Friday, August 11, 2017

More Watercolor Fun

I always seem to turn my watercolor pieces into 'girl cards' and I guess it's because of the colors that I choose - brights - pinks and oranges and yellows, or moody - soft blues and greens. So I was determined to make a more masculine card using my watercolors.I chose blue, brown, yellow and a touch of black. I did a salt water wash over the watercolor paper first, then added the colors. Since I had masked the smaller square that I watercolored, I was able to stamp my grassy images onto the watercolor paper around my colored block. I stamped in black versafine then clear embossed to make the images stand out. I stamped and embossed my sentiment as well. I added a few sequins to finish off my card.  Have a wonderful weekend!



I entered this card in the following challenges:

Watercooler Wednesday     birthday
Simon Monday Challenge      birthday
Little Miss Muffet                 anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends     anything goes
Stamping Sensations            stamping and anything goes

7 comments:

Fiona said...

What an unusual card - I love it with that pop of colour in the middle - thanks for joining us at Watercooler Wednesday this week x

brenda said...

A really pretty floral creation, many thanks for joining in with our August theme at Stamping Sensations challenge.

B x

Marsha Reed said...

Beautiful card! Thanks for joining us at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.

Kath Stewart said...

beautiful card...love the contrast of the panel and the stamping...thank you for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge...hugs kath xxx

Penny Hanuszak said...

Great colour choices for your masculine birthday card. I really like the stamped silhouettes around the watercoloured image. Very bold and adds to that masculine feel. Thanks so much for sharing with us at the Watercooler Wednesday "Birthday" challenge this week.

Heidi Weaver said...

What a bold and original card, DeDe. Love the centre colours and those lovely silhouettes. Thanks so much for joining our Watercooler Wednesday Challenge this week.

Dora said...

Beautiful.
Thank you for joining at Stamping Sensations this month.