Welcome to Watercolor Weekend! I am loving all of the new
releases that Art Impressions has come out with lately. From the masculine sets
that are perfect for Father’s Day coming up, to the beautiful florals that are
great for any occasion. The 6069 Outdoorsman set was originally released as the
May Throwback, but due to popular demand it was added into the everyday line.
Since I have both hunters and fisherman in my life, I chose this set for my
first card.
I first stamped in the fisherman in N49, stamping off
once, on watercolor paper. I then created a mask before stamping in the
scene. Since this set is rubber I used
my stamping platform and a piece of acetate to help me position the scene where
I needed it. After getting it lined up where I wanted it, I then inked it in
N49, stamping off once before adding it with the fisherman. Bonnie did a wonderful tutorial on this set
in monochromatic, I was trying to decide how I wanted to color this. Then I
came up with the idea to do both monochromatic and color, highlighting the
fisherman. Using a template that is 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 I traced in my guidelines and masked off the edges with post-it tape. I used a mixture of 565 and
969 throughout the monochromatic scene, using different strengths of colors.
For the pine tree in the foreground to the right I used the 5954 Woodland Bears
Set. For the smaller pine trees in the background I used 5010 WC Tree Set 1, I
used full color on the ones in front and for the ones in back I stamped them
off once before adding them to the scene.
I also used 5826 WC Large Tree Set 2 for the grass, and 4960 Fir Tree
Set for the largest pine, using the largest 2 of the pine boughs. I then went
over any of the stamped foliage with a damp brush to blend and soften.
Now to spotlight the fisherman in color. For the hat I used
228 and 969. 879 for the hair. 992 for the vest. The shirt I shaded with 565
first, then I used 177 to put in the vertical and horizontal lines, I filled in
every other square to create a plaid look.
For the pants I used 977, and the boots I used 249 with a little 947.
The brown Twintone was used on the fishing pole, however, a stuff toucher had
taken off with my pencil and instead of looking for it I grabbed the gray
Twintone for the line. It’s a little thicker than I would like, but still
works. Don’t worry, I found my pencil
and dutifully chastised the offender. LOL! Honestly, I am just glad it wasn’t my
scissors!! (I’m not laughing, you are laughing!) I then matted my card with
paper from the 5606 Harvest Journal Paper Pack, and matted my image with 2
different shades of green to finish off my card.
For my 2nd card I used several new sets, first I
used 6062 Hydrangea Floral Set. Black-eyed Susan are one of my favorite wild
flowers here, I always look forward to seeing them scattered throughout our
fields. I am so happy to see green here
again and all of the beautiful florals after a pretty cold winter. I stamped my image again in N49, stamping off once,
on watercolor paper. For the pedals I used 055 first, starting from the center
I then added in 025 and pulling up into the pedal. 026 was used for the
shading. For the center I started with
947, and going around the outside with 969. I used 879 to shade around the edge
and to define the center from the pedals.
126 and 177 was used on the stems and leaves, darkening the areas under
the flowers and behind overlapping leaves.
526 was used in the background.
For the large flower I used the recently released 6041
Flower and Bugs Dies, it is a great stand alone set as well as it’s intended
purpose for decorating the 5811 Gift Card Pocket. I cut out 2 sets of pedals,
the center, and the elements for the bee, and the tag, all out of mixed media
paper. I colored both sets of pedals
with 055 and 025. For the one that would be going on top, I darkened the center
with 947. For the center piece of the flower I used 947, 969, and 879. The bee I colored the main body with N15, the
yellow stripes I used 055 and 025, shading the sides on both to give it
dimension. I shaded the wings with 565.
I then stamped the sentiment from the same floral set onto the tag with
black ink.
I matted my card base with paper from 5838 Fall Paper Pack. Taking
some solid card stock in green and dark rust, and some vellum, I used the new
6047 Scalloped Squares. I used the largest die on the green card stock, and cut
down my die cut piece to fit up in the corner. Counting from the largest down,
#4 was used to cut out a piece of vellum, #5 for the rust colored cardstock,
and #6 to cut out the floral image. I
also used a flower shaping kit to round out the pedals, center, and the bee. I then assembled everything together and
mounted them on my card. I used foam tape on the bee and the top layer of the
flower under the pedals to give some dimension, and the center piece. On the tag I also used some
copper ink around the edges and used a lacey ribbon. I wanted the ribbon to lay
flat, so I attached it with a stapler.
Thank you for joining me today, and I hope you enjoyed my cards! Until
next time, Create….Share….Inspire!
