Analogous Colors Challenge--VM Resist, Part 1

I made these cards for Heidi’s Color Theory Challenge: Analogous Colors, http://duhnproductions.com/forum/index.php?topic=520.0. I totally CASED her beautiful card (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=52&pid=916#top_display_media). Thank you, Heidi. I’ve had this stamp for a long time, and this is the first time I’ve used it.

I used the Versamark Resist Technique. I was experimenting with LaBlance Thick Specialty Stamping Paper, cardstock which Tim Holtz said is the same as Ranger’s Specialty Cardstock. I didn’t like it for the watercolors. They were absorbed too quickly to blend them, leaving very distinctive marks (covered up by the bows). It worked great with the Distress Inks.

CARDS:
4 ¼” x 5 ½”
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock (card base)
SU Cardstock (single-matted cards)
Bazzill Cardstock (double-matted cards)
LaBlanche Thick Specialty Stamping Paper (focal image)

FOCAL IMAGE:
Hero Arts Leafy Vines, CG509
Versamark Ink
Ranger Clear Superfine EP
Peerless Watercolors -- Dk. Green, Dk. Blue (single-matted cards)
Distress Inks – Salty Ocean, Broken China, Mowed Lawn; I added Faded Jeans to the Salty Ocean on one of the cards. (double-matted cards)

Swarovski Rhinestones, Crystal, SS12
Ranger’s Matte Accents (to adhere the crystals)
Ribbon (unknown, a RAK from Nora—Thank you Nora!)
Fun Foam (used to mount the focal image on the cards with rhinestones)

TFL.
Daria