Painted Sunfire
Posted: April 4, 2018 Filed under: cherry blossom, Foiling, Peerless watercolours, stitched square & circles, Sun fire | Tags: Peerless Transparent Watercolors, Penny Black creative dies 11 Comments
When creating die cut cards I sometimes paint the watercolour paper first, as I did for the brusho card posted a couple of days ago. Other times I do the die cutting and paint each element separately. For today’s card I cut three lilies ( a Penny Black die named ‘sunfire’) from hot pressed watercolour paper then painted them with peerless watercolours.
I chose a pink, a red and an orange paint and used at least two of them on each flower which gave me variety in the blooms but a cohesive look overall. I let the petals dry before using the red paint to add dots and the yellow paint for the stamen. I used a blue-ish green on the stems and leaves. Once all the paint was dry I used a glue pen to add a vein down the centre of the petals and also dabbed the ends of each stamen. I let the glue sit and dry partially then pressed gold foil over it .
To create a floral arrangement I cut a circle and some cherry blossom from unpainted watercolour paper and glued down all the elements. It took me a while to work out a layout that looked balanced. The die cut lilies are quite large so I trimmed bits off in order to fit them all on the card front. I finished it off with a gold foil die cut sentiment.
Supplies
Dies: sunfire, cherry blossom, many thanks, stitched square & circles
Paper: cold pressed watercolour paper, gold foil cardstock
Paint: Peerless watercolour paints
Also: quickie glue pen, gold foil
Heather Telford 
Wow! That’s gorgeous!
Wow, gorgeous!
Wow! This has taken my breath away! Simply gorgeous! Bravo you! TFS!
Hi Anne,
Thanks for your kind words!
Oh wow, this is so dramatically beautiful! Can only imagine what it looks like in person. Love it!
Wow! Beautiful, beautiful lilies, Heather!
Spectacular painting, Heather. I hope you’ll upload this to Pinterest.
This vibrant lilies are so beautiful Heather and the gold foil for the veins on the petals, the ends of the stamens and the sentiment really pop, and love the added spots on the petals too. This sort of detail makes such a difference, and the white circular frame and the blossoms make a wonderful background. x
Thank you Pat; I really appreciate all of your encouragement.
Absolutely STUNNING Heather!!! Your gold foil accents add an elegant touch!!! TFS
Paper Hugs,
Jan
Très jolie carte avec tous ces détails ! la feuille d’or donne un coté luxueux à ces beaux lys ! bonne idée ! ♥