We're doing sunflowers at
This is a popular die for this challenge!
I die cut the sunflower from Mixed Media paper keeping it all intact and
painted it with Gansai Tambi watercolors.
For the top layer, I cut again and removed all the petal pieces, sponged color
with Distress ink in the center, then spritzed with water and blotted.
After everything dried, I glued the piece with the colored center
atop the yellow petals.
I went into the base of each petal with a watercolor pencil
and pulled the color with a damp water brush to shade the petals.
I mounted it all on a treasured piece of specialty paper that my friend gave me
and added a narrow mat of Crumb Cake cardstock.
I'm also joining in at AAA Cards.
Challenges:
CAS Watercolour: Sunflower
AAA Cards: Friendship
Enjoy!
Card Recipe
Stamps: Friendship Messages (SSS)
Ink: Gathered Twigs, Vintage Photo (DI)
Paper: Neenah, Crumb Cake (SU), Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 Series)
Other: Sunflower Background Die (IO), Gansai Tambi Watercolors (#40 Lemon Yellow, #43 Mid Yellow), Watercolor Pencils (Faber Castell), Water Brush
24 comments:
Wow absolutely stunning and so very eye catching x.
Absolutely stunning! Love the way you used the die!
Cath x
perfect for this time of year. Thank you for playing at AAA cards
Stunning card, Bonnie. I love the sunflower die, I think I NEED this one! xx
Now this is impressive. First I'm trying to imagine doing this and keeping track of all the pieces and keeping the outline in white. Sounds like a lot of work but so worth it. Beautiful shading on this and once again, a cheerful, happy card.
That's a gorgeous sunflower Bonnie, Great way to watercolour and then keep the outline clean. Love it :)
Another fabulous card. I love sunflowers. [Bunny]
This is a popular sunflower die ... but I can see why. This is gorgeous. Love the shading of your beautiful watercoloured sunflower Bonnie. xx
Oh my goodness - what a stunning card Bonnie - this is beautiful!
Blessings
Maxine
Such a beautiful card Bonnie! Sunflowers are one of my favorite flowers and this one is just beautiful and beautifully watercolored. Hugs, Brenda
Wow, this just pops off the card. I love the coloring and this sunflower is just gorgeous.
And big!
Absolutely beautiful Bonnie!! Glad I'm not the only one who loved this die...so fun and easy to create with!! Your watercoloring is so pretty!! 😊♥️
Wow, very eye-catching, Bonnie! Gorgeous watercoloring with beautiful shading. xx
Beautiful - pulling the colour from the bottom to the point of each petal resulted in lovely shading.
What a stunner, Bonnie ... the depth you created on this gorgeous sunflower is fantastic! Fresh and beautiful! Hugs, Anita :)
Such a happy looking card! Like your technique of using watercolor pencil and pulling it out with a water brush for shading....gonna "borrow" that idea. The crumbcake mat sets it off so well.
This is such a gorgeous and bold sunflower, Bonnie! I love the shades of the petals you made, using your watercolor pencils! Hideko xx
what a gorgeous big sunflower!!
Awesome sunflower, beautifully done. Thanks for playing at AAA Cards.
Your card is so perfectly made. Thank you for the description of its performance, I wondered how you managed to paint the sunflower and preserve the perfect purity of white of the other elements. Great technique and great design, Bonnie.
Hugs,
BożenA
I hope you can help me. I bought this die several years ago, and have never been able to get it to cut well. I use the Stampin’ Up! magnetic plate and two clear cutting plates. It comes close to cutting if I place another piece of card stock underneath the paper I’m trying to cut. It’s been a frustrating task! Many thanks!
So beautiful! I don’t understand how you kept the first cut intact. Could you explain that please and thank you
Diane, I take the die off the cutout very carefully and put some scotch tape on the back before watercoloring. Die cut a second time and place the colored pieces in the uncolored piece.
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