Monday 7 July 2014

Watercolour Delights

G'day folks!

I've been playing around with watercolour pencils for the AAA Card Challenge - make a card using watercolour techniques.  Since I've used the lovely Summery colours over at Curtain Call I'm going to link up my card over there too - it is a birthday card, despite not actually saying 'happy birthday' - you can still send love and hugs on someone's special day can't you?









I used Mama Elephant's Sweet Havana set for this one. I die cut the flowers from watercolour paper  and used a mixture of inks and watercolour pencils to stamp and colour them. I edged the frame with a pencil, then softened it with some water.  There's a great tutorial by Nichol Magourik on how to achieve the watercolour effect using distress inks on the Mama Elephant blog - you can find it here if you want some good tips!

Happy stamping!

Claire x


9 comments:

  1. Love your watercolour edge, really showcases the flower vase perfectly. Thanks for playing at AAA Cards.

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  2. This is just lovely, Claire! Thank you for the link and I'm so pleased that you have joined our challenge at AAA Cards this week!

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  3. Beautiful! What a pretty bouquet! So glad you played along at AAA Cards

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  4. Your card is STUNNING!!!! Love that bouquet!

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  5. saw your card on the AAA gallery and had to pop by and tell you what fab colouring and I love the orange edge x

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  6. Your card really stood out to me in the Curtain Call gallery...you have absolutely mastered the watercolor technique...especially love the edging on your card. This is a winner in my opinion!

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  7. Hey Claire! Your bouquet is amazing. I love the colors. I also love the water-coloring around the edges of your watercolor paper. Nicely done.

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  8. This is a fine card indeed! Love the watercoloring on the stamp and that it's dimensional. Thanks for playing with AAA Cards. Cheers, Victoria Lavender

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  9. Beautiful!! I love the delicate look of your cut flowers : )

    Patti

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