Howdy peeps! How are ya? What's new? Hope everything is just ducky in your part of the world today. Are ya ready for Spring?? I know lots of you are! I'm ready for Spring crafting and Spring colors and Easter candy….
Today's card was made for the Happy For Hexagons challenge over at Moxie Fab World! CLICK HERE to see the post and enter your card! You have until March 7th. Go on! Enter!
I used some of my most favorite dies from Taylored Expressions and some soft watercolor techniques. (Watercolor is back, my friends!) All my supplies are from Taylored Expressions, and a fulls supply list is at the bottom of my post. I used the Hexagon die as my focal color point and the off-set a pretty butterfly…
I had fun speckling my watercolor paper with watered down Distress Inks. I flicked the color off the end of a very wet paint brush. I kinda like it! It looks like a speckled egg!
The Flutter-bys dies come with two pieces. I colored the solid one with the green Distress Ink and then flicked some spots on the top one in the same color. The hexagon was brushed with color again, with a very wet brush.
Here are my pieces, and my color choices. I blended just a smidgen of the mustard in with the green. VERY SPRINGY!! I love this shade of green…
This card is for my super super sweet boss! Last week she took me and a group of my work friends out to lunch to celebrate my work anniversary and it was so nice. She rocks.
So, I tried something different with my card photos this time – and I took them outside on the front steps… Not sure yet if I like that better or not. Thoughts? But, when I was done with my pix, I caught this pretty flower out of the corner of my eye…click click! Our city is the Camellia City and they are in full bloom right now! We have a red one, a pink one, and my favorite – this white one – in our front yard. Maybe this sprinkles a little Spring into your day!
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Comments
11 responses to “Watercolor Thanks….”
It does look like a speckled egg! I love that layered butterfly.
Simply BEAUTIFUL Wanda!! 😎 Love the speckles and spatters and Springy colors too! 😎
Hugs
Shannon
What a wonderful card!
Beautiful vibrant color scheme and I adore that butterfly!
LOVe Spring….
it is here now in the Netherlands..so many bulbs are blooming..love that….
Water color is back, and you absolutely rocked it here, my friend! Gorgeous happy card! You are so right…reminds me of a speckled Easter egg! Love your use of the hexie die here. And of course that butterfly is just fabulous!
You are so lucky to have such beautiful flowers in your yard! Wow!
Gorgeous! Makes me want to do some water coloring! 🙂
This is really pretty! Love the watercolor look and the natural light is great. Gorgeous photo of the flower.
Sweet card! and the picture of your white Camellia is beautiful. That says SPRING in so many ways…I LOVE watercolors.
Love the watercolor look and “flicking” the paint onto the paper. The card is beautiful. The photos taken in natural light look great. I think it added to the vivid colors of your card. The camellia is gorgeous.
lovely card…