To make this sherbet-y card, I first created the watercolour background on a piece of watercolour cardstock, which I taped down to a clipboard to prevent warping (I can't say this did the job very well). I smooshed several Distress Ink pads on a slick surface, picked up the pigment with a wet paintbrush and painted the background in alternating and somewhat blended strokes. As it dried, I set to work on my critters, which I stamped out from several Lawn Fawn sets, including Gleeful Gardens (the snails), Year Four (the hippo and little birdie), and Love You Tons (the pink elephant). I watercoloured them using couple of watercolour mediums listed below.
Once the watercolour panel was dry, I white heat embossed a sentiment from Avery Elle's Cake & Candles stamp set, which is full of fun and classic birthday sentiments. It didn't stand out to my liking, so I went over the area with another layer of Distress Ink to darken the background. Next, I die cut some balloons from card stock in complimentary colours, and used a mini ink blending tool to rub some Distress Ink along the edges to give the balloons dimension. Once everything was dry, I adhered the elements to the background using foam tape, and used a sparkly gel pen to draw in the balloon strings. A little Wink of Stella on the balloons finished this card off!
I have entered this card in the Lawnscaping Challenge #124 Celebration!
Supplies
- Distress Inks: Spun Sugar, Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, Tumbled Glass
- Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles dies
- Lawn Fawn stamp sets: Gleeful Gardens, Year Four, Love You Tons
- Faber-Castell watercolour pencils
- Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolours
- Avery Elle Cake & Candles stamps
- Card Stock: Fabriano 90 lb watercolour, Recollections
- Paper Smooches Balloon dies
- Ranger Detail White Embossing Powder
- Inks: Versafine Black Onyx
- Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Pen
Super cute card, love all the soft colors you used.
ReplyDeleteI love the colors on this card! Thanks for joining us at the Lawnscaping Challenge! -Jessica
ReplyDeleteAwe, how cute is this! Love the critters holding the balloons!
ReplyDeleteSuch a sweet scene with the critters and balloons. Love your soft color combination too!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors! TFS :)
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