I CASED our Featured Stamper's Mayapple, Watercolored Petals and Pinwheels. She has a wonderful gallery, and also makes gracious comments. I loved the white embossing and watercolor on it. I used a different image and I watercolored with Derwent watercolor pencils and an aqua painter. After watercoloring I put the aqua brush to the pencil and then flicked the colors randomly on the card.
I first stamped with Fast & Fabulous in VersaMark, then embossed with Winter White Embossing Powder. This was my third try, didn't like the others. First I did it on Whisper white, and the paper didn't do well with the water. So, this is on water color paper. Anyway, I used the pencils as close as I could to our Color Challenge this week. (So Saffron, and Blushing Bride) Then I used Blushing Bride & Pear Pizazz CS. Thank you Mayapple for your inspiration!
I love watercoloring with the Derwent Pencils! I learned this from Lydia (UnderstanBlue) on one of her tutorials.
This card will go to our Teapotter Mother, Cindy, who lost her husband recently. We hope these cards will be comforting.
Thanks for looking.
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 GMT Views: 1823
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Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28834
Wed, Oct 07, 2015 @ 6:09 AM
Sharon this is just beautiful - so so pretty! I love how you did these flowers and it is all so soft and sweet.
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131481
Wed, Oct 07, 2015 @ 8:25 AM
Those flowers are beautiful, Sharon - they have such a light, airy feel. And your spattering is pretty impressive - it's something I struggle with to achieve any results at all!!
Registered: December 15, 2011 Location: Abilene TX Posts: 11275
Thu, Oct 08, 2015 @ 7:33 AM
Love the white embossing and softly colored flowers on this lovely card!
------------------------------ JodyLynn - "Love me - love my cats!" DTGD12, DTGD14, HYCCT12, HYCCT13, HYCCT14, HYCCT15, Love Fest 2013, Love Fest 2014 CAS and CC guest designer QFTD 258
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Registered: October 5, 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 15773
Thu, Oct 08, 2015 @ 8:45 AM
So soft and pretty!! Love all of the flowers along with one of my favorite sympathy stamps- I am sure Cindy will feel the love when she receives this card :-)
Registered: March 20, 2008 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Posts: 615
Fri, Oct 16, 2015 @ 7:45 PM
What a beautiful card!!! I have never seen this technique before and want to check it out. I love the white embossing, and the random flicking of the various colors is really gorgeous. The color combination you have chosen is so delicate, beautiful pastels that blend so well together. This thoughtful card will bring comfort to your friend, Cindy--my heart goes out to her after her loss of her dear husband. She will be in my prayers.
Thank you so much for your kind comment on my card--it meant a great deal to me!!! What I love about SCS is the supportive atmosphere and the way everyone really boosts everyone else and provides encouragement, just the way it should be!
I hope to try some challenges soon, I haven't done those yet, but think they will help me learn more and improve my skills as a card-maker.