Super Saturday at Magenta: Watercolored and Heat Embossed

Hi all! I'm doing this post over at the Magenta blog today and you can see that here. 

I received the nicest gift from a close Japanese friend who is an amazing artist and a master craftsman who works in Cloisonné. I wanted to send him a thank you card using his artwork as color inspiration.

This first card is my choice to send him, but I made 3 others using different cardstock. A photo of the Cloisonné artwork is at the bottom of this post.

To stamp each card I used a MISTI stamping tool, and used the technique where you stamp and then turn the card upside down to stamp again. 

The panel in the middle of these two stamp platforms above is just a piece of typing paper that I stamped to see if the sentiment would fit. I have the flowers on one platform and the sentiment on the other.

The image above shows how I stamped on one corner and then turned the panel upside down to stamp on the other corner at the bottom.

I stamped 5 panels, but didn't use one of them that was white bristol cardstock.

The beautiful flower image is Magenta's Bloom Crescent. I also set up the sentiment (Multilingual Thank You) in a second MISTI to be sure it would be stamped in the right place for each card.

For each card I tried different mediums and substrates. In the first card, I used Karin Markers and a waterbrush. I used the same markers on white Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock.

The Karin Marker colors look very different on white cardstock. I like it both of them though.

For the third card I used the Twinkle Tones watercolor paint that I and my friend Pam made last year. 

To see other posts about Twinkle Tones click here and here.

For the last card I used Kuretake Clean Color brush markers. I put the ink onto a block and picked it up with a waterbrush.

Here's the absolutely stunning artwork from my friend

Cloisonné Artwork by Shinya Okamoto

Magenta Products Used:

09.256.P Bloom Crescent

07.882.I Multilingual Thank You

Other Products Used:

Card #1:

Karin Markers: Cerise375, Magenta359

Royal Blue045, Egyptian Blue305

Strathmore Toned Blue Mixed Media cardstock

So Silk Fair blue cardstock

Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock

Judikins Detail Silver embossing powder

The Greetery GD-M-016 Crimped Frame Die

Card #2

Karin Markers: Cerise375, Magenta359

Royal Blue045, Egyptian Blue305

Tim Holtz Watercolor cardstock

So Silk Fair blue cardstock

Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock

Ranger Gold embossing powder

The Greetery GD-M-016 Crimped Frame Die

Card #3

Twinkletones Shimmer Watercolor

Strathmore Toned Gray Mixed Media cardstock

So Silk Fair blue cardstock

Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock

Ranger Gold embossing powder

The Greetery GD-M-016 Crimped Frame Die

Card #4

Zig Kuretake Clean Color Real Brush Markers:

Persian Blue032, Pink025

So Silk Glamour Green cardstock

Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock

Ranger Gold embossing powder

The Greetery GD-M-016 Crimped Frame Die