A Fresh Bunch of Flowers
Posted: July 20, 2014 Filed under: Watercolour | Tags: Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer Watercolour pencils, Fabriano Watercolour Paper, Penny Black creative dies, Penny Black stamps 25 Comments
This watercolour has been sitting in the block for months; I had forgotten about it until I opened the block to use it for a new project. Some of my watercolour cards involve splashes of colour and loose blending in and outside the stamped lines. This is not one of those but a more controlled watercolour. I stamped the image in Memento Desert Sand ink using a post-it note mask to overlap the flowers. I then worked with watercolour pencils and a waterbrush to fill each flower with graduated colour. I drew stems and leaves to make a bunch, cropped the design, matted it and added a die cut sentiment.
Supplies:
Stamps: To You, (Penny Black)
Creative Dies: Celebrations
Inks: Memento Desert Sand (Tsukineko)
Also: Faber-Castell watercolour pencils dark orange 115, olive green 179, brown ochre 182, raw umber 180 and a water brush
Heather Telford 
Absolutely gorgeous. I love your watercolors.
Hi Heather, stunning effects. lovely card..hugs..Denise (UK) x
This is just so beautiful, Cx
Absolutely beautiful!
I love this. Any chance you would consider doing a tutorial? This is so beautiful.
Gorgeous Card!
I am in awe. This is exquisite.
You always WOW and inspire me, Heather! Love this masking and peachy color, blended swirls. I just tried to draw some flowers my dh gave me — kinda scary not using a stamp but you are teaching me!!!
Obvious from the comments we are speechless…these are gorgeous! Would second the tutorial request!
That is a really beautiful card. Those flowers are gorgeous!
Very nicely done.
Your talent astounds me. My jaw hit the floor when I saw this one!!!
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 19:54:04 +0000 To: jillianfoster82@hotmail.com
Ditto to all the other great comments
Beautiful card!
Beautiful
All of your cards are beautiful, but this one really struck me…simply gorgeous coloring and design. Thanks so much for sharing it.
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This is so beautiful. Just awe inspiring.
Heather, this is one of my favorites of any card I have seen. Absolutely stunning.
Just gorgeous, Heather!
Absolutely gorgeous!
Stunning, Heather!
THis is absolutely beautiful, Heather! I haven’t been commenting lately, but rest assured, Ive been drooling over each and every creation 😉
I thought it was a photograph! Your coloring & drawing are exquisite! Thank you for adding beauty to my day.
So beautifully done! The petals almost have a translucent effect. Gorgeous work Heather
I’ve just had a marvelous visit, Heather! I don’t get over as often as I’d like. I had to stop on this card as it really dislocated my jaw!! Breathtaking!! Hugs, Darnell