Tuesday 16 July 2019

Celebrating another birthday over on the CAS WAtercolour challenge .....

Happy Tuesday .......

I'm playing along with the CAS Watercolour Challenge again today .....


As you can see the theme is ...... Bouquet of Flowers.  
There's also another birthday celebration going on over there ...... it's the lovely Bonnie's birthday today ......
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY BONNIE!!
I hope you're having a fabulous day


Fingers crossed this is already with Bonnie (if not, it is on it's way!)

I stamped the pretty bunch of flowers onto white cardstock, and heat embossed them in white.


I then used a piece of acetate to smoosh a little bit of blue onto the background, trying not to get any on the flowers.

I used my new Catherine Pooler Mini Ink Pads to water colour the flowers ........ the colours are fab, they stamp beautifully and they work so well with water.  I need to add more to my collection!!
I used quite a bit of water to blend the colours and add shading, causing a little to bleed outside the lines.  I wasn't too bothered about this though, as I think it gives a nice watercolour look.

A few splatters of gold ink, and some dots of glitter glue to add a little sparkle ......


And a die cut sentiment to finish off .......


As I said I hope this has arrived in time.  Have a lovely day Bonnie ......

Thanks for popping by ..... enjoy the rest of your day.

Cheerio until next time ......


Products used:
Stamps: Full of Glee (Penny Black); Simple Strips Background (Taylored Expressions) plus matching die
Inks: Versamark; Fiesta Blue, Tiki Torch (orange), Party Dress (pink) & Lime Ricky (green) - Catherine Pooler Inks; Delicata Golden Glitz
Others: White Embossing Powder (WOW!); White Blizzard Glitter Drops (Nuvo)

7 comments:

Christine Alexander said...

Linda, wonderful summer colours for your bouquet and love the loose watercolour background :)

Susan said...

What a beautiful bouquet! Love the colours of the flowers and the soft wash in the background! Thanks so much for joining us at CAS Watercolour!

Loll said...

LOVE the way you've used acetate smooshing to add the blue in the background. It's so pretty and the perfect backdrop for your gorgeous bouquet of flowers. The bleeding of the colours is wonderful and adds to the dreamy look of this card. xx

Bonnie said...

This came in plenty of time, Linda, and it is even prettier IRL! Love those soft colors and I love the soft bleed and acetate smooshed background! I am so enjoying this my talented friend! Thanks so much for sharing in my birthday celebration!

Darnell said...

What a really gorgeous bouquet stamp that is ~ you enabler, you! I love the way you have watercolored it, letting it bleed, and I love the free-flowing background, gold schplatters, and sediment! Just gorgeous, Linda! I'm sure Bonnie will put this with her keepsakes!! Hugs, Darnell

Karen Dunbrook said...

so pretty!
Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Watercolour!
:) Karen

Mrs.B said...

This is so pretty, love the soft shades.
Avril xx