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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Oh, this is just so beautiful! No words…gorgeous!!
So pretty! It could easily be adjusted to make great Christmas card too!.
Gorgeous card! Love the beautiful watercoloring!
Beautiful card! I think I may need to order these!!
Gorgeous card, love these flowers, the silver tinsel embossing and your watercoloring with just a few colors is amazing! You mentioned doing layers of watercoloring and I wondered if you let the layers dry completely before adding the next one?
Very pretty colors and I like the silver embossing.
Beautiful card! I haven’t mastered watercoloring at all….but I keep trying! 🙂
So pretty!!! I love those colors!
This is so elegant and beautiful with the silver embossing and the gorgeous colors. A wonderful card design for sure!
Gorgeous! I love the silver embossing.
Cards are just beautiful, wish I could watercolor as well as you. Will keep practicing. Love the colors. Ordered both stamp sets from Gina K last and cannot wait till they arrive
Your card is so eye-catching. Love the images used and how you colored the card! The splattered white paint added an extra touch to the card!
It sure does look lovely, even though we can’t see all the shimmer! Beautiful card! 😄
your card is stunning. I think I need to do more water coloring. You have inspired me 🙂
What a gorgeous card! Love the colors as well as the sentiment!
Love the card and the set. Great job!!
Beautiful card! These are the two sets I ordered, thank you for the inspiration! Can’t wait for my goodies to arrive!
Just beautiful. Your colouring is beautiful and just love your embossing technique on this project!!
So pretty! The silver embossing really sets off the lovely shades of red that you used.
Your card is gorgeous. Thank you for continuing to share your creations. You are an inspiration.
Love how sparkly
your card is! Great
silver embossing.
Carla from Utah
The background is cool but the flowers warm
the card. Beautiful. Love the embossing.
thanks for sharing
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Love this awesome color combo & the red with that gorgeous silver embossing is wonderful! Great card, Jess!
Your card is stunning. Love the silver embossing!
I love this card. So pretty. TFS