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Watercolored Hello

24 Jan

Good morning!  As soon as I saw this gorgeous Botanic Hello set from Mama Elephant I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it!  And it was just as much fun to watercolor as I had hoped!

I started by stamping the image with versamark and heat-embossing it with gold tinsel embossing powder.  Next I shaded the flowers with dark pink and red carmine zig markers and blended the colors together with a damp paintbrush.  Once the flowers were done I did the same using the marine green marker for the greenery.  I shaded the words with the pink marker and blended it out with my spectrum noir clear sparkle brush.  Then I added additional shading around the image with the same pink marker and a damp paintbrush. This is still a technique I struggle with…I need to get more comfortable with blending out those shading lines and I wasn’t intending to share this card; but I decided that everyone struggles with something and this is my personal crafty struggle! 😉

I stamped the sentiment onto a fishtail banner, heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder, and popped it up with foam mounting tape.  I stamped the edges of a cardbase with versamark and heat-embossed it with gold tinsel embossing powder.  Then I trimmed the watercolor panel down and matted it on the embossed base.  Finally I finished the card with a sprinkling of metallic gold sequins.

Thanks so much for visiting and have a wonderful day!

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Mama Elephant Clear Stamps BOTANICAL HELLO
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker CARMINE RED RB6000AT022
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker DARK PINK RB6000AT027
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker PINK RB6000AT025
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker MARINE GREEN RB6000AT400
Arches HOT PRESSED WATERCOLOR PAD 9×12 inches 012890
Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 4 Round 300541
Crafter’s Companion CLEAR OVERLAY Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens SPECNSPACLE3
Zig CLEAN COLOR 6 SET Real Brush RB6000AT
Zig CLEAN COLOR 12 set Real Brush RB-6000AT
Zig CLEAN COLOR 24 SET Real Brush RB6000AT24V
Zig CLEAN COLOR 36 SET Real Brush RB6000AT36V
Zig CLEAN COLOR 48 SET Real Brush RB6000AT48V
Zig CLEAN COLOR 60 SET Real Brush RB6000AT60V
EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator 54-04002
Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001
Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER GOLD Ultrafine Detail GoldEP4
Ranger Embossing Powder GOLD Tinsel EPJ41047
Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200 Wagner
Simon Says Stamp BIG MOMMA FOAM TAPE ROLL Foam72
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mama elephant, zig clean color real brush

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Comments

  1. Celeste Goff says

    January 24, 2017 at 6:40 pm

    What a bright and beautiful card Jess! Love the gold embossing!

    Reply
  2. Lisaerica says

    January 24, 2017 at 9:34 pm

    Beautiful! Love the rich and vibrant colors. Awesome coloring and shading Jess. Thanks for sharing and inspiring.

    Reply
  3. Rosali says

    January 25, 2017 at 3:55 am

    The card is gooorgeous! I am very glad that you decided to share it!

    Reply
  4. Liz Maitland says

    January 25, 2017 at 6:52 am

    Wow, Jessica, this is AMAZING! Oh my days, & this is you struggling??? Totally gorgeous!!
    Liz (aka Pusscatlizzie)
    xxx

    Reply
  5. Rubeena says

    January 25, 2017 at 6:57 am

    Beautiful!

    Reply
  6. raggiodiluce82 says

    January 25, 2017 at 10:50 am

    Wow! Breathless card and colors!!!

    Reply
  7. cmayne says

    January 28, 2017 at 9:29 pm

    Your card is stunning as is, Jessica…love those vibrant colours and lovely shading! I’m still trying to forge a relationship wtih my zigs…we’re ‘trying’ Thanks for the inspiration!

    ~carol

    Reply

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