors! Yowza!

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  3. Your card is beautiful. You have inspired me to try this on my own.

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  4. This is gorgeous! Love the colors and the sheer ribbon!

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  5. This is gorgeous! Love the colors and the sheer ribbon!

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  6. Beautiful Card, I love the embossing.

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  7. this is so pretty ! love the embossing !!!

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  8. THis is absolutely gorgeous! I love that stamp and your color choices are perfect for fall! TFS!

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  9. Beautiful card. I must try this technique. The embossing folder enables this card to go to male or female. Love it.

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  10. Wow,,, stunning job with the cattails.. :)

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  11. This is beautiful! Candace sent me over :)

    Kim :)

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  12. This is adorable and fab job on the cattails!

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  13. What a STUNNING card! Gorgeous technique, thanks for sharing!

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  14. Lovely...nice colors & good embossing

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  15. WOW! This is frame worthy my friend! I love it and the embossing!!

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  16. WOW! This is frame worthy my friend! I love it and the embossing!!

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  17. Beautiful card - love the water color effect and the embossed background; great Fall colors too.
    isoscia at aol dot com

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  18. How beautiful! Love the matted picture frame effect. Gorgeous!

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  19. Your card is beautiful Melissa. I love the simple design and the ribbon is perfect. Have a great day
    DIANA L.
    dianamlarson.blogspot.com

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  20. This card is so pretty. I love the color combinations!

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  21. What a beautiful card! I think I better check out these pens, I've never seen them before! :)

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  22. Your stamped image is awesome. Lovely card.

    marg0006 at Verizon dot net

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  23. Such a beautiful card! Love this technique, hoping to try it out this weekend!

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  24. What a lovely card! Great job! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  25. Lovely beyond words. Thanks for sharing your technique and tips. Beautiful.
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com

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  26. A gorgeous card. I love the colors and the technique.

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  27. What a pretty card! I love the cattails, thanks for sharing.

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  28. Beautiful watercolor technique. I love the softness of this card! Thanks for sharing your process.

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  29. Your card creation is well planned and I really like your technique. Well done.

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  30. Beautiful card! I love the stamped result you got, really wonderful! I love my Tombow markers too. Thanks for sharing.

    Katie B.

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