Flower Garden Fun

Hi there.  I'm glad you stopped by!

How are your flowers growing?

Outside, ours are cooking! Not good for flowers.

Inside though, blooming continues.

I enjoyed the Print Making technique so much that I tried it again

I used a set of stamps and dies that I've had for ages and have not used

nearly enough.

I die cut the flower heads and stems from watercolor paper and

colored them with Zigs and a waterbrush letting the overwash add color to 

another piece of watercolor paper.  

While the pieces were still wet and inky, I pressed them onto the

background piece to add even more color.

Then I practiced patience and let everything dry.  The hardest part!

Once dry, I placed the piece I'd cut the flower heads from in the MISTI 

and tucked the stamps into the holes left behind.

I wasn't exact, but close enough to get some details on the flowers.

This time I added some stamped script in the background. To keep it light,

I stamped off on a piece of scrap paper first.

On the second card I also stamped a fern in the background, using the same

technique as with the script.

I also used black as Kathy Racoosin suggested on Day 7 of her

30 Day Coloring Challenge.  I took a safer route and used watercolor

pencils instead of markers to add the black.

This card makes me think of Bette Midler.  It's much better

"From a Distance".  The shading does give the impression of dimension.

Challenges:

30 Day Coloring Challenge - Color every day

The Flower Challenge #46 - Summer/Winter Flowers

  

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Flower Garden (TH), French Script (Darkroom Door)

Ink:   Archival Shadow Gray, Sahara Sand (SU)

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches CP), Naturals Ivory (ret. SU), Milk Chocolate (MFT)

Other:  Flower Garden/Mini Garden  Bouquet Dies (TH), Flower Stem #1 (TH), Double Pierced Rectangles Die (AE), Zig CCRBM (51 Lemon Yellow, 50 Yellow, 52 Bright Yellow, 44 Deep Green, 60 Brown)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Flower Garden (TH), French Script (DD), Meadow Greens (PTI), Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Archival Shadow Gray, Sahara Sand, Certainly Celery, Basic Black (SU)

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches CP), Old Olive (SU), Neenah Natural

Other:  Flower Garden/Mini Garden Bouquet Dies (TH), Flower Stems #1 Die (TH), Zigs CCRBM (81 Lt Violet, 82 Purple, 46 Mid Green, 60 Brown, 62 Dk Brown) Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencil (Black), White EP