Good morning! Today I’m joining two of my favorite crafty people: Gina Krupsky and Lydia Fiedler for a mini blog hop to celebrate the March release from Gina K Designs! There’s a giveaway at each hop stop so make sure to check out the details at the bottom of this post! But first off, have you checked out Gina’s fabulous new release?
Here’s what I created using Hello Beautiful and Lettered and Lovely:
This is one of those times that I wish I could show you all this card in person because the camera just can’t capture the shine of that beautiful sentiment!! I started by stamping the flowers from Hello Beautiful with versamark on watercolor paper and heat-embossing them with silver tinsel embossing powder. I used post-it masks to mask the flowers to stamp the foliage. Then I stamped the sentiment from Lettered and Lovely with versamark and heat-embossed it with silver embossing powder.
Then I taped the watercolor paper down to my cutting board and started watercoloring! I used just two shades of red (rose madder and permanent rose) and one blue shade (indigo) from my Mijello mission gold watercolors for the background. I started by adding paint to the center of each flower and then using a clean damp brush to blend the color to the edge of each petal. I added a few layers of color to deepen the center of the flowers. Then I watercolored the background following the same basic steps but adding color to the edge of the panel and blending inward towards the center. Once I got a basic wash of color across the panel I went back and added more color around each flower and blended it out.
Once it was totally dry I masked the flowers with post-its and flicked the panel with white paint. I let it dry completely and then went over each flower with my spectrum noir clear sparkle brush. Once that dried I trimmed the panel down to 4×5.25″ and adhered it to a dark navy card base. Finally I added a few gems to finish the card with a little more sparkle! Seriously guys, this is such a sparkly card…I so wish I could send it to all of you! 😉
Gina is graciously giving each of us a $25 gift certificate to give away! Leave your comments before 11:59PM EST on April 1st, 2018 and the winners will be announced on the Gina K Designs blog on April 2nd! Here are all the stops on our mini hop! 🙂
Thank you so much for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!
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Wow what a beautiful card. Neat technique!
WOW!! Love watercolors!!! Beautiful card, Hessica..
At first glance I thought your card was done on vellum. The background is so pretty it looked almost see thru. Love this card.
Your design certainly showcased these lovely stamp sets BEAUTIFULLY! Wow!
This is my first experience with your beautiful work. Thank you!
Loving the GinaK March Release! Love the card and the vibrant colors of the flowers and the silver. Great color combo – too often I reach for gold. I should do more silver. TFS!!!
Well this one is just gorgeous (as always) and certainly shows ‘all the sparkle’ 😜
Jessica, Love the vibrant colors. Great card! ;0)
Your card is beautiful, Jess.
Your card is just beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Oh my….this card is simply stunning! I can’t even imagine it in person. With all that beautiful sparkle, I immediately thought of my 5 year old granddaughter who can’t get enough sparkle & glitter! Thank you for bringing a smile to my face.
Absolutely gorgeous card! Love the new release!
How very pretty! I keep trying to be a watercolor artist – so far no luck, but I’ll keep on trying.
Love your watercolor!
So wonderful!!!! You are amazing! And the colors…I do love purple!!!
This is just beautiful!! I love the silver embossing instead of white!!
I am still intimidated by watercolors but your card is an inspiration.
Your card is gorgeous! I love the flowers and the sentiment is beautiful 🙂
That is beautiful!!
This card is beautiful. My favorite part is the gorgeous silver embossing.
Just lovely!
oh, i know what you mean about the silver not showing up in a photo. this is so lovely. beautiful coloring.
What a beautiful card! I don’t do well with watercolor, so any help I can get is welcome. I will have to try your technique.
Your card is so beautiful! Thank you for sharing your talents.
Nice coloring combination! Very well done!