Wetlands

This is one stamp set that I have enjoyed for the greetings. I haven’t done much else with it. Maybe a little plant here or there. One of the gals in my club asked me to teach them how to do a reflection. I used the Beautiful You set with the umbrella and a puddle of water with the reflection in the water. It was okay but I just wasn’t thrilled with it. When I teach a technique I like to do at least two projects using the same technique. So as I looked over my retiring stamp sets, I decided the duck in Wetlands would be a good reflection. I was very pleased with how it came out and the gals in my club did an excellent job on theirs as well.

Basic Black for the card base 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 & 3 3/8 x 5
Crumb Cake 5 3/8 x 4 1/8
Designer Series Paper Pack (Neutrals) 5 1/4 x 4
Whisper White 3 1/4 x 4 7/8″

• On the Whisper White cardstock, stamp the duck, using Basic Black ink, in the middle of the page. I didn’t want his feet to show so after inking the stamp I put a piece of tape across the grass and feet.
• Stamp the duck again, this time use the clear plastic sheet that comes in the photopolymer stamp sets, the piece that covers the stamps (not the one with the images) or a Window Sheet. Stamp so his feet and the grass are not on the sheet.
• Turn it over and place it just below the image you previously stamped. Hold on tight and rub the plastic sheet firmly (you could use a bone folder edge to get a good imprint).
• Stamp the plants in Basic Black along the bottom of the Whisper White.
• Stamp the duck image on a “Sticky Note” and cut out the body, don’t worry about the feet, this will serve as a mask to keep you from sponging on the duck image.
• Punch a 1 1/4″ circle from a “Sticky Note” and adhere that so it looks like it is behind the duck.
• Cover the duck with the mask you created and start sponging. Start with Soft Sky and do the sky and down the edges. Then with Marina Mist and give it some darkness. To create the horizon put a piece of cardstock just above the duck and below the moon and sponge along the edge with Marina Mist until it is dark.
• Sponge the bottom of the Whisper White with Garden Green.
• Color the reflection with Crumb Cake Stampin’ Write Marker and if needed blend it with the Marina Mist sponge.
• Remove the mask and color the duck with Crumb Cake and his lower chest with Smoky Slate.
• To give the image the finishing touch I used a white gel pen, a retired product, but one I have loved for many years and found many uses for it. It gives the look that the water is moving. I hope you will enjoy this set as much as I have. Too bad it is retiring it’s been a great set.

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