Hello, sweet friends! Hope you are having a wonderful week so far and enjoying warmer weather. Well, here's another experiment for me. It's my second watercolor card I'm posting, and I used the newest remixed digital image by Marcella Hawley. It's a lovely set that includes a beautiful wreath of peonies, but I chose to use the single "accent" image and enlarged it in Microsoft Word. I printed it on watercolor paper, gently rubbed the entire image with a Magic Rub eraser, and then I used Distress Inks with an aqua brush to color. I kept remembering Sallie's words of "keep some white in the image," and I tried - wink! I accidentally used one of my aqua brushes that I has Copic Blending Solution in it - oops! SO I did struggle a bit with some of the color-wash around the lower part of the card. But I added some sequins, matted it, and it was done. And so you can watercolor with digital images without doing anything other than printing them in Microsoft Word. However, I suggest you try on your own printer. I have an HP Photosmart 7510 inkjet printer, and it was fine.
So, sweet friends, thanks for taking a closer look at my card, and I hope you have a wonderful rest of the week and a Happy Mother's Day (I will remember the many joys my mom had each spring planting new flowers - miss her lots!).
Stop by my blog for more details about my water-coloring experience with this digital image.
Date: Thursday, May 5, 2016 GMT Views: 2068
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Registered: October 19, 2007 Location: Packer Country, WI Posts: 71970
Sun, May 08, 2016 @ 5:13 AM
Congratulations! In the General Stamping forum, you're in the FAVORITES for the week ending May 8. See post #_12___.Oh I missed this beauty. Lovely in everyway.
Registered: October 19, 2007 Location: Packer Country, WI Posts: 71970
Sun, May 08, 2016 @ 9:41 AM
Congratulations! In the General Stamping forum, you're in the FAVORITES for the week ending May 8. See post #_18___.You have another mention on this beautiful card.
Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9825
Sun, May 08, 2016 @ 1:12 PM
Oh Cheryl, is there any limit to your talents. Your watercoloring is fabulous. Those great, big peonies are just lovely. Only you can out do mother nature. Beautiful colors.
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Sun, May 08, 2016 @ 8:27 PM
Well, Cheryl, you did leave some white on this watercolor and you sure know just where to leave it! This is beautiful! This is a wonderful flower; so nice that you can adjust the size with the digitals!
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