(Dernieres fleurs de la saison - August 21, 2015 - I'm having trouble with the links)
LIST: Colours (orange, yellow, red, teal, white, black), Techniques (stamping and watercolouring), Elements (poppies, snow, thank you stamped sentiment, teal/blue edge, watercolouring with a loose feel).
INCLUDE: orange, yellow, red, teal, white, poppies, teal blue edge
MODIFY: stenciling, spritzing technique instead of stamping and watercolouring, gold splatter instead of white, thinking of you sentiment higher on the card, trimmed panel down to leave white border
Micheline's work is absolutely stunning - she uses stamped outlines and watercolours to create little pieces of art that look hand-drawn and painted!
I had a crazy idea that I would stencil some poppies, blend a blue background and then spritz water over the whole thing to get it moving. AND IT WORKED! lol!
I used a Simon Says Stamp layering stencil set, and masked it off so that I only had two of the poppies showing. I blended yellow and red and brown ink onto the petals, and then two shades of green on the stems and leaves.
Then it was time to spritz it all with water to get that 'loose' look that Micheline had. And I'll be honest. I was scared! lol!
It started moving and then it kept moving and I grabbed my heat gun to dry it before it lost all the details. The colours did get a little paler with the water, but I think it's still really pretty.
Once it was dry, I splattered gold watercolour over top and then stamped my Catherine Pooler sentiment.
Date: Saturday, August 12, 2023 GMT Views: 610
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Sat, Aug 12, 2023 @ 7:26 PM
Really gorgeous!!!!
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Sat, Aug 12, 2023 @ 7:44 PM
I think "really pretty" is a bit of an understatement here -- these are gorgeous. I love watercolor and I love the affect you achieved with the spritzing and strategic heat gun blasting. It looks very planned which I know it is not. Kudos for being brave and kudos for this beautiful card.
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Sat, Aug 12, 2023 @ 7:56 PM
This is absolutely gorgeous, Ardyth. I think if I tried what you've described I would end up with a big, fat mess! I will certainly make a card to honor Micheline; my favorites gallery is full of her amazing work!
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Sat, Aug 12, 2023 @ 7:57 PM
So pretty, Ardyth. I want to try that misting technique because your flowers are gorgeous! Wow. Super sweet card too. WONDERFUL case. Hugz
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Ardyth, this is a gorgeous card. I love how you used the stencils and spritzing to create your soft and dreamy poppies. The color combination is wonderful and I especially love the soft blue background.