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Thursday, 3 November 2016

Watercolour Flowers

Today's card features my favourite colour...teal/turquoise blue...or rather 'Peacock Feathers' Distress Ink...with just a hint of 'Mermaid Lagoon'. I started by stamping flowers from the 'Spring Flowers' set by Honey Doo Crafts in Versamark Ink, then heat embossed them in white. I started with the larger flowers...then masked them before adding the slightly smaller ones in between to create a ring. I then added the sentiment (from the 'Fabulous Birthday' set by Hero Arts) in the centre..also heat embossing it so that I could watercolour over the top without risking it smudging. I gave a light wash of the 'Peacock Feather' over the whole card, then used it to colour the flowers...adding a little'Mermaid Lagoon' to their centres. Before mounting th panel on to my card, I inked around the edges with a little more 'Pracock Feathers' for more definition.


This card is for my Nan's birthday later this month...I stamped some simple gift wrap so that her present would match:


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10 comments:

  1. Tinka's paper wonderlland4 November 2016 at 09:42

    Very nice card.
    Thank you for joining us at Craft Your Passion!
    Good Luck and hope to see you again.
    xx Valentina DT xx
    Tinka's paper wonderlland

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  2. Sandra H4 November 2016 at 16:01

    Oooh this is so lovely x

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  3. Anna 4 November 2016 at 22:14

    This is fantastic... I love it!
    Thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments this week!
    Anna

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  4. luvmycards.blogspot.com6 November 2016 at 19:03

    What a cute card and wrap to match-bonus! Thanks for playing with us at Craft Your Passion!
    Carolyn, DT

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  5. Bonnie7 November 2016 at 00:46

    A beautiful card! Love the masking and sponging! And the matching gift wrap is a fantastic idea!

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  6. Anonymous7 November 2016 at 07:47

    A beautiful card Helen and I love your wrapping paper. x

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  7. Michelle7 November 2016 at 18:24

    What a very pretty card! And great wrapping to match!

    Thanks for joining us at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge!
    Hope to see to back again real soon :)

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  8. Bianca8 November 2016 at 08:23

    A wonderfull and stunning card! I love the colors you have used. Thank you for joining us at Fairytale Challenge. XX Bianca DT

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  9. anne8 November 2016 at 21:43

    A beautiful card and I love the wrapping paper too. Thank you for sharing it with us at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge
    Anne DT

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  10. Deepti Aggarwal9 November 2016 at 01:36

    Such a fabulous card..and love the idea of stamping wrapping paper..Thank you so much for joining us at Crafty Creations Challenges..

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Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my cards! Helen x