Hello, hello! It’s Donna here from donnaisplayingpaper, and I have a soft watercolour card for you today. We’re still at home, which means that I have time for some more detailed colouring.
This card is made using the absolutely beautiful “You Stamp Set” The floral images on this set are so pretty and soft that I wanted to use a very soft approach for them. I first stamped the image onto a piece of watercolour paper using a pale dye ink ( Distress ink in Antique Linen in this case) The petals are painted in three layers of watercolour – first a light pink wash over the whole petal, then a deeper coral over about half each petal then finally a deeper burgundy closer to the centres, and in the nooks and crannies. The leaves were a single shade of green, painted in a light wash first, then overpainted as a deeper shade with less water.
I then spattered the panel with these same colours, before cutting it to just smaller than an A2 card. The sentiment comes from the same stamp set. I cut two of the word ‘you’ using the die from the You Die set. I stamped the top one using the co ordinating stamp, and painted the lower one in the same coral colour as I used on the petals. I glued these together, offsetting them slightly so that the pink would show. The second part of the sentiment was heat embossed in white on black card, and popped up with foam tape.
I hope that you have enjoyed the sweet blooms on this card as much as I did. Until next time, may you have flowers in your life.
Blessings