This Calming Camellia Stamp Set is one I wish Stampin’ Up! would carry over after Sale-A-Bration because not everyone certainly was able to earn it during Sale-A-Bration and it is a spectacular stamp set as you can see on this Calming Camellia Whitewashed Card.
This is a Distinktive** Stamp Set (**patent pending) which is made to stamp with rich texture and dimension. The stamp does all the fabulous work, is what that means! I have to say my ink pad was a little dry and my stamp could have used more ink to have a little more of a dramatic background, but it still looks fine.
I had never done this “whitewashing” technique before but it’s easy! It’s just coloring with white! Some people use the White Watercolor Pencil or the White Craft Ink. I used the White Craft Ink with a Blender Pen. The flower is stamped with Crumb Cake ink on Crumb Cake cardstock and then the flower petals are colored with White Craft ink using the Blender Pen. You can pick up extra ink in the lid of the ink pad or make a little puddle of the White Craft Ink Refill or touch the corner of the ink pad itself. That usually isn’t recommended because of the moisture in the Blender Pen getting into your ink pad. I rubbed a small acrylic block into the ink to use as my palette to pick up the ink with my Blender Pen. As you color with the ink (and the white craft ink is a little thick anyway) it looks a little heavy but will dry lighter so don’t panic!
To color the leaves and flower centers, I did the same thing. I just colored in with Granny Apple Green ink and Old Olive Ink on the leaves and some Daffodil Delight ink for the flower centers. I little later I went over the flower centers with a little bit of Soft Suede Ink. I should have left well enough alone because I thought I was messing it up! Sometimes you have to know when to stop! (An art lesson I learned a long time ago with my crafty painting!) But I think it still turned out fine, so no problem. It almost makes the whole flower look watercolored even though it is just stamped and colored.
The greeting is from the Calming Camellia Stamp Set and is stamped in Soft Suede Ink. Then I noticed the little swirls so I stamped a few of those.
The card base is Old Olive with a layer of Soft Suede Cardstock and then the Camellia image layer. I wanted to bring in a little white so I added a bow on the flower with the White 1/4″ Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon. The bow is adhered with a Mini Glue Dot.
This Calming Camellia Stamp Set is only available as a Host Set during Sale-A-Bration, which ends February 28. Traditionally a Host Set would be for a Hostess having a stamping party and gathering orders and if the workshop total reached $300, the Hostess would earn the Host Stamp Set. But it can also be earned by anyone putting in their own order of $300 or maybe including a few friends’ orders. However, even if you do not own this stamp set, I’m sure there are others that you can use this whitewash technique with. There is always something new coming that we turn out to love! Now you know how to do this technique so you can use it with other stamp sets and projects you do in the future!