Happy Sunday Crafty Friends! I hope you are doing well! I hope those of you who celebrate the 4th of July had a wonderful day with family and friends! We had a small family BBQ – it was nice and relaxing! For today’s card I am using the Paint a Flower – Hydrangea by Altenew.
I started by stamping the Hydrangea bloom using WOW embossing ink on Canson Watercolor card stock. I stamped the hydrangea 3 times and heat embossed the image using gold embossing powder. I watercolored the blooms using my Karin markers. I have listed the colors I used:
- Pink Bloom: Pale Pink, Magenta, Pale Violet, Indigo Blue
- Blue Bloom: Sky Blue, Royal Blue, Lilac
- Leaves: Apple Green, Ochre, Olive Green
I enjoyed the watercoloring process using the markers. I am enjoying participating in the 30 day color challenge with Kathy Racoosin. Are you joining in? You can see all of Kathy’s posts here! I colored this over days 2-4. I just enjoyed the process and really took my time. I started with a light layer and then as the layers dried, I continued to add more colors.
When my coloring was complete I decided I needed a background. I was speaking to my friend Enna and she suggested a pale purple, what a great idea! I encourage you to check out her cards – Enna-Cardmaker (@ritzyhag) I love her work. I feel it just pulled the card together! To create the purple background I used my Gansai Tambi watercolors – Imperial Violet and White, mixed them together to create a pale purple. I completed the background 2 times. I added a piece of purple card stock to my white card base and adhered the 2 panels onto the card. Then stamped 2 sentiments from the set on black card stock and heat embossed the image using white embossing powder. I foam mounted these and added a few sequins.
I had a lot of fun watercoloring this stamp set! Have a good afternoon!
Supplies Used:
- Stamps: Paint a Flower – Hydrangea by Altenew
- Paper: Canson Watercolor Card Stock
- Coloring Medium: Karin Brush Markers, Gansai Tambi 36 watercolor set
Crafty Hugs,
Natasha
bonniecarollee
Absolutely GORGEOUS 💜💜💜💜
natashavacca
Thank you so much Bonnie!
Von Marie
Wow!! I love this card!!! Gorgeous design and coloring!! 💜
natashavacca
Thank you so much Von Marie 💛💛💛
Sandi MacIver
that is one beautiful card. love the colors you chose and she was right, that light purple background is just the perfect color for your beautiful card
natashavacca
Thank you so much Sandi!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️