I made this card for my kids favourite teacher, who left the school to further her studies at Harvard. I wanted to make a card that resembled her, bright, cheerful, young and enthusiastic about teaching! So Ms Martinez, I hope you liked it!
I first stamped the pretty lotus from CAS-Usual Fridays Mon Ami set with Versamark clear ink, sprinkled white Wow embossing powder over it and heated it with my heat gun until it melted and created a resist for my water colouring.
I took my beloved Zig Clean Clear Real Brushes, that are already filled with water based dye inks, and work really well on water colour paper, and started colouring the Lotus itself, blending with a clear Spectrum Noir sparkle brush.
Don’t you love the shine! To create the background, I first took Goosebumps texture spray from Tsukineko and flicked some liquid on the card to create resist spots. This spray is also very good to create a starry sky. I let it dry before I started to colour my background
I then took my Brushos paint powders, another of my favourite ways of water colouring, and sprinkled lightly around the flower, sprayed water on them and helped moved the colour around with my water brush. I stamped the sentiment from Stamplorations with Versafine, cut the panel with the scallop die from the MFT Blueprint 20 and adhered it onto a yellow card from Hero Arts.
So I hope you liked the card and I look forward to your comments! Thanks for stopping by!
I’m playing at:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge – Anything goes
Happy Little Stampers
Classic Design Team Open challenge – Anything Goes as long as you belong to a Design Team
The Flower Challenge – Embossing, I chose heat embossing
Double D Challenge – Pastel Party. Not sure if my colours are too dark for pastel but i wanted to join in the party anyway!
Beautiful! Thanks for playing along with us at HLS Watercolour Challenge.
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This is so vibrant and beautiful Gwendolyn, I adore it.Loving your pretty embossed flower too. Thank you for sharing with us over at ‘The Flower Challenge’ and we hope to see you again soon 😉 Viv DT xx
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I could have sworn I left a comment here, I have been and had a look and admired as I get your posts emailed….. maybe I didnt hit send. Or Im loosing it. Wonderful amazing card, I love how you have done this and plan to CASE it later mf as its just so eye catching. Perfect for our challenge. Thank you so much for joing us at The Flower Challenge Aileen DT
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Really love this love how you have coloured it Thank you for sharing with us over here today at the Classic Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
Michelle DT Co-Owner/Admin for http://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/…
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Beautiful design. Thanks for sharing your design with us at Double D Challenge Blog. We hope you will join us again.
Kathy
DD DT
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Lovely card. Very pretty background, love the texture you created with the goose bumps. Thanks for sharing your card at Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge.
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Your card is stunning! The image and colors are so beautiful. Thanks for playing with us at Double “D” Challenge . Hope to see you again.
Amelia (DT Double “D” Challenges)
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Thank you for sharing with us over here today at the Classic Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
Maritza DT for http://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/……
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Adorable card! Thank you for sharing with us over here today at the Classic Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
Maritza DT for http://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/……
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OH WOW … this is just FABULOUS! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Pastels’ challenge! We hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
DOUBLE D Challenge Blog
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS Please stop in for a visit!
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Lovely card 🙂
Thank you for sharing with us over here today at the Classic Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.
Ania DT for http://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/……
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