Wednesday, February 5, 2014

HAPPY WATERCOLOR #3

 
The card base is Stampin' Up! Crushed Curry card stock.  I edged the front of the card with one of the Cuttlebug border embossing folder from the Organic Flourish set of five and then scored lines were placed on each side of the embossing.
 
The white piece was trimmed down so it would fit nicely in the remaining space.  I took a sponge and added Crushed Curry ink in the area where I would stamp the flowers.  I shaded the background slightly by beginning at the top and swirling the ink down to the bottom.   As I added additional ink, I always started at the top and gradually shaded downward.
 
Next I stamped the floral design with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  Crushed Curry butterflies were punched and added along with tiny pearls.  The "Happy Birthday" vertical stamp is from Darcie's.
 
Hope you'll be back tomorrow........but thank you so much for stopping by today!

2 comments:

Harriet Skelly said...

This one is as beautiful as the other two! Nice collection!

Bonnie32002 said...

This is exactly my kind of design...no coloring involved!! I will have to remember to use sponging in the background, I like the nice halo it gives.

My card was modeled after one I saw on Pinterest.  That card used a die with larger trees.  This die is from Penny Black.  I liked the large...