Friday, July 5, 2013

Little Things


A belated Happy Independence Day to everyone.  Hubby is busy with yard projects so I have most of the weekend to play.  I'll start off by playing along with Unity Friends with Flair.  It's so addictive and it "forces" me to try to look at my large collection of Unity stamps for things I might have missed.

I've been playing with watercolors a bit for some simple yet elegant cards.  This one uses an image and sentiment from the June KOTM and all of the stamps in this kit lend themselves to this type of coloring.

I created a card base from watercolor paper then stamped the bird image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  It only takes a few minutes to dry completely.  I then washed 3 colors of watercolor over the image in a random fashion and then added some more color to parts of the bird.  I stamped the sentiment and trimmed it closely, painted the edge, and adhered it with foam tape. After that I flicked color directly from the watercolor pencils onto the card.  I hope you enjoy.

18 comments:

  1. Beautiful card! Your watercoloring looks amazing!

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  2. This is so beautiful. I love that image and the flecks of color!!

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  3. Your watercoloring looks amazing!

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  4. This is so peaceful looking. I like the watercolors. Very nice. :)

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  5. Gorgeous! Love the soft colors! Lovely CAS card! TFS

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  6. Love your card Kris....I now need to.get my watercolors out and play...thank you so much for the inspiration!!
    Hugs
    Tracy xxx

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  7. this is gorgeous! Love the water colors and the bird.

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  8. Gorgeous and elegant...clean. Love it.

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  9. Beautiful card! I love how you colored it with watercolors.

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  10. Even though the colors are soft, this card really STANDS OUT! Wonderful job watercoloring!!!

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  11. Kris, this card is so beautiful!! Love the watercolours and design. Great job!! Have a lovely weekend!!

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  12. Love the image a d techniques used. TFS

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  13. Saw this over on FB and I am still drooling over the gorgeous watercolor.

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  14. I love the watercolor wash. Very neat effect.

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  15. What a lovely and unique project!

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  16. So beautiful! I love watercoloring too - every card is unique and beautiful!

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