Saturday, April 5, 2014

MIM #158

I love the watercolor trend than has taken over the card making world.  I took a watercolor painting class a while ago and while I wasn't too bad at it, using stamps makes it a whole lot easier. This week's challenge at Make It Monday is "Stamping with Watercolor Medium".   Heather used gelatos as her medium but I used Distress Inks and I must say it takes some practice to get the right amount of water with the ink.


I stamped the ferns from Meadow Greens onto watercolor paper (many times) until I got an image I liked.  It looked better framed so I cut a circle in some woodgrained white paper.  Since the watercolor paper had a cream tone to it, I cut a frame from Vintage Cream and also used that for my card base, offsetting the popped up panel to the right and down.  I tried a number of ways to add a sentiment but the green on a cream flag looked best.

I'm so glad you stopped by to visit.  Have a wonderful weekend.

12 comments:

Marcia Hill said...

CAS and VERY pretty! :0)

Lynn said...

Beautiful Bobby...such a soft and serene sympathy card.

Kay D said...

Oh, I just love how you used the fern images in a window- SO beautiful!

Kathryn A said...

Great card! Love how you've framed the ferns! We were on a similar wavelength...I've done a card with ferns, too--just haven't posted it, yet.

Jacquie Southas said...

This is gorgeous Bobby - love the way you framed the watercolored ferns!

victoria h said...

love your watercoloured leaves on your peaceful card

Karen Dunbrook said...

love the look of your card and just the right look for a sympathy card...

inkyfingy said...

Great idea to use the frame and those ferns are lovely with the gradients of green.

Joyce said...

This is so pretty. You used the perfect stamp set for this technique, and I love the circular window. I'm pinning this one to try some day.

Darnell said...

I love ferns. Totally love ferns and totally love this classy card, Bobby! Well done on watercoloring with DIs!! Hugs, Darnell

Kate said...

This is so incredibly pretty, Bobby! What a perfect look for a sympathy card. Gorgeous!

Jen W. said...

Those ferns look amazing and I love the way you framed them!