Welcome back to watercolor weekend. I created this Winter Spring Shoe for this weekend because we have had the weirdest weather up here in New England. Why not create a bouquet in an old shoe sitting in the snow?
Project Details
I inked up one of the shoes from the WC Shoe stamp set with my brown. I then inked several spot up with my black, parts that I wanted to keep really dark. I stamped it in the middle of my Canson watercolor paper. Using a smaller paintbrush, I added a small amount of water to the darkest areas pulling some into the other areas of the shoe. From my watercolor palette, I added some additional brown to the shoes darker areas and softened them into the highlighted area.
I created a mask for the top of the shoe to protect it from the stamping of the flowers and foliage. I started with my foliage. I inked up the small vines from the Foliage set 4 with green and stamped it several times around the top of the shoe and sparingly around the top of the arrangement leaving room for the flowers. I added water to soften the leaves.
I used red to ink up the small flower form the Mini Flower set. I stamped it several times around the shoe. Next I inked up the long bloom from Flower set 1 with purple. I stamped it several times to create height at the top of the arrangement. Finally, I inked the small dots from the Mini Flower set with blue and stamped it in between the leaves and blooms. I added water to all the blooms to soften them.
To ground my shoe I decided to make it sit on a bed of snow. I used a blue-purple to create the mounds of snow under the show. It is a perfect color for the shadows I needed. Last but not least I signed and dated my work.
Card Details
You could use this project for many occasions, including Valentines Day! I used my MISTI to stamp my sentiment. I wanted to make sure after I spent all that time, I didn’t screw it up in the 9th hour…feel me?
I inked it up with Gina K Designs black amalgam ink. I cut out my project, as well as the Gina K Designs Wild Lilac card stock, using my rectangle stitched dies.
Once I glued them all together with my Gina K Designs connect glue, I noticed that it needed a little shine. Not realizing that my Wink of Stella pen was really juicy I added some sparkle to my flowers and the shoe. It created some blooms in my blooms which I ended up really liking. I did end up dabbing it off with a paper towel.
That’s it!
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Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope my Winter Spring Shoe project inspired you no matter what the weather is near you! Check me and my team members out over on the AI Blog and Instagram.
Have a crafty day!
Tricia
SUPPLIES:
You did such a great job on the sky, the boot – and getting the glitter to show! Beautiful.
I love this! Especially your sky – beautifully done. *I have painted something virtually IDENTICAL for a March post!! Just made it into a card yesterday – you’ll smile when you see it. Definitely on the same wavelength :o)