My good friend, Loll Thompson, and I have done some watercolour techniques together so I thought I'd learn a new one for her Christmas card. She's received the card so I can now post it.
I admire Heather T's cards so much and fell in love with this card on her blog:
I CASEed it pretty closely so that I could learn her technique from the description she gave on her blog (thank you, Heather!). But I did change the stamps and the colour of the cardbase.
Date: Saturday, December 20, 2014 GMT Views: 1056
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Registered: January 20, 2011 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Posts: 7609
Sat, Dec 20, 2014 @ 8:14 AM
Gorgeous card and amazing technique Susan. This card looks even better in real life. Thank you so much, my friend! Looking forward to spending more time experimenting with new techniques with you in 2015.
Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 76820
Sat, Dec 20, 2014 @ 9:32 AM
Beautiful CASE of a lovely card, Susan......and to tell the truth, I like yours better with a bit more color surrounding the holly panel. Your watercoloring is lovely and I'm sure Loll is enjoying this wonderful gift of friendship.
Registered: July 28, 2008 Location: Cary, North Carolina Posts: 8736
Sat, Dec 20, 2014 @ 3:09 PM
This is beautiful, Susan! Love that holly and you've got just the right amount of bleeding. I always have a mess when I try that technique! This is perfect for Loll!
Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22715
Sat, Dec 20, 2014 @ 5:37 PM
Susan, I REALLY like how this turned out! I love Heather T and her techniques but after watching how easily she does it, that certainly does not happen here! What a beautiful job you did with this!
Registered: February 9, 2010 Location: Mentone, California Posts: 7380
Sat, Jan 10, 2015 @ 9:57 PM
Lovely result! You have a achieved such a soft water color effect using Heather's technique. I LOVE the rich pearly green of the background and framing it in red with the white die cut holly is just SOOOO beautiful! Well done....
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Sun, Jan 18, 2015 @ 7:09 AM
Thanks for your kind words and the link, Susan. I love your CASE especially that pretty green and the gorgeous glimmery card base.
Glad you were inspired and my instructions made sense!
