Floral on black
Posted: March 10, 2017 Filed under: Gladsome, Hand lettered | Tags: Finetec artist mica watercolour paint, Hand lettering, Penny Black stamps, WOW embossing powders 11 Comments
I’m sharing some shimmer today. Finetec artist mica pearl watercolours are very shimmery particularly on a black base. I worked on Neenah epic black cardstock and started by embossing the new outline image ‘gladsome’ in clear powder. The finetec pearl watercolour set has twelve colours so I chose a few and a small round watercolour brush to paint inside the lines.
It is hard to capture all the shimmer and shine in a photo but the mica pearl paint looks lovely as it catches the light. This is the type of card you need to tilt back and forth to see all its prettiness. I wanted to keep my sentiment co-ordinated so I used a nib pen and the same violet paint used on the petals. This is my second card with the ‘gladsome’ stamp; I like to get a range of different looks from one stamp. I think this one will be appearing again.
Supplies
Stamps: Gladsome (PB)
Pen: exclusive nib holder (Foiled Fox)
Ink: versamark (Tsukineko)
Paint: Finetec pearl colours
Paper: black cardstock
Also: WOW clear embossing powder
Heather Telford 
I love this beautiful floral. Your choice of colors on back is perfect.
*black – not back(!)
WOW! This is absolutely stunning and gorgeous, Heather. Love the vibrant of the watercolor paint you use with the stamp
I love the black background with the vibrant flowers…very striking! Very nice job on the sentiment!
Can you get the watercolour paints locally? (Ottawa)
Wow, this is beautiful!
Wow! This card is a stunner. I hope colouring within the clear black (although glossy) outline wasn’t too hard on the eyes. Not something to try in the evening, right? Beautiful work, Heather.
This is so shimmery and pretty Heather, it is certainly a showstopper using the black card. x
Very pretty! No problems watercolouring on the Neenah as opposed to w/c paper?
It worked well on the Neenah as long as I didn’t add too much water. I wanted the paint fairly undiluted anyway to completely obscure the black underneath.
Gorgeous card, Heather! Those mica powders really shimmer, especially with the black background. xx