Hands up if you find watercolouring relaxing? I know I do and too the point I will often just sit down to watercolour when I am just feeling “stressed” or my mojo is missing, I find I clear my mind when colouring. Often I get in a roll and colour more then one image, giving me a good little stash of coloured images for when I am low on time to create a card.
I have stamped Best Thoughts Stamp Set {It’s a hostess set} on Watercolour paper with JetBlack StazOn, first I have added a halo of Crumb Cake ink around the flower then I moved on to colouring the leafs and petals. You may notice I have stamped a second layer of the leafs and petals which have been placed over the original image with the Crumb Cake. Using a mix of Perfect Plum and Elegant Eggplant to watercolour the petals, choosing to create a more rustic watercolour effect I have not “brushed” the colour onto the paper but more of a blob and dab action…. This is SO much easier to show and type! I love the mix of the two tones of purple.
Around my card on the base of Perfect Plum cardstock I have added a little stamped texture using a image from Awesomely Artistic, the image looks like the woven fibre of Burlap.
I just adore when I see a card with a “pretty” inside, I feel like it finishes the card off. Here I have just stamped 3/4 of the image and watercoloured, still giving me ample room to write a message to whoever receives my card. #needstobesomeoneireallylike
This blog hop is part of the Stampin’ Up! Artisan Design Team weekly blog hop, this week the theme was “Hostess with the Mostess” all of the projects will have Hostess stamp sets in them. The next stop on the Stampin’ Up! Artisan Blog Hop is Vicky Hayes who always BLOWS me away with her creations.
Here are the items used in this card, click on the item to be directed to my online store.
The main two stamp sets are Hostess stamp sets, which means you can only buy them as part of a workshop or a $250 customer order. Contact me about clubs and ways to earn the this sets.
Absolutely beautiful, Teneale! Your cards always inspire me.
Love this beautiful card! I was wondering if the top, or cut out layer, on the flower is done in watercolor paper also, or card stock?
All the watercolouring is on Watercolour paper. 🙂
Absolutely beautiful…gorgeous colors!
So beautiful!
This card is stunning!
Your coloring is surreal — gorgeous and frameable! I don’t know how you do it, but I wish I could watch over your shoulder so I could begin to learn how to beautifully watercolor like this!
Beautiful card! I always bypass perfect plum but this has inspired me to start using it up! Thanks!
Your coloring is absolutely superb! #suchabeauty
This blob & dab thing sounds like a must try if it comes out like that, T. (is #blob&dab trending yet :-)). Such a bold & elegant card. Love it!
Di 🙂
Beautiful card!!!!! I was hoping you could answer a question I have. How do you insert the product items into your posts with the pictures and prices and links too?
The wonderful people at mystampinblog.com
Beautiful card, inside and outside! Love it!
A great Card! I love those colours, but also the whole design of the card 🙂
Another stunner, how amazing to have such a creation plop through the letter box, …
Beautiful!