Stamp Off Challenge: Watercolor In the Meadow

Welcome to another edition of the Stamp Off challenge

with Buffy and Susan.  This one is a watercolor challenge,

which I'm really excited about.

Susan has been taking watercolor classes, 

so I suspect she's going to show us some major technique!

I go back and forth on whether this card has sufficient "technique". I wanted to add more, yet nothing I tried seemed to work.

I took watercolor paper and painted on Pirouette Pink

and Pear Pizzazz reinker with a watercolor brush.

I then took the image from In the Meadow (Occasions), stamped in

Pear Pizzazz and then spritzed with water.  I repeated,

leaving water blotches in the process.  I water colored

the flowers with Crushed Curry.

The sentiment comes from the Celebrate Today set on page 102

of the main catty.   I wanted to use that set because it is

photopolymer, so easier to line up.

So now get your sweet self over to Buffy and Susan's
blogs, so that you can see some outstanding artistry!

Buffy:  http://buffycooper.com

Susan:  https://susanstamps.wordpress.com

   

Botanical Builder Inlays

The Botanical Builder Framelit Dies (Occasions p 26)

enable so many cool techniques.  I really like the options

for creating inlays and negative shapes.

The feathery leaf inlay was created, and I then cut it out

with a Lots of Labels Framelit to create the focal tag.

I created the word "Love" by omitting

part of the Balloon Builders (Occasions p 14) sentiment.

It was then punched out with the Washi Tag punch.  

Timeless Textures with Hello You Thinlit

Timeless Textures (Occasions page 29) makes a lovely

background and can even work for a more contemporary look.

In this example, I simple added the Hello You Thinlits (p 172)

sentiment and a couple of the It's My Party Enamel Dots 

from page 6 of the Occasions Mini.  The dots add a fun 

pop to the card.