Watercolor Birthday

 Happy Saturday!

Today I have a birthday card I made for my grand-niece.  I bought a new watercolor set in January and was playing around creating free-hand flowers.  I have a couple monochrome images to share today.  I have several multicolor images to share in an upcoming post. 

The watercolor set I found on Amazon, Grabie is the brand.  The paints are in a metal travel carrying case and came with several brushes.  It also came with a color swatch card which really helps identify the color you are looking for.

The first card is a pink version.  I chose colors that went with PaperTrey Ink Raspberry Fizz cardstock.  I used 140lb cold press watercolor paper.  The blooms and stems were painted freehand, then I added a black marker outline to define the center of the flowers and buds.

Here is a close up...

I used a Unity postage stamp die to mat the water colored image. I used a Spellbinders 3D embossing folder called Efflorescent Flora, which was Jan 2024 Embossing folder of the month, to add some texture and interest.

I made a second card in purples.

The cardstock is PaperTrey Ink Lilac Grace.

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Blessings to you,

Deb

Die Cut Valentine

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have the Valentine I made for Mark this year.  It uses a couple die cuts I found online.  The heart background was from InLoveArtShop and the envelope from Amazon.  

The cut out heart background was cut from a front panel is 4 x 5.25" PTI white cardstock.  I used the hearts cut out from the background and colored them to put in the envelope.  I colored them with Copic markers - R35, R46, R83.  

The envelope was cut from PTI Kraft cardstock.  I added the colored hearts to the open envelope and some bakers twine around the outside.  The Happy Valentine's Day sentiment is an Angel Company stamp.  The base card is PTI Pure Poppy.

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Blessings to you,

Deb 

PTI - Mountain Majesty Birthday

 Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a birthday card using PaperTrey Ink Mountain Majesty.  This is a retired layered stamp set.  The base mountain was stamped with Soft Stone and 2nd layer is Smokey Shadow ink.  For the peaks of the mountains, I used white paint.  I used ink pads Olive Twist and Prairie Grass and a blending brush to color in the front of the mountain range.  The sky is colored with light blue chalk.

I added a Happy Birthday banner (PTI Birthday III) and popped some stamped fir trees.  Matting is PTI Smokey Shadow cardstock and base card is Spring Rain.

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Blessing to you,

Deb

Unity - Emotions Unfolded Birthday 2

 Happy Saturday!

Today I have a birthday card using Unity Emotions Unfolded.  I made a similar card last year, however I wanted to try it with purples.  The distress inks I used were Peeled Paint (green color), Dusty Concord (purple color), Seedless Preserves (pink/purple) and Gather Twigs (used on the edges).

The distress inks were smeared on the silicone pad and spritzed with water.  I used a piece of bunched up cling wrap to pick up the ink and transfer it to the image. The edges were torn and aged with the Gather Twigs ink and a blending brush.  Then I added some mica powders using a paint brush.  

The butterfly was stamped on a separate piece of cardstock and painted with mica powder paint.  Then the wing was cut out and glued to the body and the edge of the wing is "popped" with a pop dot.  

The patterned papers are My Minds Eye Graceful.  The birthday sentiment is from PTI Cutaway Tags - Summer stamp set.

 Card 2 - Blue/Gold Version

The distress inks I used were Peeled Paint (green color), Broken China (blue color) and Gather Twigs (used on the edges).  The patterned papers are My Minds Eye Stella Rose.

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Blessings to you,

Deb