Christmas Bister
Posted: June 29, 2015 Filed under: Before the Snow, Bister, CAS, Stamped Landscapes | Tags: Bister, Fabriano Watercolour Paper, Penny Black stamps 22 Comments
I know it is odd for me to throw a Christmas card up on the blog in June but I had to pair the green and blue bister powders with the beautiful ‘Before the Snow’ tree stamp. After watching the way the bister powders reacted in water I wanted to see if I could stamp an image with water then drop some powder onto the watery image. It took a bit of fiddling around, several re-stampings and a paintbrush for some extra shaping but my experiment did work and I will keep playing with the technique.
I had splattered my watercolour panel with masking fluid in advance so I would have flecks of snow. The powders created pretty blues and greens that I was not able to match with one ink pad so I stamped my sentiment twice first in green then in blue and ended up with a suitable match.
Don’t worry I’m not switching to winter stamping; I’ll be back with bright summery images soon!
Supplies:
Stamps: Before the Snow, Season’s Wishes (PB)
Inks: Versafine Majestic Blue & Spanish Moss (Tsukineko) Blue and Green bister powders
Cardstock: Fabriano 100% cotton hot pressed watercolour paper & Green card
Also: Winsor & Newton Masking Fluid
Heather Telford 
It turned out beautifully! I have a similar product called Color Burst which does the same thing but I wouldn’t have thought to try that. I love what you die!
Gorgeous. Loving all your bister projects. Fun to see what new ideas you have each post.
STUNNING….CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT ELSE YOU DO WITH THIS TECHNIQUE! BEAUTIFUL
PAPER HUGS,
JAN
totally awesome Heather – you consistently amaze me! Now – the video tutorials for us “wanna be’s” anytime soon?
Just gorgeous, Heather. Thanks! Mari Zanin
wow! this gets better and better. as soon as you get this totally figured out, let us know… lol I do love it and will order some after my craft room Is put back in order. thanks so much
Wonderful ink/bisters effect. Great design, colors and card, Heather! 🙂
I love love love it!
This is beautiful Heather and I can see why people get hooked on these Bister powder paints as each colour creates more than one tone and it has worked wonderfully on these trees. x
Wow! You got there fast! I tried stamping with water once, but didn’t get your gorgeous effect, so I’ll get back to this technique now. Thank many times over, Heather, for all the inspiration!
your work is always fabulous. this is no exception
where does one purchase Bister in Canada , I’ve never heard of it before, but what You do with it is so amazing I want to try this product .
I don’t think you can get them yet in Canada (where I also live). I bought mine online from a company called “I Brake for Stamps” in the USA.
Absolutely stunning! Love the effect of blister and ink!
I look again and again… and again… SO BEAUTIFUL!
Realy gorgeous, Heather!
Groetjes Gery
Gorgeous card.
The summer we’re having so far? I’m thinking of making some Christmas cards myself. 😉 Your Bister experiment worked really well! Gorgeous colours.
Heather, your cards are amazing! I love the way you’re using the Bisters, etc. I have all three products and use your cards as inspirations.
This card is lovely, and remarkable that you could achieve this kind of result from the Bister so quickly. I really wish you’d do a video showing how you did this!
I agree!! Breath taking.. I love watercolor and stamping!❤️ I don’t have the talent for the brush I wish for .. So I use the stamps & inks for my voice. You have beautifully done what I hope to manage some day. If you ever do a video please let me know!
This card is absolutely beautiful. I’m not sure what bister is, but I’m going to find out. Thanks for sharing your awesome work.