Winter Birdhouse | Watercolor Weekend | Art Impressions

It’s such an exciting time to be a part of the Art Impressions watercolor design team.  We are still showcasing the new watercolor stamps and this weekend’s no exception.  I chose to do a Winter Birdhouse card featuring one of the new Large Birdhouse stamps.

Project Details

To start, I inked the top of the Large Birdhouse stamp with Dark Blue and the rest of the stamp with Brown.  I planned to do the roof covered with snow so didn’t ink all of the lines along the roof.  I pulled the color out of the left and right side of the roof and the left side of the top.

I pulled color out of the house making sure I stayed within each section.  I pulled color from the platform and the wood pole.  I added some additional brown to the pole.  From my palette, I added some Green to the house, again making sure to stay within each section, making sure the far left, right and top were the darkest.  To get the darkest shadows, I work in layers to slowly build the color.

I added some Purple to the ground below and around the Birdhouse for some shadows.  Next, I used the mini Flower set leaves inked with Green and the left and right buds from the new Flower Set 4 inked with Red.  I inked one of the birds with Brown and stamped it to the right of the Birdhouse.  I added some Red to it is layers to build the color up.

I added some Light Blue to the palette and created a sky behind the Birdhouse.  Finally, I signed and dated my work!

Card Details

I cut my project out with my oval stitched die.  I also cut a mat from Gina K Designs Edible Eggplant card stock.  I adhered my project to the mat and then to the card base using Gina K connect glue.

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