Blue Knight Rubber Stamps New Release Sneak Peek Week ~ Day #2

Hello Everyone...

and welcome back to Day #2 of

Blue Knight Rubber Stamps New Release Sneak Peek Week

and Giveaway!

Yes...beautiful new stamps...AND a great giveaway!
At the end of Blue Knight Week...2 winners will be chosen 

and each winner will have the opportunity 

to choose a stamp set from the sets featured here at my blog this week!
(Thank you, Blue Knight Rubber Stamps, for this generous GIVEAWAY!)

The GIVEAWAY is opened to blog visitors with US mailing addresses
and you will receive 1 entry per comment that you post 

throughout the week.
So...don't forget to post a comment below each blog post

for multiple chances to be one of the winners!

And now it's time for another sneak peek!.
I've been having the best time creating cards 

with beautiful-soon-to-be-released floral stamp sets!
and...
Today I'm excited to  share a few cards that I've created

with the WILD FLOWERS stamp set

 The first WILD FLOWERS card that I created is Copic colored.

I love the movement that's portrayed in this image...

with the flowers looking like they are moving in a gentle breeze.

I initially planned on giving this card a blended inked background...
but after the flowers were colored...
I liked the clean bright crispness of the image

and decided to leave the background white. 

I double matted this image with black and green matting layers

and added a sentiment from Blue Knight's BIRTHDAY WISHES stamp set

 The second WILD FLOWERS card that I created is water colored.
(One of my favorite things to do is heat emboss and water color)
I stamped this wonderful image with Versamark ink ..onto water color card stock
Next...I heat embossed the image...

Using rose gold embossing powder
After the image was heat embossed...
I water colored...choosing a mostly monochromatic look 

for the flowers.
I added a water colored background.

When the image and background were dry
I double matted the image piece with taupe and midnight blue metallic card stock
I always let my water colored piece air dry...
as opposed to speeding up the drying process with a heat gun

because I like the result that air drying brings...

as opposed to a heat gun pushing the color around on the card stock.
For me..the beautiful air dried result is always worth the wait!

Creating today's cards with this soon-to-be-released stamp set

brought me so much creative enjoyment.
I am always happy when a stamped image looks beautiful 

with whichever method of "coloring" I might choose.
This floral image, I think...is ideal for marker coloring...

and water coloring.
And although I haven't pencil colored this image...(yet!)
I am thinking that it's a great image for pencil coloring as well.

I hope that you've enjoyed seeing today's cards...

as much as I've enjoyed creating them.

Thanks for visiting today, my crafty and creative friends!
Don't forget to leave a comment below for your GIVEAWAY entry!
Have a terrific Tuesday!
I hope to see you tomorrow...for Day #3 of
Blue Knight Rubber Stamps New Release Sneak Peek Week!

Michelle.