Afternoon all.
We are over halfway through April so it's time for a brand new colour pairing from Color Hues.
This time I've gone with a floral themed card using the colours and Uniko's Pure Florals Peony. What do you think?
To start, I used Altenew's Limestone ink stamped onto Mixed Media paper, to create a no line look, then I smooshed some of their other inks onto an acrylic sheet to use for a watercolour technique. I used Coral Berry, Grapevine and Coral Bliss for the petals and Olive, Moss and Evergreen for the stem and leaves.
Each petal was painted separately, first with plain water then with the paler Coral Bliss and darker Coral Berry, allowing the water to blend the colours. It's best to paint sections that don't touch one another to reduce the risk of colour bleeding until each section has dried. Some of the lightest areas had virtually no colour and the off white paper showed through to suggest hilights. I repeated the technique for the leaves, using first Olive then Moss.
To create an even greater sense of depth, I went back into the bloom, first with a damp brush, I wet the areas that needed to be in shadow before going in with the Grapevine ink. For the green shading I used the Evergreen ink. Once dry, I fussy cut it out and concentrated on my background.
A Mama Elephant die was used to cut an eyelet panel from white card, then I removed the center with a rectangle die to create a frame. Using the magnets in my Misti, I held the frame and bloom down whilst I placed the greeting from Uniko's Originally Organic. Once happy with the placement, I removed the frame and bloom and stamped it in Memento London Fog. The frame and bloom were then glued to my A6 white base card.
That's all from me but please check out the rest of the team and our GD over on the Color Hues blog for more fab inspiration. As usual you have up until the 29th April to link up your green and coral makes, have fun.
I'm joining in over at:-
In the Garden or AG
Simple or Fussy
I've never been happy throwing on the fripperies and embellishments, so this is as fancy as I go. I'm a simple girl at heart!!
Beautiful card!
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A gorgeous card and your colouring is fabulous! Thank you for joining in at Allsorts and AYLI.
ReplyDeleteWOW - that's a showstopping peony - so beautifully coloured. Gorgeous card.
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This is so beautiful, thanks for sharing your technique, I definitely want to try it xxx
ReplyDeleteYour beautiful Peony really stands out against the delicate white frame, many thanks for sharing at Allsorts challenge.
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Wow Julie that's a beauty, thats what I think! You've painted the peony perfectly and the subtle white frame behind is perfect. Always lovely to see you at AYLI & Allsorts xx
ReplyDeleteIn awe of your watercolouring talent in breathing gorgeous life into this peony. Stunning!
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Gorgeous watercolour of this beautiful peony image, Jules! xx
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous, Julie! You are so talented!
ReplyDeleteI am in awe of your coloring, Julie! That peony is colored so perfectly that I though it was printed. Wow! A gorgeous card!
ReplyDeleteThis is frame worthy Julie...your water coloring and shading are FABULOUS!! I love the white on white framing too that really makes your peony POP! Lovely, lovely card my friend!! Hugs. :0)
ReplyDeleteJulie, your watercoloring is magnificent! You achieved such depth and dimension with your shading. Keeping the remainder the card simple lets that beautiful bloom be the star. Stunning!
ReplyDeleteJulie!!! OMG I don't think I've ever seen your water coloring! You really need to share more, please!! Just fantastic! PHENOMENAL use of those colors!
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