Create A Scene: Watercolor Sunflowers

Today I thought I’d share a watercolour floral scene card. Pretty Pink Posh has some amazing floral stamp sets and it’s easy to use to use masking to stamp a beautiful one-layer scene to colour. Sunflowers are a favourite of mine – the colours are just perfect for the season.

I began by cutting a panel of watercolour card. I use an economy card when I watercolour. As a beginner, I just want to have fun without worrying that I might waste expensive card on mistakes. The card I use is 300gsm cold pressed surface card, and I use the smooth side.

To stamp my scene, I used Antique Linen distress oxide ink. I began with the largest sunflower from the Sunflowers stamp set, then created a mask using a full post-it note. I covered the sunflower with the mask, then stamped a second sunflower to the side of that.

I continued creating my scene, masking the second sunflower, then stamping some leaves from the same set. To add some variety, I also stamped some leaves and berries from the Autumn Wreath stamp set.

I used the Altenew Artists Watercolour pan set to paint my images. I began with a light colour wash, allowing it to air dry fully, then building up layers of stronger colour. I like to take my time, gradually adding more layers of colour, and enjoying the relaxing process of watercolour.

Once I’d finished with the watercolour and the panel was dry, I added some finer details with my Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils, along with some white gel pen highlights on the berries.

I love the add splatter on my watercolour cards for more texture. I mixed some perfect pearls with water and used a small paintbrush to flick the panel.

I trimmed the panel down, then adhered a frame around the edge, cut from brown pearlescent card using the Nature Essentials die. In the corner of the scene, I heat embossed in gold a sentiment from the Birthday Friends stamp set.

I thought a kraft card base would work well with the colours in the scene, and I finished my card with some Espresso jewels to compliment the colour of the frame. 

Thanks for visiting today! I hope I inspired you to create some floral scenes.

Gemma