Wonderful Florals - Watercolored

Well, Hello!  I'm back with two more cards using Wonderful Florals by Concord & 9th.  This time with a technique that is not one of my strengths - watercoloring.

It is something that I love the look of, but being a Type A personality and all, I have a hard time with just letting the water do what it will.  So I tend to overwork it to death.  It is something that I'm working on and will continue practicing.

So, for the first card, I just decided to create a wash of color for a background.  To do that, I used Canson Watercolor card stock and Distress Inks.

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I taped the cardstock down to my craft mat.  Then I smooshed Evergreen Bough, Peacock Feathers, and Forest Moss Distress Ink onto my craft mat.  I took a wide flat brush and applied clean water over the surface of the watercolor paper. Next, I picked up some of the Evergreen Bough Distress ink and applied it to the top of the card stock.  I followed that with the Peacock Feathers and finally the Forest Moss.

I splattered some clean water to break up the background a bit and then decided to splatter some Perfect Pearls to add a little bit of sparkly goodness.

Once it was completely dry, I stamped the big image using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.  I did use a stamp positioner and stamped it twice to get those bold black lines.  Once the ink was dry, I added white highlights to the flower centers and then heat embossed the sentiments with white embossing power onto black cardstock.  After cutting them into little strips, I adhered them to the watercolored panel with foam tape.

I attached that to a black panel, and then onto a white card base.  Easy peasy!

For the second card, I decided to watercolor the whole image using Distress Inks.  I have to admit, using watercolor card stock definitely makes a difference for me. And the Distress Inks do move around quite well.

I stamped the big image using Versafine Onyx Black ink. As with the first card, I stamped the image twice and let the ink dry for a good long time.  When I finally worked up the nerve, I started painting.

For the succulent looking flowers, I used Bundled Sage and Seedless Preserves.  For the pink and orange flowers, I used Ripe Persimmon and Picked Raspberry.  For the little berries, I used Mustard Seed.  And for all that greenery, I used Peeled Paint, Bundled Sage, Peacock Feathers, and Evergreen Bough.

After is was good and dry, I die cut the large image and the word "Wonderful." I saved the centers of the "O," "D," and "R" so I could put them back in place.

Then, I trimmed a piece of patterned paper from My Favorite Things Dots and Stripes Sorbet Paper Pack to fit behind the die cut letters.  I then adhered the floral piece using foam tape to a putty colored panel.

I was going to stamp and heat emboss the little words on black card stock, but thought the patterned paper would add a nice touch.

To finish it up, I adhered the putty panel to a black panel and finally, a white card base.

And there ya have it. . . a second watercolored card that is very different from the first.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!