Spectrum Ink Pads and Water

When Leslie (Crooked Stamper) learned that I was enamored of Kaleidacolor spectrum ink pads, she dug out some old, long unused (and a few unopened) ones she had and gave them to me.

Can you believe not a one was already in my collection? Yippy!!!!

I pulled out an old Hero Arts shadow stamp and went to work, incorporating the OLS#3 Challenge, Just Add Water.

Can you believe the intensity of the color of the Calypso pad?

Even the Pastel pad has intense color!

But Caribbean Sea is my favorite...greens and blues, oh, my!

I positioned the shadow stamp on the edge of the card, one third of the way up after inking it and spritzing with water. Then, I put each sentiment half-on, half-off the stamped area, and added a triangle of little flower stamps with color-coordinated bling added for a bit of shine.

Easy, fun, and colorful!!!

If you don't have a spectrum ink pad, you could always color a shadow stamp or acrylic block with water-based markers and spritz. If you don't have a shadow stamp, you could improvise your own with, say, a piece of craft foam attached to a block with temporary adhesive. Would the foam give added texture to the image or would enough spritzed water even it out? I challenge someone to give that a try this weekend and share the results!!

Thanks again to Leslie for giving me these glorious inkpads. I assure you, they are well-loved in their new home!!

Supplies
stamps: Hero Arts shadow, Papertrey and Gina K sentiments, Hero Arts flowers
ink: Kaleidacolor, Memento Luxe black
paper: Papertrey white
accessories: water spritz bottle, rhinestones, various permanent markers to color the rhinestones