Watercolor Weekend – where is spring? I was playing around with some flower arrangements I saw on social media and got inspired to create some flower vases. Here is one Spring Arrangement that I loved how it came out.
This is a really simple project that can be done in minutes. I like to do these smaller projects sometimes to get my creative juices flowing. They are a great warm up exercise and you end up with a card that you can add any sentiment to. I hope you will give it a try!
Step 1:
I inked up the large vase with my light blue (476) and little bit of blue-purple (569), stamped it off and stamped it in the bottom third of my card. In order to keep it light, I added water to the lines being careful not to use too much so it blurred the line. The vase is round so I made sure to keep the darkest color along the outside of the vase.
Step 2:
Sometimes I have a heavy hand with my foliage so I like to start by adding the foliage around the top of the vase. I used the left and right rounded leaves inked with 177, to create a bed of greens. I softened the leaves with water.
Step 3:
Next, I inked up the stamp that looks like small hearts with my pink (725) and created five blooms (odd numbers are more interesting) by stamping at least 5 times in a circle. I tried to keep the lighter color toward the back of the bloom. Soften the blooms with water.
Step 4:
I added more green leaves around the blooms, making sure I stamped 4-5 times. I softened the lines.
Step 5:
I stamped the small twigs from the desert stamp inked with brown (969). I added some additional blue, purple and dark blue. I added some wink of stella over the whole vase.
Step 6:
To create a little height and interest, I inked the left and right twig from the Foliage set 4 with purple (606). I stamped it 3 times at the top and twice at the bottom left. I added a small amount of water.
Step 7:
To ground the vase (don’t want it floating out there), I added brown (969) to the bottom of the vase, darker underneath the vase. I signed and dated project.
Step 8:
I cut the project out with my oval stitched die and added it to a mat cut from some gingham background paper. I added some purple gingham twine along the bottom of the card. I attached the whole thing to a white card base.
That’s it! This is such a great project to try for any skill level! Tag me on instagram so I can see your projects @tobin0971. Hope you have a crafty day!
Related: AI Watercolor Tutorial – Vase of Flowers
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Very pretty
Beautiful! I love your detailed written instructions. Thank you.