Hi there. I'm so glad you stopped by!
I love hydrangeas and I think the deer do too. Our pink hydrangea (the only one I have
in my yard) seems to have tasty buds because something eats them right off before they open.
They are too tall for the rabbits so I think it must be deer.
So, I have to put them on a card if I want to enjoy them.
I stamped the Paint a Flower Hydrangea from Altenew on a piece of watercolor
paper with Archival Shadow Gray ink and colored with my Altenew watercolor 36
pan set using the colors from their Inspiration Challenge this month.
Then I did a lighter version.
I stamped the same way but used Distress Markers to color. I die cut the design
with my new to me Essential Arches die and made a shaped card with the dies to
put it on. I added some Nuvo Crystal drops for a bit of subtle interest.
Challenges:
Altenew - See colors below
Inkspirational #292 - Emboss your Background
NBUS #51 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Hydrangea Stamp & Arches Dies)
Try It On Tuesday - Summer Blooms
Card Recipe (card 1)
Stamps: PAF Hydrangea (Alt), Thinking of You (Alt)
Ink: Archival Shadow Gray, Blackberry Bliss
Paper: Watercolor (Alt), Neenah Solar White
Other: Altenew Watercolors 36 pan set (Puffy Heart, Midnight Viloet, Frayed Leaf), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils, Gold Spray & White Posca Pen for splatters, Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS)
Card Recipe (card 2)
Stamps: PAF Hydrangea (Alt), Fragile Foliage (Alt)
Ink: Archival Shadow Gray, Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn (DM)
Paper: Watercolor (Alt), Blackberry Bliss
Other: Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils, Waffled Diamonds EF (Alt), Essential Arches Dies (Spl)
Enjoy!
If you would like to subscribe by email,
please fill out the contact form in the upper right sidebar.
It is also important to add stampingwithklass1@gmail.com to your contact list
so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.
To unsubscribe please use the same form on the sidebar adding
unsubscribe to the message.
Thanks to all who have subscribed to my blog by email.
Your sweet and thoughtful comments warm my heart!
Bonnie, remember when I said that my hydrangea plants are beautiful but never produce flowers? This year, they are barely making leaves - something is very wrong.
ReplyDeleteI think you have the right idea and have colored both of your branches so perfectly, too. I really studied your first card before moving on to your lighter version. No, I can't choose - they are both so beautiful! One frameable, the next made its own frame!
=]
You are so talented, my friend. These hydrangeas are watercoloured to perfection. What a great way to enjoy them after the deer helped themselves in your garden. Love, Lolly
ReplyDeleteAmazing watercoloring, Bonnie. You really brought those hydrangeas to life. Sorry about the real ones. I know squirrels kept eating the buds on my daughter's rhododendron. I mean if they actually ate them it would be better than just nipping them off. lol
ReplyDeleteLove the first hydrangea card the best! Coloring, background/splatters...all just great! I too have hydrangeas but never had an issue with deer...they eat other things, but for whatever reason, have left the hydrangeas alone!
ReplyDeleteWow, both these cards are beautiful, Bonnie! Expert coloring. Love both shades of pink. All my hydrangeas are shades of blue, plus one white. Cannot manage a pink one because of our acidic soil. Deer love them. I use a spray called Deer Out (Amazon), but I have to get to the new growth before they do. BTW, the spray smells like peppermint and is safe for animals.
ReplyDeleteYour watercolouring is just fabulous on these beautiful hydrangeas Bonnie, and love both versions but maybe am drawn a little more to the arched shape, diamond embossed background and sweet little added crystal drops on the second. x
ReplyDeleteYour hydrangeas look wonderful and such good water colouring. What a shame about the deer. I have some hydrangeas in pots and the flowers are just coming. No deer in my garden, thankfully xx
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are beautiful. I love our arched card with the lighter colors. Thanks for sharing these beauties.
ReplyDeleteI love hydrangeas too (fortunately I have no deer visiting my garden!). You painted them beautifully with wonderful shading in the petals and leaves. Great variation of layouts on the two cards!
ReplyDeleteThese two cards are just lovely. Sorry about your deer problem. One neighbor here has white ones and the other no flowers. Weird.
ReplyDeleteGood Golly, Miss Molly! Can you ever paint! These are amazing, both the light and the dark. When first seeing this all I thought was "WOW!" Amazing artwork, Bonnie!
ReplyDeleteThese are both beautiful and your colouring is so perfect. Love them xx
ReplyDeleteBoth are so beautiful and I love your coloring on the flowers. I wish we had some in our yard. Too hot here I think. Love your cards.
ReplyDeleteLynn
Two beautiful hydrangea cards Bonnie - how awful that all your buds get eaten off before blooming! Love the arch shape of your 2nd card with the embossed white background and the black framing that accents your colorful blooms so well! thanks for joining us at Inkspirational: embossed background! Julia xx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards, I also love Hydrangea, I have pistachio colour in my front garden (green, pink and cream)
ReplyDeleteTwo gorgeous pink hydrangea cards, Bonnie. Denny made a cage for our pink hydrangea, so hopefully the deer will let it bloom this year! I loved how you painted your 1st card with watercolor paints and your 2nd with markers for different beautiful looks. TFS my friend. Love and Hugs...Nancy
ReplyDeleteTwo simply gorgeous hydrangea cards Bonnie.... your watercolouring is wonderfully executed... just beautiful... have a lovely day Robyn
ReplyDeleteGoodness Bonnie these are so beautiful - what a clever artist you are!! When I grow up I want to colour like you.
ReplyDeleteLove these, particularly to=he arch shaped card.
Blessings
Maxine
Gorgeous cards Bonnie! Great Colouring! I was playing with stamp on vellum last week, but I haven't taken a photo of it yet.
ReplyDeleteTwo beauties Bonnie.
ReplyDeleteI have a couple of hydrangeas, both are in a very shaded part of my garden - one in a raised bed outside my kitchen window which gets the sun for only about 30 minutes a day in the summer so I filled it with woodland plants- ferns and things - this year the stuff in that bed has grown mad. The hydrangea in particular is simply fab. It's strange the way plants behave!
You wait, yours will bloom magnificently next season! x
Lovely cards. We have hydrangeas in front of the house and must have some wierd soil...they start out a lovely blue and around July they start turning pink on the new buds...
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear about the deer chowing down on your hydrangea's, but your water colored ones are absolutely GORGEOUS Bonnie!! I love both versions with the brighter and lighter colors...soooooo pretty!! Hugs. :0)
ReplyDeleteTwo beautiful watercolored hydrangeas. My favourite is the second one… love the softer colours and the arch shape.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good thing we can resort to our paper versions of those favorite flowers! Two beautiful cards, Bonnie. I love them both, but the first one is pretty spectacular!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty - love the first one especially!
ReplyDeleteSandy xx
Both cards are so beautiful! I love both versions in color and layout
ReplyDeleteI always admire your design variations, Bonnie! Both hydrangea cards are fabulous! The watercolored one is stunning, and I love the way you stamped the sentiment. The arch shaped card is so elegant, and the subtle embossed texture and Crystal drops are wonderful finishing touches.Sorry about your pink hydrangea in your garden. We have a similar problem with our persimmons. Squirrels eat them before the fruit ripens!
ReplyDeleteHideko xx
Wow Bonnie, your cards are stunning! I love both, the darker blooms and the lighter blooms. Hydrangeas are gorgeous flowers. I have one but it hasn't bloomed in a while. So I need to research it to see why. I have deer, but so far they haven't eaten my hydrangeas, maybe because they have plenty of corn and soybeans to eat. LOL Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteYour two cards are stunning! lovely colouring . My hydrangeas seem to flower every other year, this year looks like a miss !
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Try It On Tuesday Challenge
Joan
Hi Bonnie, congratulations on your Top 5 pick at Try it on Tuesday. I am on the Admin and wonder if you can contact me at - avril_branthwaite@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteThanks, Avril
WOW WOW WOW Bonnie I love your cards, the hydrangea flowers are so beautiful. I have a lot of them in the garden ...
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Germany
Anke
Your hydrangeas look amazing. The way you colored these flowers is really perfect. I admire these cards
ReplyDeletexx