Need quick and easy greeting cards?  All you need is your favourite ink colours, a hardy medium like Shimmery White cardstock, a paintbrush, black ink, and some versatile stamps like the In the Moment stamp set, which has fabulous hand-sketched images plus all-purpose sentiments.

Stamps: In the Moment (cling: 157987).  Ink: Mango Melody (147093), Tuxedo Black (132708), VersaMark (102283).  Card/Paper: Basic Black (121688), Shimmery White (121717).  Accessories: White Embossing Powder (Basics Stampin' Emboss Powder (155554), Baker's Twine Essentials Pack (155475).  Tools: Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine (149653), Stitched Rectangles Dies (151820), Heat Tool (129056), Water Painters (151298), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).

In the Moment Stamp Set (cling: 157987) - $51.00

This watercolour wash effect can be achieved in three easy steps...

1. Apply a wash of water over Shimmery White cardstock with a wet brush.  The wide flat brush in the set of Water Painters is ideal.
2. Load a wet brush with your favourite ink colour and add a wash of colour over the wet cardstock and then leave to dry.  Bright colours are the best inks for this technique.
3. Stamp image over watercolour wash in a rich black ink, like Tuxedo Black Memento.

And then you can adhere this stamped panel to the front of a card base and add any finishing touches.  I have finished my greeting card simply by adding a white heat-embossed sentiment with a pretty bow tucked underneath. 

The cheerful sympathy card above was created using Mango Melody ink.  This beautiful encouragement card has a Flirty Flamingo ink wash...

Stamps: In the Moment (cling: 157987).  Ink: Flirty Flamingo (147052), Tuxedo Black (132708), VersaMark (102283).  Card/Paper: Basic Black (121688), Shimmery White (121717).  Accessories: White Embossing Powder (Basics Stampin' Emboss Powder (155554), Baker's Twine Essentials Pack (155475).  Tools: Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine (149653), Layering Circles Dies (151770), Heat Tool (129056), Water Painters (151298), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).

And, finally, this fun friendship card began with a wash of Coastal Cabana ink...

Stamps: In the Moment (cling: 157987).  Ink: Coastal Cabana (147097), Tuxedo Black (132708), VersaMark (102283).  Card/Paper: Basic Black (121688), Shimmery White (121717).  Accessories: White Embossing Powder (Basics Stampin' Emboss Powder (155554), Baker's Twine Essentials Pack (155475).  Tools: Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine (149653), Tasteful Labels Dies (152886), Heat Tool (129056), Water Painters (151298), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).

I love how versatile the In the Moment stamp set is and how much fun it was to create these three easy greeting cards.

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