Hi!
Welcome to the new Colour Creations Blog Share! This week is another favourite colour of mine - Poppy Parade. I was very excited to see it back in the lineup after a bit of a hiatus.
Once again, I decided to try a new to me technique for the blog share. I receive the Splitcoast Stampers emails, and the latest had a tutorial for Die Embossed Watercolouring. The sample looked stunning, so I couldn't resist giving it a go.
Basically, you use you embossing mats and a die to create an embossed impression on your cardstock. I used Shimmery White, as it copes pretty well with watercolouring and is a cheaper alternative to watercolour paper. I used the large flower die from Springtime Impressions to create the base of my image. You then just watercolour the image. I used Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Green Apple Green, Garden Green, Highland Heather, Soft Suede and Balmy Blue.
I have said many times that I am very much a 'slap on the colour' watercolourer. This perhaps isn't the best way to approach this technique! What do you think? Do you like the look and am I being too critical of myself? You can see that Poppy Parade is a very orange red, and watercolouring really brings this out. I used a second layer of ink in the embossed sections to add a bit of shading to the flower. I think that maybe this card is one of those 'stand back and unfocused your eyes a little' types of cards. LOL!
I think I will give this technique another go when I'm a bit less time poor and have more patience. Done correctly, I think it would be wonderful!
That's it for me, now you can pop on over to Catherine's blog to see the ret of this weeks Poppy Parade cards.
Bye for now,
Tina
A stunning card Tina. I take my hat off to all who watercolour. I tend to avoid it as I end up with a globby mess but yours looks amazing. Great choice of colours to highlight the Poppy Parade.
ReplyDeleteSuper pretty Tina. I really like how you have used Poppy Parade in such a subtle way.
ReplyDeleteTina you never cease to amaze me with new techniques! I like the look of this technique and hope to give it a go. What a lovely card. Thanks for hopping along tonight!
ReplyDeleteLove your card Tina.
ReplyDeleteLooks pretty good to me Tina, and I love the way you are decorating the insides.
ReplyDeleteTina, your watercolouring is amazing, I envy everyone who can pull off this technique. Love all the colours and the placement of the sentiment with the ribbon!
ReplyDeleteLovely card Tina, I'm not that good at watercolouring but I try from time to time as I know I will get there one day or you can give me some pointers.....lol.
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