Poolside - watercolour marker, stencilling, shaped card

Chillin' in a pool with ice cream sounds absolutely divine right now. My summertime card features a stamp set, stencils, and ink from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps along with Arteza watercolour markers, Cosmic Shimmer opal blaze for a gorgeous shimmer, and Nuvo jewel drops. 

Putting It Together

Cosmic Shimmer recently released the Opal Blaze rubs and I had to get all seven. They're gorgeous and I want to use them on everything!

I stamped the image on Arches watercolour paper with Party Peach to do a "no lines" colouring using Arteza watercolour markers. My crafty friend, Betty, gave me the markers and they're lovely. 

I used a Fantastix to add some opal blaze to the glasses for a bit of glisten. The opal blaze looks white, but comes alive with a colour. I used Pink Blueberry on the glasses for a shimmer of pink and blue. 

I added Nuvo jewel drops to the float, her glasses, and the ice creams scoops. Jewel drops are tinted but dry translucent.

For the pool water, I used the Nautical Netting stencil with Teal Raspberry opal polish on Tempting Turquoise cardstock for an amazing shimmer water.

For the shaped card, I used a Spellbinders die to cut the card base with the fold line below the cutting edge. 

I used the same die to cut the pool and did a dry fit with the image (as the drops were still drying). 

I fussy cut the image with a tiny margin and popped her up on the pool with foam mounting tape. The shimmer in the water changes colours when turned in the light. 

Inside, I added a sun from the Scenery 3 stencil with Summer Sunshine and Party Peach and added Sunset Orange opal blaze for a touch of shine. I used Party Peach for the sentiment. 

Supplies

Challenges

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps: No Lines technique

Watercooler Wednesday: Feminine