Hi guys! Happy Friday! (FRI-YAY!) How was your week? Thank you so much for alllll the comments on my last three posts! Wowza! That was a lot - three blog hops three days in a row. I'm still recovering! LOL. But it's all good - I loved every one of them and I'm always honored to be in a blog hop for my favorite companies. Hopefully you found some new things to inspire you and get you creating. I had a nice week. I went to a fun Blogging event Wednesday night and that always rejuvenates me. Lots of wonderful bloggers here in Sacramento and I always learn something, and my cheeks always hurt from laughing so hard. Lucky is getting SO big. He's five months old already and growing like a weed. He's a curious guy and I run around him trying to keep him out of things. Thank goodness he sleeps a lot too! I've trained him to sleep on his blanket on my studio desk and he is a good boy while I'm crafting. He's learning!!
Today I'm sharing a card I made a week or so ago when I had some free play time in my studio. I am kind of obsessed with Pink Fresh Studio stamps. They are so beautiful and feminine and artsy all in the best way. I used two Pink Fresh stamp sets (with matching dies) and my Daniel Smith Watercolor Dots. All the links are at the bottom of my post. I used a free, flowy water color technique and lots of splatters. I think I've finally found my favorite combination for splatters (more later in the post).
I started with a white A2 card base and layered kraft cardstock and jade green cardstock from my stash. The top layer is watercolor paper die cut with a Memory Box Rectangle Die for a pretty border. Next I stamped and die cut out the bird cage, the birdie, and all the flowers and leaves. I always use Versafine Ink for my watercolor projects. It's a nice deep black that takes the water without smudging. Here is a close up of my watercoloring. Really free form - didn't even worry about staying inside the lines. NO STRESS!!
The background is a light water color wash of a pretty light aqua blue. I splattered everything with both black ink and white ink. The trick is to make sure that all the underlying water colors are DRY. Completely dry. I use my heat tool to dry everything before I go to the next step. I found a wonderful deep black ink that I use for the black splatters. I use Copic Opaque White for the white splatters. Again, be sure to dry one color of splatters before doing the next color. I use a paint brush and splash it on. The smaller/bigger the paint brush will determine how dense the splatters are.
For this project I used my super cool Daniel Smith Watercolor Dots! These are AWESOME for quick coloring of small areas. They are also my go-to when I want to travel with water colors. The concept is that these are 'cards' with globs of watercolors on them. They are dry until you wet them with a water brush or a paint brush and water. EASY PEASY. And, you get a LOT of colors for a small price. CLICK HERE for where I got mine. They are fun and simple to use. I chose bright colors for this project.
The sentiment is from the Aviary stamp set and is perfect with that cute little bird stamp! I stamped the sentiment right onto the watercolor paper. all the colored pieces were attached to the card using foam tape. I played around with the layout until I liked how it flowed.
That's it for today! Thank you for stopping by to see me! I hope you have a happy, fun and fabulous weekend! XOXO
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Just can't begin to tell you how much I love this card and style. I love a loose wash or spot of color paired with a sketchy illustration like this. I too have these watercolor dot charts and love for the reasons you listed AND it is helping me decide which colors to choose for my own personal palette of most used colors. I brought them with me and hoped to do some watercoloring while on vacation - so far, I haven't gotten that far *LOL* Always beautiful and inspiring. I also love your photography as much as I love your cards. XO Susie ~
Posted by: Susie Lessard | 08/14/2018 at 08:35 AM
This is so pretty, Wanda. I love this set … it's on my list as my next purchase from Pinkfresh.
Posted by: Becca Yahrling | 08/10/2018 at 04:10 PM
Hi Wanda.. I am not acquainted with Pink Fresh. I will however check them out because your card is very fresh and beautiful. Our week was hectic, but, we now have a newly married daughter and our family has grown by three. So I am kicking back and enjoying some Me time...
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 08/10/2018 at 11:29 AM
Love this card! Colors are fabulous!
Posted by: Betty Sue | 08/10/2018 at 11:00 AM
Another beautiful Card!!! Have a good weekend
Posted by: Nancy Hassan | 08/10/2018 at 05:53 AM
What a colorful, beautiful "feel good" card, I love it!
Posted by: Mindy Drummond | 08/10/2018 at 03:18 AM