Hey watercolor fans! Thank you so much for joining me again for Watercolor Weekend. For my project this week, I decided to make a Thank You Floral card. I love the Floral Invites set because you can use it in so many different ways. Just change the color of the flowers, foliage, and the message and the card has a whole new feel.
TIP: When using clear stamps it is sometimes difficult to see the design so I prep my stamp by coloring it completely with my 725 and cleaning it off. The pink stains the stamp (which is fine) and allows me to see where the details are.
To start, I placed the large wreath from the Floral Invites set in my MISTI. I am using my MISTI because I want to use several different markers and it allows me to stamp several times. First, I inked up the blooms with my pink (725), I made to sure to include the buds as well. I stamped it onto my watercolor paper. Next, I inked up the foliage in green (249) and stamped them onto my watercolor paper. Lastly, I inked the berries in brown (969) and stamped those. I left my stamp in my MISTI in case I wanted to come back and add some darker color.
I started by adding water to the blooms. In order to get some depth, I made sure to only slightly pull color from the inside of the blooms, cleaning my brush and adding clean water to bring the color to the edges. I added some additional color from my palette being sure to leave a highlight. Next, I pulled the color from the foliage, again adding some additional color from my palette. Lastly, I added some water to the berries and some additional color.
For the center, I added water around the middle and then dropped in some blue (493) around the edges and then blended it toward the middle. Once it was dry, I stamped the Thank you from the set into the middle using some black versafine ink. Make sure to sign and date your work. Thank you so much for stopping by and spending some time water coloring with us! Have a crafty day!
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Great wreathe and I like to make them.