Roses all over
Posted: January 30, 2018 Filed under: Bister, My Favorite Things, Roses all over, Shades | Tags: Bister, My Favorite Things, Penny Black creative dies 15 Comments
I pulled out my bister powders the other day; they were kind of pushed to the back of the watercolour shelf. They turned out to be a perfect match for this ‘roses all over’ stamp from My Favorite Things. Bister (and brusho and colorburst) does wonderful things when sprinkled over embossing because the powder gets trapped inside the ‘walls’ of embossing and keeps colours and shades separate. If you are not familiar with bister, you can read about it here. The colours are earthier than brusho and colorburst which is nice for a change.
Believe it or not this panel is painted with just red bister; all that lovely variety is from one colour. I embossed the watercolour panel with platinum embossing powder then sprinkled the red bister over it and spritzed with water. I watched to see if sections were filling with colour before spritzing or sprinkling a second time. Once there was enough powder I used a paint brush in just a few places to blend or spread the colour. I did not have to do much with the brush because MAGIC.
I found a cardstock that co-ordinated to mat the panel and create a banner for the sentiment. The banner die is from the PB ‘shades’ set and the sentiment embossed in platinum is from the PB ‘banner sentiments’ set.
Thanks for dropping by.
Supplies
Stamps: roses all over (MFT), banner sentiments(PB)
Die: shades (PB)
Ink: versamark
Paint: bister powder red
Cardstock: hot pressed watercolour, neenah natural white, red cardstock
Also: platinum embossing powder
Heather Telford 
Elegant and Gorgeous! I, too, love the earthy bister hues…I can’t believe ALL the shades you got from ONE red! Well, this stamp is going on my wish list and I can’t wait to play with all this inspiration! ♥♥♥
Thank you, Clelie. Yes! All those shades are reason I love watercolour paint powders.
This card is soooo pretty! I love it!
Gosh that is just gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!
Has a great abstract vibe, and the platinum is perfect with the red bister. So dimensional, too, with all those yummy shades. Can only imagine how beautiful this is in person. Thank you, Heather!
Thank you Liz, I am really enjoying the look of the platinum with just about any colour at present.
Gorgeous, I’ve used Color Burst and Brusho, but have never seen Blister before, this is awesome!
Bister is very similar but the colours are more earthy and the powder is courser.
The red bister powder works beautifully over the platinum embossing with the sentiment banner over the top Heather. Wonderful work. x
I can’t believe how luscious the colour is from just red. It is wonderful. The other pigment powders would have split into other colours. It is a gorgeous card Heather.
Amazing! Love it!
WOWy
Where did you get this stamp? I could not see the brand name.
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The brand is My Favorite Things; I got it from The Foiled Fox. I think it has been at Crop A While too.
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