Friday, September 24, 2021

Birthday Flowers

 Hello Friends!


Today for you I have some lovely watercolor painted flowers using the Bloom Vista Stamp set from Little Birdie Crafts.  I tried to jump out of my comfort zone and do something a little different with my card base by choosing a neutral color and background.

To start, I chose the sticker from the Floral Birthday Wishes embellishment pack.  I knew I wanted to incorporate this color scheme into my card so off I went to stamp and watercolor.

I wanted to share my watercoloring two ways.  First, I painted all the images using the Watercolor Pan Set.  I mixed colors until I had shades I was happy with.  Then, I added some black colored pencil on top for some additional shading.  You can see the shaded version in the left side image.  I really liked how it added some dimension to the flowers and made them appear a little less flat than just watercoloring alone.

Once all the flowers were painted, I then die cut them out using the coordinating framelits that come with this stamp set.  I went to figuring out my design next.

After laying the pieces down on my brown card stock, I felt that I needed just a bit more interest to make the flowers pop off my card.  I went for the Chevron Stencil and some Chalk Paint.  I mixed the Charcoal, Walnut Cream and Orange Splash paints until I had a brown shade that I liked.  It's subtle but I think adds that little something I was looking for.

Once I was ready to start gluing, I started adding foam tape on parts of the design to give a real 3D effect.  I left some images flat and used liquid glue, some items one layer of foam tape and a few images two layers of foam tape.  I also let a few elements overhand the edge of my card for effect.

I had a lot of fun planning this card and really enjoyed seeing my end result.  I just adore watercoloring and find it so relaxing.  I hope you get a chance to play in watercolor someday soon as well.  Until next time, have an amazing day!


~Adrienne


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Monday, September 6, 2021

Let Your Dreams Take Flight


Hello Again Crafty Friends!

I decided to create my project today using the wonderful Watercolor Pan set from Little Birdie Crafts.  I used it for a soft background, to make my green paper for the leaf element and as an ink to add some accent leaves. 

To start, I took a piece of Arches Coldpress Watercolor Paper and used some really light shades of green paint to start building a subtle background in the lower righthand corner of my card.  I had already picked a few papers from the Purple Passion 6x6 Cardstock pack and knew the tones I'd need for my design.  I started trimming and tearing the papers I had set aside.  Once I had an idea of what I wanted to do, I punched the focal butterfly piece and also added some Sparkle Paste in Mulberry to the back piece with the postage image.

I used dimensional tape to add my layers together and also some of the purple paint to dirty up the butterfly circle so it wasn't too perfect.  I knew I needed a bit more green on my design so I took a leaf stamp from the Shine Bright stamp set and added some leaves using green watercolor paint that I picked up off my palette.  I just smooshed my stamp into the lid of the container and used it like an ink.

Then I painted some watercolor paper in different shades of green so I could have a leaf element to put in behind my original design.  I didn't want my project to look too blue/purple.  After painting the paper, I cut it using the die from the Bloom Vista stamp and die set.

For my greeting, I took this adorable multi-font design from the stamp set Butterfly Kisses and stamped it using Memento Black ink.  It's a bright and bold black ink - perfect for greetings!

Lastly, I took some of the Mulberry Sparkle Paste and I thinned it out using some water and a stamp block.  I used the end of my paintbrush to flick some on my design.  Luckily I remembered to use a little post-it note to mask the majority of my design so the entire thing didn't get covered in Sparkle Paste.  When I was happy with my splatters, I let it air dry.

I hope you enjoyed my card today and that I've inspired you to get out your watercolors and maybe take a second look at your paper collection and take some creative time for yourself!  Have a wonderful day :)


~Adrienne


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