Hello, and Welcome to Watercolor Weekend!! I love playing with random ideas, it’s even better when they turn out the way you want them too! Ever since I started with the watercolor line, I have found myself seeing inspiration everywhere. The versatility of these stamps leave endless possibilities. The idea for my first card actually came from an embossing folder, I just added birds into the mix.
I started out using the acrylic piece from the stamp positioner set, and traced around it to give me a guide on watercolor paper. I then masked the sides off with post-it tape. Stamping in 3 of the birds from Kim’s set 5980 KH Song Birds and Feeders in N49 and stamping off once. I then created masks for each of the birds. Taking two of the flowers from 5981 My Joy Set, using both the left and right, and stamped them in N49 after stamping off once. Turning my paper in different directions as I was stamping them in.
I wasn’t fully decided yet on where I was going with this, so I started with 569 for the background. I knew I wanted the design to be lighter, so I focused more color around the images to help them pop. Sometimes making decisions about what color to use can be hard. I used my stamp off piece to figure out the colors I wanted to go with, trying several different variations before I settled on a combo that almost made the images look like glass. Before painting the images, I used a pencil on the eyes and legs of the birds. Starting out with N52, which is a beautiful blueish grey, giving some depth to the center areas of the flowers, and using it to define the leaves and birds. I also used this color for any areas that would be shadowed. I then went back over it again with the N52, but focused the color around the centers of the flowers and darkening up any shadowed areas. I then used 526 to add a touch of color over the images, trying to keep it a bit subtle. I then matted my card with an embossed design, cut down my image leaving a bit of a white border and matted the image with a dark blue paper. Popping the image up with foam tape and offset the image on the card base.
For my 2nd card, I created a bike shop using 5260
WC Large Shop Set. On watercolor paper, I first stamped the bicycle from 5990
Dwelling Accessory Set and created a mask, the size of this bicycle was
absolutely perfect!! I used the stamp positioner to help me place the shop
exactly where I wanted it. I wanted to try out the new ink pad that is now
available, Archival Ink in Shadow Grey, so that is what I used for both images. I did, however, use a mix of 565/969 to add a
bit of dimension to the building, just like you would if you were pulling the
color out.
I then took a pencil and ruler to sketch in some details that I wanted on the roof, windows, and the sign. Creating the roof tiles, I offset them and rounded the bottoms, using the pencil lines as a guide. Using the largest circle from the Double Stitched dies, I also traced a guideline around my image.
373 is what I used on the roof, door, and trim, I also used that color on the canopies, after I had sketched in some lines on them later. For the walls on the building I started with 090, I was going for a soft cream color, but next to the teal it almost had a green tint to it, so I lightly went over it with 990 to tone it down. I played a little bit with the window panes, I wanted a look of an idea that there was a bunch of stuff in the shop. So in different sized blocks I used 565, 912, 055, 133, and 676. I used 565 to shadow the door, canopies, roof peak, and also the window boxes. I used 947 on the chimney, sign, and door knob, with a touch of 969 for the shadows. A little bit of 947 was also used on the tiles to create spaces with a little more dimension. I also used 565 behind the sign for a shadow and at the base of it. For the bike I used 969 on the seat and handles, darkening the underside of both with the same color. The frame of the bike was painted with 912, adding more in the shadowed areas. The pedal I used N15, and the tires a mix of 565/969. I then masked off the bike again and each of the window boxes. The flower bunch from 5009, inked with 177 and 676, for the flower boxes. As you can see, none of the green made it into the scene, but my masks are a lovely green! LOL! I then used the small vines from 5126 WC Foliage Set 4, inking just the tip in 177. Stamping in multiples to create a bush under the boxes on each side, and creating a vine going up on the left side. It was at this point I wished I had thought to add a light from 5263 WC Lamp Post Set, but I already had too much color in to do so. Just throwing that idea out in case you wish to try. Softening both the flowers and vines with a touch of water. After they were dry I added in little dots of Dr. Ph. Martin’s Bleed Proof White. I still felt the building needed something, so I decided to add bricks with 947, to give it some texture. Some more of 565 was used to add a bit more shadows in the door well and behind the bike tires. I used 526 for the sky, and a mix of 565/969 for the ground. I then used 5064 Circle Double Stitch Dies, using the largest to cut out my image, and matted it onto a dark teal die cut from my stash. I then matted my card base with paper from 6011 Basic Teal Paper Pack. I really love how this came out. Thank you for joining me today, and I hope you enjoyed my cards! Until next time! Create….Share….Inspire!!
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