Watercolor Flowers!

Happy Thursday! Kim with you here this morning sharing a fun watercolor card!

I decided to use one of my favorite Hero Arts flowers the Antique Rose Stem.

I stamped it repeatedly on my watercolor card stock with my Versamark Ink and embossed with white embossing powder. I heat set the flowers each time I stamped to make it easier to see my next stamping section.

I then colored my flowers with my paints, this is such a fun and relaxing project watching them come together as you build layers with the color. I decided on a rainbow, who doesn't love a rainbow and I added a wash of light blue over the background.

I added my Hero Arts Thank You sentiment die cut from woodgrain paper and the sub-sentiment from the Hello Stamp and Cut. I had originally wanted to add black paint splatters but I forgot... So I simply added a few black dots with the dot from the Happy Stamp and Cut.

Thanks for taking the time! Go check out the challenge!
Kim

Fabulous Flowers!

I have always loved Hero Arts Flowers! The new release includes so many beautiful flowers. I am loving the Antique Rose Stem woodblock stamp. What is it with a good woodblock stamp? Not many companies making these anymore and they are still my favourites. This card is for a special friends birthday and I am submitting it to the current Hero Arts Challenge - Fabulous Flowers.

Products:

Hero Arts Antique Rose Stem - I stamped it with Antique Linen Distress Ink making it a faint outline on Stratford Bristol Paper so that I could use my Zig Clean Color Brush Pens. I have always struggled with watercolour and I have purchased almost every watercolour product out there! When I first tried the Zig pens  I completely fell in love especially when used with Bristol Paper.  For the flower I used 028, 200 and 202, once I began the faint Antique Linen Distress slowly disappeared making it possible for me to create my own flower centre which at first stressed me out lol! But I like the way it turned out.  For the leaves I used 041, 044 and 048 (Greens). I used my water brush to smooth everything out. I then used the Happy (Mama Elephant) and die cut the original panel and four others in black cardstock to make the white pop. The Birthday sentiment which I white embossed is from Hero Arts It's Your Day. PPP sequins and some white dots with my gell pen to finish it off!

Thanks for taking the time!

Kim

Dreaming of spring!

We just went through a weekend with -30 degree celsius weather and tomorrow we have a snow and freezing rain warning! Let me tell you I am dreaming of spring and flowers and grass! The Challenge over at Hero Arts is Fabulous Flowers which is so fitting for my mood! I needed bright colours and flowers :)

 used my new Antique Rose Stem stamp by Hero Arts, I love this flower! The sentiment is from the Hero Arts It's Your Day stamp set I used my Copics for the flowers and the surround 

I die cut the panel with the Wonky Stitched Die by Avery Elle 

Topped everything off with PPP sequins

Thanks for taking the time! Here is hoping spring is near!

Kim