Natures Harvest Echinacea and Meadow Dies Watercolour Print for PP612

by Joanne James9. October 2022 08:00

Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's the turn of the fabulous Laurie to host this week and she has an interesting colour challenge for us to work with:

       

I say interesting because Laurie's colours immediately made me think of Halloween, but since I rarely send Halloween cards and I don't have much in the way of current Halloween product, I was determined to use these colours on anything but a Halloween card! So much so, I started creating and ended up with not one but two cards to share with you today - and neither remotely anything to do with October 31st! Here's the first one using Amy's layout over at Freshly Made Sketches this week - take a look:

 

Here's the low-down on my first card:

Staying faithful to Amy's sketch, I added a band of Brights designer series paper to my Gorgeous Grape card base and decided to create a nature-inspired watercolour as my focal point. I stamped the echinacea from the 'Nature's Harvest' stamp set in Stazon onto watercolour paper, then loosley watercoloured my image using the challenge colours and my aquapainters. Once I'd painted my image, I added some speckles by flicking my black Stampin' Blends marker across the image before cutting out with the largest circle in my Stylish Shapes Dies:

 

I added a white-on-black sentiment from 'Art Gallery' to complete my card. I liked this card so much, I thought I'd use one of the dies in the co-ordinating set to try out a watercolour print technique that I'd seen on Pinterest. My first attempt was a hot mess, but taking my learns and a different die from the Meadow Dies set I had a second attempt and like this one much better! Here's the card in question:

 

Have you ever tried the watercolour print technique using diecuts? It's actually quite straightforward: diecut your flower from watercolour paper and colour with Stampin' Write markers. Once coloured, place the flower onto a blank piece of watercolour paper and lightly spritz with water. The water 'spreads' the ink from the diecut one the blank piece - you can also 'stamp' this piece with the wet, coloured flower (but I didn't do that here). Allow both pieces to dry then add to your card; I cut a frame out of my spritzed piece and then added my diecut flower offset from the relief image on the frame. I added some clear faceted gems and a sentiment from the 'Charming Sentiments' stamp set that, when paired with the words 'faith over fear' stamped on the inside were the perfect words of encouragement needed for a card to send to a friend battling breast cancer right now:

 

What do you think? I quite like the effect and will definitely be trying this with other dies in other colours. I am also linking my second card up over at Time Out since the sentiment is perfect for their theme this week.

Here are the visual summary of the key products used on today's projects for you to pin for easy reference:

 

 

You can see all of my Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

So what do these colours say to you - Halloween, or something else completely? Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:

  
 
Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
 
1.  Create a new paper project
2.  Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us and provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
3.  Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL.
4.  Have FUN!

Enjoy your day; I'll be back on Tuesday with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

 

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Comments (11) -

Jennie Maier
Jennie MaierUnited States
10/9/2022 1:35:44 PM #

Joanne, I love both of your cards. Both so cute but different with the same colors. Also love that you didn't make a Halloween card! Have a great week!

jaydee
jaydeeUnited States
10/9/2022 5:59:57 PM #

Joanne, I am so pleased I wasn't the only one that went florals - and these particular shades go together so beautifully.  I love both of them - but the one with the purple background just pops.
hugs
jaydee

Amy O'Neill
Amy O'NeillUnited States
10/10/2022 1:24:28 PM #

I love both of these beautiful cards! Your watercoloring is so pretty. Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!

Stephanie Lanzalotto
Stephanie LanzalottoUnited States
10/10/2022 3:58:49 PM #

Two gorgeous cards, Joanne. I love the way you applied color to the coneflowers, and the second with that printing technique is absolutely stunning. Thanks for playing with us at Time Out.

Karren Johnson
Karren JohnsonNew Zealand
10/11/2022 6:50:06 AM #

Two gorgeous cards!  Your watercolouring looks fabulous!  Thanks so much for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches.

Ann Schach
Ann SchachUnited States
10/11/2022 6:56:06 AM #

Beautiful cards, Joanne! I especially love the water colored one. What a stunning technique! Have a wonderful week!

Laurie Schmidt
Laurie SchmidtUnited States
10/12/2022 10:46:19 PM #

Awesome cards! I'm loving all the blooms...so pretty!

LeAnne Pugliese
LeAnne PuglieseUnited States
10/12/2022 11:52:55 PM #

I think they're both beautiful, but I admit that the second one, with the watercolor technique, really "wowed" me!  I love that effect...very soft and elegant!

Christy Stanford
Christy StanfordUnited States
10/14/2022 9:10:50 AM #

Both of your floral cards are beautiful, Joanne!  I'd never seen/heard of the watercolor bleed technique you used on the second one, really cool result and something I'll have to try myself!

Claire Broadwater
Claire BroadwaterUnited States
10/14/2022 12:05:16 PM #

Oh Joanne, your cards are both gorgeous!  I love the watercolored one best!  Those coneflowers are so pretty.  All that purple made me smile!  You certainly made these colors shine!  Have a super weekend, My Friend!  

Cindy Beach
Cindy BeachUnited States
10/14/2022 2:51:25 PM #

Joanne, both cards are so beautiful! I love the floral take on our colors, and they are lovely. I especially love the watercolor technique, it's beautifully done! Your friend is sure to be encouraged by your thoughtfulness.

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