Watercolored Pansies
Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here this morning, and I’m excited to be sharing a card using the exclusive Pretty Pink Posh STAMPtember stamp set – another beautiful floral set! I love Pansies – they were the one flower in my mom’s flower beds when I was growing up that we were allowed to pick as many as we wanted of, since the more you pick them, the more they bloom! So I decided to play a little more with some no-line watercoloring – a technique that stretches me a little out of my comfort zone, but I think this is the happiest I’ve ever been with the result! Maybe I am learning? :)
I started off by stamping a floral cluster using some Antique Linen Distress Ink. I chose this since it is a nice soft color, and distress ink is water reactive, so as I painted, the lines would melt into my coloring and disappear – leaving me with the “no-line” look I wanted. I didn’t spend a lot of time masking, just stamped them out, knowing my extra overlapping lines would be easy to make disappear with a bit of water.
And then I pulled out my Daniel Smith watercolors, and slowly painted and built up my colors – I love when I have time to just slowly paint and take my time! So very relaxing!
Once I was finished and happy with the painting, I added some white paint splatters over the top and a sentiment from the recently released Fall Scene Stamp Set.
Finished off with a Scallop Frame die cut from green cardstock and popped up with foam adhesive, and a few sparkly new Blue Lagoon Jewels that seemed to match my card perfectly!
Pretty flowers in lovely colours!
Wow!! Really Beautiful!!!