I found these lovely flowers on today's inspiration site (IC495) using a favorite color combo of mine: http://schweitzerlinen.com/fillip.html
Continuing my quest of trying to learn watercoloring, I started with the wc cs and stamped the flowers w/ antique linen because I knew I wanted the lines to mostly disappear. Watercolored the flowers, did a bit of a watercolor wash around the edges, but I wanted more color, so then I sponged color around the edges too using distress inks for that. Splattered diluted ink with a paintbrush. Stamped the cursive text stamp across the bottom, remembering how much I like that look on Jill Foster's cards. Stamped sentiment, distressed the edges, mounted on dimensional tape and adhered to olive card front. Linking to our May flower challenge (CAS326) and:
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Sun, May 31, 2015 @ 10:57 AM
What a stunning watercolour! I love the colours you've used and the composition is gorgeous. Thanks so much for joining us this week for the Friday Mashup challenge.
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Tue, Jun 02, 2015 @ 7:29 AM
Very pretty! Great job maintaining the brilliant color of the flowers while making them look watercolored. Thanks for joining the Friday Mashup this week.
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Mon, Jun 15, 2015 @ 6:58 PM
Oh my, Maura! This is just stunning. I love all of your technique work. You've got the watercolor one down-pat. Love your colors, the design, and the layers of stamps.