Vintage Birthday
Posted: July 26, 2014 Filed under: Delicate Florals, Footnotes | Tags: Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer Watercolour pencils, Fabriano Watercolour Paper, Penny Black stamps, Tsukineko Memento inks 18 Comments
This is one of those designs that grew out of a vague idea not a definite plan. The popped up panel is watercolour paper which I taped down to my work surface. I spritzed water onto it before I stamped. I inked the stamp from “Delicate Florals” with Memento Dandelion, Tangelo and Olive Grove markers then spritzed generously before stamping. I restamped without re-inking a couple of times. Next I inked just the flower heads with the markers and stamped them a couple of times. Finally I stamped a little extra foliage. To highlight the flowers a little more I added more colour with the Potter’s Clay marker and the Venetian red watercolour pencil. The background colour is a combination of watercolour pencil splatter and Memento ink mixed with water. While the panel was still taped down I ran an olive watercolour pencil around the edge of the tape then blended it into the panel with a waterbrush. I added a little extra texture and pattern with the text stamp from the new “Footnotes” transparent set. Once I removed the tape the panel reminded me a little of old postcards so I chose the sentiment from “Sentimental set” because of the vintage style font.
Supplies:
Stamps: Delicate Florals, Sentimental, Footnotes (PB)
Inks: Memento Dandelion, Tangelo, Potter’s Clay, Olive Grove Markers, Olive Grove & Pistachio ink (Tsukineko)
Pencils: Albrecht Durer Watercolour pencils Olive Green 173, Venetian Red 190 (Faber Castell)
Cardstock: Fabriano 100% cotton hot pressed watercolour paper, Neenah Natural White 110lb cardstock
Heather Telford 
Beautiful! You do vintage so well. Thank you.
So so so beautiful! Love!
Wonderful card, Heather! LOVE the bkgrd, colors and what a beautiful floral stamp. 🙂
Oh my ! This is gorgeous !
Wow, Heather, this is gorgeous.
just such a lovely card and love how you blended the edges for a fantastic touch – thanks for explaining your method of doing this card
You are just the best at watercoloring! This is gorgeous.
Very nice. Looks 3d where you had the tape.
gorgeous card, I love vintage
Pitchoune
That is really lovely, very inspiring for me. Thanks
This is absolutely gorgeous!
Love the depth you’ve achieved, Heather, and it’s still so soft and delicate. Gorgeous!
Absolutely beautiful!
Oh, Heather, what a stunning card! I LOVE the vintage feel to this card and how you’ve colored these blooms! Gorgeous! Hugs!
This is stunning! I love it and the sentiment is fabulous! xx
This is so pretty-love the vintage look and feel.
Gorgeous! I love the depth you’ve created.
Love this beautiful vintage look! Congrats on the tweet from Penny Black!