Hello, and Welcome to Watercolor Weekend! I always love painting the animals that are
in the Art Impressions line. There are
definitely some cute ones, yes mice are cute! LOL! (Well they are!) I also love
all things rustic, which is where I went with my first card.
I started out with a piece of watercolor
paper and stamped in the pitcher from 5123 WC Decorative Jar Set, with Distress
Ink in Pumice Stone, I also used this on the pot and mouse. Being that this set is rubber, I stamped off
twice first. I then masked the pitcher
before stamping in the 4869 WC Small Container Set, I also stamped this one off
twice before using my stamp positioner to put on my project. I then added the
mouse from 5599 Mini Mice & Squirrel Set, this one I only stamped off once
and also used the positioner. For the
pitcher I used a mix of 565 and 969 to put in the base color leaving a
highlight in the middle, then a put a light wash of 249 in for a bit of
patina. 947 is my go to for rust, and I
put this in various places, darkening some spots. If you want a more deteriorated look add a
bit of 969 to make it look like the rust is eating through the metal. I also
used 947 on the little pot and shaded with 969, this was also used to create
the crack in the rim. For the little
mouse I started with N79 as the base and shaded with N57, I then added a light
wash of 969 to get the variation in his coat.
I used a black micron on his eye and added a bit on his nose. I then put in some 177 on the ground,
darkening it around the pitcher and pot and I used 403 for the sky.
I masked off the pitcher again to put in the
foliage and flowers. I started with 5919
Long Stem Floral Set and my stamp positioner.
I also stamped these in Pumice Stone and stamped off twice. I then used masking fluid on the flowers
because I wanted them to stand out when I was done. 6055 Water of Life Set has some long grasses
that I used in 192, using my brush I added curls to the ends of some of the
blades. I then put in the long purple
flowers from 4052 Flower Set 1 in 676. I
added a small leaf sprig from 5007 WC Foliage Set 3 darker towards the base and
stamped the lighter ones towards the top. I also added them on either side of the
pot and pitcher in 177. I blended some
of the foliage and flowers a bit to fill in the white spaces, adding extra
color as needed so the Bleed Proof White would show. I then rubbed off the liquid mask and put 055
and 025 in the centers of the 3 flowers and added 407 to the petals and 126 to
the leaves. I then added the BPW in
various sizes. I matted my card base
with 5939 Fairy Garden Paper Pack and cut out a purple frame with a die from my
stash. I traced this die over my image,
on both the inside and outside so I knew where I needed to cut this down to fit
behind the frame and glued these 2 pieces together before mounting on my
card.
For my second card I tried channeling my inner Michelle,
IYKYK. If you don’t know, Michelle H. is
an extremely talented artist and has a knack for whimsy. I came up with this idea from a picture I had
seen on Pinterest, if you ever struggle for ideas, the internet can be a good
source of inspiration. With the
exception of the foliage, I used Distress Ink in Pumice stone, stamping each
one off first before stamping onto my watercolor paper. 5465 WC Cliffs Set was used first, leaving
the top back line off. I then used a
stamp positioner to put in the cat from 4873 WC Cats Set, and the left wings of
the butterfly from 5200 Butterfly Set.
The 4th from largest in the 5063 Rectangle A2 Double Stitched
Dies was used as a guide around my project.
I started with the rocks using a mix of 565 and 969. I then added in touches of 969, 565, 526,
676, and 725. For the side of the cliff
I used 969, darkening areas for dimension.
For the ground and top of the cliff I used 177, darkening the areas that
would be in shadow.
For the cat I shaded
her with 565, and used a black micron on the eyes and nose. Adding a bit of 772 in the ear with some
Bleed Proof White for a little bit of hair coming up in front of the ear. I played around quite a bit with colors for
the wings, I ended up using 850 for the base, contouring with 703, and shading
with 725. I also used 725 to create a bit
of scrollwork in the wing that I went over with a bit of Wink of Stella, I also
added this to the 2 purple areas in the rocks.
I added in 403 for the sky, and then used 5007 WC Foliage Set 3 for both
the vine and the grasses, both in 177.
I
touched the leaves with a damp brush to soften and pulled some of the color up
out of the grass. I erased my guidelines
and used the same die to cut out my project.
I matted this with a dark burgundy cardstock that I also used to mat the
piece I ran through an embossing folder.
I matted my card base with paper from 6082 Bible Journaling S1 Paper
Pack. I popped up the image with foam
tape over the embossed panel, to finish off my card. I hope you enjoyed my projects today, thank
you for joining me. Until next time. Create….Share….Inspire!
