Welcome lovely ones! It is me, Shay, joining in for w&w on this wondrous Watercolor Blog Hop hosted by Pretty Pink Posh!
The blog hop officially opens on Friday, June 5 at 6:00 a.m. PST and ends June 8th at 11:55pm PST.
You will not want to miss joining in because look at the sponsors! What?!? Are you kidding? We love them all.
Honestly being included among these incredible group of companies is dizzying and humbling.
Okay, with a pinch (or a handful) of trepidation I am sharing my watercolor project with you (being among creative giants can make you feel a bit like an ant! lol). Maybe my project will make you feel that if I can create a watercolor project you can too! :-)
All the stamping is courtesy of the In Bloom: Lola's Bouquet with Joni Andaya stamp set...this set has so many options and possibilities! I was really inspired by this breathtaking card by Heather Hoffman. Heather used Copics for her card, but I decided to take watercoloring with the bottles and vase.
I began by stamping with some masking the bottles and vase in Versafine in black on a panel of watercolor paper. All of the watercolor is Tim Holtz Distress Ink + a waterbrush. For the bottles I used tumbled glass (obvious choice!) and broken china, the background is picked raspberry and spun sugar, the leaves are shabby shutters and mowed grass and the flower is mustard seed, scattered straw and spiced marmalade. I stamped the leaves first on the main panel and then stamped the leaves on another piece of watercolor paper that I then colored in, cut out, used a black marker around the edges and adhered over the leaves on the main panel. The flower was stamped first in mustard seed with the large solid flower and then stamped around with the larger outline flower in black. I then drew out the color from the solid flower to the outer edges. I stamped the ray circle and then more solid ring and painted in the center. I painted over the petals with Studio Calico Mister Huey's in shine for some shimmer (can be seen in person). I attached some little 4mm marigold sequins from Pretty Pink Posh in to the flower's center. I attached the flower to the main panel with foam dimensional adhesive. I also added some sweet 4mm marshmallow sequins by Pretty Pink Posh to the budding branches.
I colored a piece of scrap paper with mustard seed ink and then die cut the "celebrate" from The Big, the Bold and Party Cutaways from the scrap paper. I glued the word over the vases. Last, I added the main panel to a piece of black cardstock with the the larger scalloped layer of Essentials: Audrey Cutaways and then added it all to a white card base with foam dimensional adhesive.
That's it from me. Now get your favorite watercoloring supplies ready so you can play along too! :-)
Remember to check out the Pretty Pink Posh blog tomorrow Friday, June 5 at 6:00 a.m. PST when the blog hop officially begins!
Absolutely GORGEOUS!!!
ReplyDeleteLovely card Shay how cool are those sequins in the middle of the flower :)
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Fab card. Love the sequin centres x
ReplyDeleteVery pretty Shay!! TFS
ReplyDeleteThat is so cute. Love the big yellow flower. Hugz
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. I love the pretty pink background.
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Wonderful card!
ReplyDeleteLove this card! Cool how you put the sequins in the middle, how creative! Thank you for sharing this card with us!
ReplyDeleteSo vivid! Amazing!!!
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ReplyDeleteGorgeous card - I love it. I just ordered some of your stamps for the first time and can't wait until they arrive :) I will be linking up tmrw as well :)
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! Love the vibrant colors and pretty stamps! :)
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ReplyDeletelovely card! :)
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ReplyDeleteThis turned out just lovely. Love how you lined all the bottles up across the card.
ReplyDeletegorgeous shay! I love how you filled your whole card with watercolor yumminess!!! :)
ReplyDeleteFAbulous card, Shay!
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ReplyDeleteWater-colour luscious, Shay! The flowers...so gorgeous!
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A wonderful card! LOVE it!!
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Love how the flower center was done with sequins!
ReplyDeleteYour card turned out fabulous. I'd say you are right in there with the giants!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! I like the dimension you got from layering cut flowers and leaves on top of the watercolored layer.
ReplyDeleteGreat job Shay - love the arrangement of the bottles, and the centre flower looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty line of bottles...love the colours you chose and the layered sentiment.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute idea! These flowers pop right off the page! Terrific color!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colors and I like the sequins.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! LOVE the addition and placement of the sequins. ♥
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Great use of the sequins!
ReplyDeleteIt IS a fabulous group of sponsors/bloggers/crafters, isn't it?? I count you guys and equal among them. Lovely card!
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ReplyDeleteI love your watercolor project. The flowers look great I those cute vases.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteWatercoloring is such a great technique for Winnie & Walter stamps! They bring out the best in each other!
ReplyDeleteLove this! Such a cute little scene
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. Love how each vase is layered up! Nice.
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! Love the vases!
ReplyDeleteHeather is pretty amazing...your take is really gorgeous as well!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful, Shay! I love the soft colors of the vases and background with the pop of the yellow flower!
ReplyDeletevery beautiful Shay!! love your coloring!! soft and beautiful..
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So pretty !
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ReplyDeleteBEAUTIFUL card Shay!!! Adore how you did this (and...thanks for your sweet words!) - stunning watercoloring!
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the yellow is perfectly chosen with the pink (or the pink with the yellow flower), it really pops
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sweet card, love your coloring, i think i will try it too
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, Shay!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous card. Totally love it !!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of sticking leaves out of the vases! Too cute.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness. It's so pretty!
ReplyDeleteGreat card and techniques… Love the watercoloring!
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Cute! I really love the pop of colors on this.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful water coloring. The colors are so cheerful and pretty. Love the sequins.
ReplyDeleteTerrific card for the blog hop!!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty card! Love the marigold sequins you adhered to the center of the flower!
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. Love the watercoloring. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
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ReplyDeleteall those bottles.
Such a bright and cheery card! Love the watercoloring!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning! Your card is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYour card is totally FUN, Shay!! It made me smile all over!! Hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! You are really inspiring me to give water colouring another go myself.
ReplyDeleteLove it, bright and lively
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favorites, beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteWell an ant you are not, my dear. I'm pretty sure after this lovely card and all of your bloggy success you can happily climb right up into the giant world with the rest of them! GORGEOUS work!
ReplyDeleteWonderful card! Love the way the yellow flower just pops!!
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ReplyDeletebeautiful! i love how the sentiment takes up the whole card front!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! Love the sequins in the middle!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Love the touch of bling. Thanks for sharing!
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ReplyDeleteLovely! Thanks for sponsoring the hop!
ReplyDeleteI love how the black makes the pink really pop, you did fabulous! And thanks for sponsoring the hop!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty card and a really cute stamp set. Thank you so much for sharing the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteThis turned out lovely! I like the die over the vases.
ReplyDeleteWell, Shay - we are applauding you! This fits right in there with the giants' watercolors!!!! Your background is superb and makes the vases and flowers POP ♥
ReplyDeleteNice card.. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteTerrific card...I love the colors you chose! I must try masking some vases, I really like the look!
ReplyDeletestunning. Love the watercolouring you've done. So pretty
ReplyDeleteIt´s so pretty. And I need these sentiment dies…. :D
ReplyDeleteA lovely cheerful card Shay, pretty colours and great watercolouring
ReplyDeleteI love the blue up next to the pink like that - I'd be scared the would bleed into each other - but clearly, it can be done! Thanks for sharing your beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors you chose. The card makes me happy.
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty card! I love the little clear seqins you added, too!
ReplyDeleteGreat job! I really like the black outlining...makes a card POP!
ReplyDeleteLove your choice of bold colors! I tend to pick light colors when I watercolor, this is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGreat job--I love coloring with distress inks, really fun thing to do. Love all the colors you have chosen.
ReplyDeleteCute card. Distress inks make it easy to watercolor.
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ReplyDeletelove that pink and all color combo on your card
your watercolor so lovely and I wish I can do like you did
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That's a lot of steps, but you made it all worthwhile. The sequins were a perfect final touch to make the card explode off the page. Lovely!
ReplyDeleteYour card is gorgeous. You can't convince me you don't know what you are doing! Although I will admit, water coloring can be very intimidating.
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ReplyDeleteI think you did great for all your trepidation! Your watercolor skills are wonderful. Love the colors you chose--so bright & happy. Tfs! ~ Andrea
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Lovely card! Thanks for sharing and for being part of this blog hop!
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