Rare Earth watercolour flower stamps

The new Rare Earth watercolour flower stamps give the effect of watercolour painting without all the hard work. They come in two parts with the flower and foliage separate so it is easier to use different colours. The stamps have a dotted image which simulate a watercolour effect.

You can blend the colours on the stamps before stamping them or stamp with one colour and then stamp again over the top with another colour. I added a second colour around the edges of the flower to achieve this blended effect.

I stamped with gelatos to achieve this effect.

I used Tattered lace watercolour paper to make the background. I coloured the background with gelatos. The gelatos were lightly sprayed with water and blended together with my fingers. I then put the paper through an embossing folder and lightly rubbed over the top with a distress ink pad.

I used the stamps on watercolour paper and distressed it with my inks.

I used the Tattered Lace oval create a card dies to make this card.

The background was created with watercolour paper, gelatos and was embossed. The embossed area was then coloured with gelatos,

I tried stamping on a variety of cards and for this one  I used stamping card, which was very effective.

I was able to stamp over a background I created on the paper with distress inks.

I thought it would be fun to use the stamps to decorate a party bag.

You can used the same inks to create the background, stamp with and to create the embellishments so everything matches on the cards. I am keen to experiment  more with these stamps to see what effects I can achieve.