Monday, July 13, 2015

My Favorite Thought

Happy Monday!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer so far. I thought I would pop in to share a card featuring my favorite set from our June 2015 Release - Happy Mail.

Joni did such a wonderful job on this set. I just adore the sweet little critters and they just begged to be watercolored.

I also tried the Winsor & Newton Watercolor Marker Pad for this card. I really liked the bright white color of this paper. And at 140 lb, it holds up great to lots of water and is a great weight for a card base as well. The price is only marginally cheaper than the Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor paper though. Tim Holtz comes out to about $.30 a sheet. And if you get the 9x12" pad from Winsor & Newton, you can cut (4) 4.25x5.5" panels from each sheet giving you a total of 60 panels at $.28 a panel. So if you like the Tim Holtz paper, but want a larger size, this is a good option.

To watercolor my images, I used the same technique as I did here. I stamped my images in Frayed Burlap Distress ink, stamping off onto scratch paper once before stamping onto my project. I used Frayed Burlap to watercolor the bear with a little Tattered Rose on his cheeks and inside of his ear. The butterfly was watercolored using Spiced Marmalade for the winds and a little Vintage Photo for the body. I used Shabby Shutters and Crushed Olive for the grass and Tumbled Glass with Stormy Skies for the sky. I wanted to keep all of the colors a little on the muted side to play up the vintage vibe.

The sentiment and butterfly trial were both stamped full strength in Vintage Photo. And I just mounted the panel to a white card base with foam tape. Super simple.

Hope you liked today's card and thanks for stopping by!

24 comments:

  1. Totally beautiful. Your watercolor in really evokes the shadows and sense of 3D

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  2. Always love your watercolours! Amazing!

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  3. Oh my your coloring! You should illustrate a Children's Book! So precious!

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  4. Beautifully colored...soft and gentle like a summer breeze:)

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  5. Beautifully colored...soft and gentle like a summer breeze:)

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  6. Beautiful coloring of this adorable image!!

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  7. Oh Dawn... sigh... just so.... perfect! I have been looking for a whiter water-color paper- thanks for the tip!!!
    =] Michele

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  8. Stunning!! Thank you for the tip on the whiter water color paper.

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  9. Absolutely gorgeous card. I love all the detail!

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  10. Couldn't be more perfect! Always love whatever you watercolor. And thanks for the tip about the paper.

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  11. Wow you truly are amazing at watercoloring! i love this stamp set, the bear is sooo sweet:)

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  12. I love it, Dawn! So soft and beautiful! ♥

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  13. So beautiful!

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  14. Oh my, I love, love, love this card! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  15. So serene ... gorgeous ... adorable! A lovely scene with a lovely sentiment!

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  16. Very pretty. Love the soft colors.

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  17. Such a sweet image, totally adorable! Must buy this set :)

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  18. Oh...this is such an adorable card. It's so sweet and soft...I love it.

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  19. What a sweet card! I love how you've painted the bear! I hope I can paint like that someday.

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