Good morning! I am so excited to be a stop on the hop celebrating the fantastic September release from Waffle Flower!! Today I’m sharing a slimline watercolored card using the stunning Poppy Hawthorn stamp set!!
I also created a video you can watch below or over at my YouTube channel (and don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel this month for a chance to win a $100 gift card to the crafty shop of your choice)!
Watercoloring flowers always makes me nervous (especially on video, eek!) but I’m really happy with how today’s card turned out!
This is definitely a different palette than my normal comfort zone but as soon as we hit September I’m in autumn mode and I decided to use that for my card inspiration today! To start I stamped the Poppy Hawthorn stamp twice onto watercolor paper with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then I watercolored them with Altenew watercolor brush markers. Instead of bringing the markers directly to paper I squeezed them into the palettes of my watercolor mat and then painted them with a paintbrush. I used Warm Sunshine and Fresh Lemon for the yellow flowers and Autumn Blaze and Crimson for the orangey-red flowers. I also used watered down Jet Black to create my grey leaves. Once I was done watercoloring I die-cut them with the coordinating dies. THen I added a few more touches with polychromos pencils in Cadmium Orange, Light Cadmium Red, Scarlet Red, and Middle Cadmium Red.
Next I blended a background of Broken China, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire, and Black Soot distress oxide ink and then splattered the panel with water a few times and blotted off the excess. I trimmed it down to 3.75″ by 8″ and added splatters of white acrylic paint. While that was drying I stamped the sentiment from Poppy Hawthorn onto black cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder before die-cutting it with the coordinating dies. Once the panel was dry I adhered my flowers. I trimmed off the excess and used the leftovers to fill in a few empty spots. Then I added my sentiment in the middle. Finally I added accents with a white gel pen and a posca paint pen and finished the card with a few clear and white enamel dots!
And that’s it! I hope my card inspired you today and I’d love to know what you’ll be adding to your shopping cart! 😉
To celebrate the blog hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $25 gift certificates to THREE lucky winners. You can leave a comment on this blog and along the hop by 11:59pm ET on 9/7/19 for your chance to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts in this blog hop and will be announced on the Waffle Flower blog on 9/9/2019. You should have arrived from JJ and I’m your last stop! If you’re just getting started you can head to the Waffle Flower blog for the complete hop list!
Thanks so much for visiting and have a fabulous day!
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Just wow!!! Those flowers are stunning! Gorgeous!
This card is stunning! Your coloring is amazing! Very inspiring!
This is gorgeous card, your coloring amazing!!
This is truly stunning Jessica, you did an amazing job on it. I have quite a few things I would like to add to my cart both from THIS release and past ones. I still haven’t got the swatch stamps & dies nor do I have the coveted Media mat….Ahhhh, so many wants and so little $$$! LOL
I just made a note to myself to try those background colors because it looks so good! I like the water colored poppies atop it! I am really drawn to this stamp and normally I am not a flower type of girl at all. Must be the change of the season! I have always admired your work and this card is no exception. It is stunning! Such great colors too. Love the boldness of it!!!!!!
I forgot to say that I am gonna get the poppy stamp and die combo!
Fab video showcasing this gorgeous floral. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Gorgeous colors on the flowers, and I love the background you created! Beautiful contrast for your lovely card!
I love the dark blue background with your dark red and yellow flowers. I’m not sure I would have come up with something so beautiful and striking.
Your work is always amazing! I really like the dark background. It really makes the flowers pop.
What a fabulous array of colours! Love how dramatic the background looks!
Your card is absolutely gorgeous. I love the gorgeous poppies and the style is so unique. Gorgeous colors and amazing coloring.
FABULOUS card
you always rock it, Jessica
Really amazing card and perfect for fall! The colors you used are just stunning!!
Beautiful coloring!
Gorgeous design.
Carla from Utah
This card is amazing!
Simply stunning! Your cards are works of art!
What a beautiful card! I love the colours you’ve used! The flowers stand out so well against the background.
Stunning card! I love all of the detail you added with the colored pencils and the white pen- so pretty!
Love the vertical card orientation.
Thats some beautiful coloring on your card! Gorgeous 🙂
Love your bold dark colors. It’s beautiful!! Your watercoloring skills are awesome, nothing to be nervous about!!
Simply gorgeous!
Wow, stunning work!