Happy Little Moments | Floral Cards Challenge Week 2 | Art Impressions

Welcome back to week 2 of the Art Impressions watercolor release.  I am just as excited about the second half of the watercolor release as I was about the first.  I wanted to do a dimensional card using one of the new bicycle stamps.  I also love all the new die releases.  I am using one of the banner dies for the sentiment “Happy Little Moments”.

Be sure to join us for the “Floral Cards” challenge over on the Art Impressions Blog.

Onto the card details:

Step 1:

I inked the large bicycle stamp in 969-Chocolate.  I stamped it off to the right and masked it off.  I inked up the tree from the fairy door set also in Chocolate and stamped it next to the bike.  Using a damp brush, I pulled the color out of the lines on both.

Step 2:

I added some additional color to the bike and tree.  Using my palette, I added some 528-Navy Blue to the bike.  I inked up the small vines from the New Foliage 4 set with 177-Dark Jade and stamped them into the front and back baskets.  I added a small amount of water to soften them.  I added daisy bunches using 725-Rhodamine Red to the foliage.

Step 3:

Using the vine from the original foliage set, inked with 249-Hunter Green, I stamped leaves around the tree top.  I added grass around the tree and bike using the small grasses from the same set.  I inked one of the new Foliage stamps with 636-Imperial Purple and stamped it to the left of the tree as well as between the tire spokes.  (Funny note:  as I am typing I realize that I didn’t draw in the spokes of the bike…LOL I will put them in now).  I added some teeny tiny flowers along the ground for added interest.  I added water to all of the flowers.

Step 4:

Make sure to sign and date your watercolor piece.  On a separate piece of watercolor paper, I stamped the sentiments Happy Little Moments in Gina K Design amalgam ink using my MISTI.  I cut it out with the new BANNER die.  I also cut a piece of craft foam using the die to pop it up.  I added some of the new small vines and some small flowers from the Mini Flower set to the left and right of the sentiment.

Step 5:

I used 3 different sizes of the stitched square dies to cut the watercolor piece.  I added craft foam to the back of the two smaller squares to give them some dimension.  I adhered the largest piece to a piece of Lovely Lavender card stock from Gina K Designs cut to 4 x 5.25.  Next, I adhered the craft foam to the middle piece and adhered that to the cardstock.  Then I added another piece of craft foam to the smallest piece and attached that to the card.  I assembled the sentiment to craft foam and attached it to the bottom of the card.

I love the dimensional look of the card.  I hope you are inspired to create some cards like this.  We would love to see what you come up with.  Make sure to tag us on Instagram (#AIWatercolor).

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