As I shared in my blog post for TFC at the beginning of the month, I decided to play with a couple of as yet unused embossing folders, so today I reveal the 2nd of the two.
For this card, I reached for something I rarely use, which are my Distress Watercolor Pencils. If you follow my blog, you know my favorite coloring medium is alcohol markers, but I knew it would be relatively easy to use some simple water coloring for this panel. It was embossed using watercolor paper, then I set about using some bright and cheerful colors. I really love how the peachy flowers turned out by mixing Tattered Roses and Wild Honey. I finished it off with a tiny bit of splatter using Picked Raspberry and Wild Honey.
After the water coloring dried, the panel was trimmed down then layered on two additional panel of scrap paper for a bit of dimension. It was then matted on a bright green A2 panel before adhering to the card base. The sentiment was stamped then die cut with a label die and the last step was to add a few embellies around the sentiment that matched to peachy flowers.
There's still plenty of time to join us this month; the challenge remains open until Thursday July 25th. In the meantime, please be sure to visit the challenge blog, my teammates have new cards to further inspire you!
Take care!
Stef
- Simon Says Stamp Chelsea Floral embossing folder
- Concord & 9th Pop-Up Par-Tay stamp set (sentiment)
- Distress Watercolor Pencils in Picked Raspberry, Tattered Rose, Wild Honey, Twisted Citron and Rustic Wilderness
- Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink
- Stampin' Up Polished Dots
- MFT Fishtail Foundations
3 comments:
Wispy, delicate and ever so lovely!
Beautiful job watercoloring, Stef. I think this is a great way to bring color to an embossing folder. (Wait until you see my card for next month.)
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL Stef...I just love the soft colors and yet how bright the card is too! And all that beautiful dimension! Such a gorgeous card my friend...LOVE it!! Hugs. :0)
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