Last Tuesday's tea party is for Cheryl and the request for flowers and water. Watercolor is something I want to learn to do better so I took my time watercoloring this floral image. I have a lot to learn, but one thing I think I learned is I need better quality watercolor paper!
I stamped and masked and stamped to arrange my flowers and leaves on this watercolor paper. The leaves are from Garden Treasure because Fifth Avenue Floral doesn't have any leaves in the set.
After everything was stamped to my satisfaction, I taped the paper onto a clipboard and started painting. This happened over the course of several days. I eventually added green around the images for the impression of more foliage there and transitioned to blue on the other side. I added Perfect Pearl splatters that don't really show up in the photo, as well as some black watercolor splatters which look more like a soft gray. After stamping the sentiment, it was a now what moment as I didn't really have a plan for finishing the card.
I opted to cut a frame from Early Espresso cs and stamp it lightly with the Hardwood stamp for some light texture. I popped it up with foam tape and adhered it to the watercolor panel. Then that was adhered to a white card base. Inside I stamped "Praying that your heart will be lifted by the many loving thoughts that surround you today." from Flourishing Phrases. That particular stamp had never seen ink.
I added a few highlights to the rose with a white gel pen and put dots of gold in the centers of the two yellow/orange flowers.
Thanks for looking!
Date: Sunday, July 28, 2019 GMT Views: 1461
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Registered: June 3, 2016 Location: France Posts: 59551
Sun, Jul 28, 2019 @ 11:16 AM
Catherine I love your pretty framed flowers and your water coloring is not bad at all, I love the pretty colors you've used!! Thank you for being at this special Tea party for Cheryl
Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 74567
Sun, Jul 28, 2019 @ 12:33 PM
Your flowers are just so pretty and that is a perfect sentiment for Cheryl. She is sure to love this card.
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Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50358
Sun, Jul 28, 2019 @ 12:39 PM
So lovely....your wc is very pretty and I'm sure the perfect pearls add some special sparkle. I love the inside greeting that you chose...perfect for Cheryl.
Registered: December 4, 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 16610
Sun, Jul 28, 2019 @ 2:16 PM
Catherine, this is so stunning! You have taken this old set and made it new and modern again with this stunning arrangement and your gorgeous water coloring. The woodgrain frame is a lovely finishing touch for your beautiful blooms. This is going straight into my favorites Catherine. ~Karen.
Registered: March 13, 2011 Location: Langley, B.C. Canada Posts: 32096
Sun, Jul 28, 2019 @ 3:25 PM
I love this old set and happy to see it here. Love your wood framing and your w/c looks so good! This is gorgeous and I am sure Cheryl will love this. Great sentiment too!