Hi there and welcome back! It's time for a new Color Challenge at Splitcoaststampers! Pam is hosting this week and she has chosen the vibrant colors of Calypso Coral, Pineapple Punch and Pear Pizzazz, with a dessert option to include a tropical treat on your card.
I love this color combination but instead of a tropical treat I decided to watercolor a new-to-me Dahlia image from Hero Arts. I painted each petal first with an intense amount of Calypso Coral at the base, pulled the ink part way up the petal, then added Pineapple Punch to the tip and used a damp brush to blend. I loved how the colors mixed and while the water coloring was a little time consuming, I love the process and the end result. Using good quality watercolor paper also helped the colors from bleeding outside of the area being water colored. I say this because I only recently started using Arches Cold Press and I am so very pleasantly surprised at how it holds water.
After the floral image dried, it was die cut with the companion die. In the meantime, I was so happy to find in my stash a card base of Calypso Coral already layered this long retired Stampin' Up Designer Series Paper. I used a scrap of watercolor paper to create the horizontal panel, layering on Calypso Coral and Pineapple Punch inks with lots of water mixed with Perfect Pearls. After drying with a heat tool, I used a punch on one end, wrapped with twine and added the sentiment tag. After mounting to the card base with thin foam squares, the floral image was adhered on top and a few bright yellow Nuvo drops added.
Thanks for visiting, it's always so appreciated! I've included a link to SCS above, I hope you'll be able to join the Color Challenge this week!
Stef
Product details
Stamps: Hero Florals Dahlia Stamp & Cut, Happy Birthday Gorgeous (SU)
Paper: Calypsos Coral, Very Vanilla, Arches Cold Press watercolor, retired SU dsp
Ink: Versafine Claire Nocturne Pigment ink, Calypso Coral, Pineapple Punch, Pear Pizzazz
Other: Perfect Pearls, Eyelet Border punch (ret. SU), Hero Arts companion die, Linen Thread, Tiny Tag punch, Tonic Nuvo Dandelion Crystal Drops
I love this color combination but instead of a tropical treat I decided to watercolor a new-to-me Dahlia image from Hero Arts. I painted each petal first with an intense amount of Calypso Coral at the base, pulled the ink part way up the petal, then added Pineapple Punch to the tip and used a damp brush to blend. I loved how the colors mixed and while the water coloring was a little time consuming, I love the process and the end result. Using good quality watercolor paper also helped the colors from bleeding outside of the area being water colored. I say this because I only recently started using Arches Cold Press and I am so very pleasantly surprised at how it holds water.
After the floral image dried, it was die cut with the companion die. In the meantime, I was so happy to find in my stash a card base of Calypso Coral already layered this long retired Stampin' Up Designer Series Paper. I used a scrap of watercolor paper to create the horizontal panel, layering on Calypso Coral and Pineapple Punch inks with lots of water mixed with Perfect Pearls. After drying with a heat tool, I used a punch on one end, wrapped with twine and added the sentiment tag. After mounting to the card base with thin foam squares, the floral image was adhered on top and a few bright yellow Nuvo drops added.
Thanks for visiting, it's always so appreciated! I've included a link to SCS above, I hope you'll be able to join the Color Challenge this week!
Stef
Product details
Stamps: Hero Florals Dahlia Stamp & Cut, Happy Birthday Gorgeous (SU)
Paper: Calypsos Coral, Very Vanilla, Arches Cold Press watercolor, retired SU dsp
Ink: Versafine Claire Nocturne Pigment ink, Calypso Coral, Pineapple Punch, Pear Pizzazz
Other: Perfect Pearls, Eyelet Border punch (ret. SU), Hero Arts companion die, Linen Thread, Tiny Tag punch, Tonic Nuvo Dandelion Crystal Drops
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