You're The Best With Kara

Hey Guys! Kara here with a sweet little fox card to let you know you're the best! You always leave the nicest comments and I really appreciate it!

I have mixed together so many sets on this one project and I love it! I started with the Watercolored Anemones set. I die cut a bunch of flowers and leaves and stamped them all out. I started to arrange the flowers and leaves on a piece of white cardstock to see what I liked. I felt that behind the die cuts I needed something stamped in the background. I wanted something without too much visual weight because the die cut flowers in the front were quite heavy. I used a very thin lined image from Botanical Bunch. I chose to stamp it twice in Cranberry Crush ink, the darkest color in the flowers but stamped in the least amount. This helps to balance the colors. I decided to add in the cute fox and because his eyes and nose were black I wanted to add in more black to the design. A few berries from Botanical Bunch and some dots from Dream Believer add just the right amount.

I wanted to extend the size of the background stamping a bit, but in a more subtle color. I chose to use the lightest color from the flowers, Shell Pink. I used an image from Ink Splats for this.

Underneath I added a black panel and accented two corners with just a few elements of the main design. A banner tucked into the floral spray with a simple sentiment finishes it off.

I hope you like it. Thanks again for stopping by. You're the best!

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Watercolored Botanical Bunch With Kara

Hey Guys! It's Kara. I'm here today with a card featuring Botanical Bunch and one of my all-time favorite sentiments from Modern Anemones. Most of my friends are old friends, friends I made in high school, and this sentiment is perfect for them! There really is nothing quite like an old friend!

For this card I started by stamping the large cluster of flowers from Botanical Bunch all over a piece of white cardstock. I used Black PURE Color Dye Ink because it is waterproof. Because it's waterproof, it is perfect for using with watercolor techniques.

I used various Distress Inks to color my flowers. I did so very loosely, not worrying if I went outside the lines. I used several shades of ink on each leaf and flower allowing colors to dry in between. When everything was dry, I splattered on a little black. I then cut the panel down using the 4 Bar Stitched Rectangle Die.

I knew I wanted to soften everything up with a velum overlay, but wanted some of that background to be prominent and in the foreground. I decided to cut out a portion using the large oval from Basic Label Dies and reposition it on top of the vellum. It brings the design forth and also serves as an anchor for my sentiment.

I stamped the sentiment from Modern Anemones in black ink on the vellum and then sprinkled on clear embossing powder. I heat set the powder and added the die cut word 'friend' from Basic Greetings Dies to finish it off.

Thank you so much for coming by today. Have a great weekend!

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Botanical Bunch Wplus9 Modern Anemones Wplus9 Basic Greetings Die 4 Bar Stitched Rectangles Die Wplus9 White Premium Cardstock Wplus9 Black Premium Cardstock Wplus9 PURE COLOR Black Dye Ink

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EASY Watercolored Floral Vignettes with Dawn

Hello and Happy Friday! I hope you have had a wonderful week and will have an even more wonderful weekend - it's summer!

In my last post I shared a little more advanced watercolor technique featuring our Modern Anemones stamp set. And during that post I promised to be back with an easier watercolor technique.

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I created several versions of this card, all using the same images, with just slight variations. Just enough to keep them interesting for me while I was creating them. I don't know about you, but I'm a "one and done" kind of girl usually. Replicating the exact same design multiple times for me becomes monotonous and a bit of a chore.

A great way to keep it interesting is to switch up the color palettes.

I stuck with traditional colors for the original version of this card. I worked in layers, stamping and watercoloring the peony clusters first. I used a very simple application of color to create a casual feel. I knew the structure of the illustrations would carry the detail of the peonies, so I really didn't need to focus on anything but color.

After watercoloring the flowers, I added a wash of color to the background. After it was completely dry, I stamped the same leaves for a tone-on-tone look using our Hayride ink. I then stamped some filler berry images from our Botanical Bunch stamp set.

For the subsequent versions of this design, I decided to play with my color combinations.

I really loved the colors and decided to make a third version using the same colors but switched up where I used them. This gives the color palette a completely different feel as the quantities of each color in the overall design changed.

I hope you found today's video helpful. I really love this style and the casual feeling it has. Pairing it with a layered pattern approach really elevates it and makes the overall card so much more interesting. What do you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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