Welcome Back!! It has been a while.
I am now working on my Level 3 classes for my AECP. This class is Creative Watercolor Media. It was so much fun. I love watercolor and I have so much to learn.
I chose to watercolor a beautiful floral stamp from Altenew called Statement Flowers. Using the Stampwheel 2.0, I stamped it using Altenew Obsidian black ink on Strathmore watercolor paper and then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.
The crisp clean stamping you get from this ink is amazing.
Using a medium-dark green from my watercolor paints, I started at the points closest to the flower using a wet-on-dry technique but I had a very wet brush.
While the paint is still wet I switched to a lighter green and painted from the tips of the leaves towards the darker paint. Allowing them to mix and flow together. Using the same technique on the flowers but starting with a dark orange-pink and moving to a medium yellow.
On the larger flower I painted the center first. As you can see I got paint outside on the white area. I was not too worried as I am going to cut the flowers out before I add them to a card base.
Then adding the yellow paint and pulling the colors together in the center.
This is such a fun technique. I love how the colors flow together and mix to make a beautiful orange.
While this was drying, I cut a piece of kraft colored cardstock to 5.5″ x 8″. Then using the Altenew Woven Basket 3D Embossing Folder, I covered one side with Altenew Espresso Fresh Dye Ink. I spritzed the cardstock with water and ran it through the embossing folder.
By adding the ink it brings out the depth in the embossing folder.
While that was drying, I stamped out a couple cute bees using the Altenew Mini Delight: Bee Kind Stamp. I used the same black ink as before and also used the Altenew Fresh Lemon Fresh Dye Ink. I cut them out using the coordinating die.
I cut an A2 sized card base from Spellbinders Truffle cardstock and trimmed the embossed background to 5.25″ x 4″. I also cut a piece of Spellbinder Pop-Up Die Cutting Foam in Cocoa to 5″ x 3.75″ to glue to the background and provide dimension.
I attached the flowers to the background and trimmed them off. Then attached some of the leaves that were trimmed off under the flowers. I cut the “thank you” sentiment from the Altenew Timeless Sentiments Die Set using a dark brown and a tan cardstock from my scraps. I backed the sentiment as well as the bee with some dimensional foam tape and attached them to the front of the card. I added a some clear champagne drops from PinkFresh Studio and a bit of Glossy Accents to the bee’s body, as well as a bit of shimmer to the wings.
I hope you liked this card. It was so much fun and I look forward to more water coloring soon.
