Monday, August 27, 2012

Watercolored Pansies


The challenge this week at the Sweet Stamps Blog is Watercolor.  I love to use their stamps on vellum, but they also are amazing with watercolors.  I used their stamp, Pansy Layers Frame (474), and heat embossed it in white on watercolor paper.  I lightly spritzed it with water and painted it with purple and yellow watercolors.  I added some light coloring around the frame to bring out the image more.  The pansy borders are created with a Martha Stewart border punch. 

Tonight is short and sweet since I plan to head to bed early.  Starting back to work and getting up really early is a big adjustment for me and with a class of 30 little five year olds I come home pretty tired.  They are a very sweet class!! 

E. Marie

This card is entered in the following challenges:
Sweet Stamps.com Challenge #79 – Watercolored
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 231 – Bling It Up
Dutch Dare Card Challenge #179 – Bling It On
Stampin Sisters In Christ Challenge #154 – Punches, Dies, or Shapes

9 comments:

Mian said...

Wow, what an absolutely gorgeous card! Love the pansies, so beautifully colored and love the purple and yellow together.

Thank you so much for sharing your creativity with us at Craft Your Passion this week.
Best of luck and we'd love to have you visit again!

Mian
Craft Your Passion
August Guest Design Team Member
http://mianspysselhorna.blogspot.com

Bonnie Irvine said...

Lovely card. Your painting of the pansies is gorgeous. Great use of the MS pansy border and pearls. Thanks for joining our embossing challenge at Craft Your Passion. I hope we see you again soon.

Sandra H said...

Hi Marie, So beautiful and lovely image and colours and really elegant xx

Sharon said...

Lovely pretty card. Thanks for playing along with us at CCT.x

Brenda said...

Your pansies are beautiful :)

Helen said...

This is lovely. The white embossing powder really sets the pansies off. Thanks for sharing with us at Dutch Dare Card Challenges this week.

Hugs Helen DT xx

Anonymous said...

Such a pretty card! Well done!
Kim

April said...

Such a pretty card, Marie! I love the colors and the layout.

Julie Z said...

This is just gorgeous! Love the white embossing with the water coloring - just stunning Marie!! LOVE it!