Thriving

Posted: April 15, 2024 | Author: Heather | Filed under: Penny Black, thriving | 5 Comments

Waiting for flowers? I have two daffodils in bloom so that’s a start. These sweet blooms are from the Penny Black clear set, ‘Thriving‘. I’m not sure what the plant is although the little star shaped flowers look familiar. I used distress inks and markers and a no-line watercolour technique featured in my online class Floral Faves.

The sentiment is from the Penny Black ‘Scripture‘ set. For no-line watercolour you need a neutral dye ink which will blend in as you add other colours. I used a soft stone, a grey ink from Papertrey Ink for this panel but sometimes choose a pale beige such as distress antique linen.

Hope something is blooming for you even if it is inside or on a card! This post includes affiliate links from Foiled Fox. If you buy through these links I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.

One colour floral

I know I’ve been talking a lot about FLORAL FAVES, my new online class, but today’s post is not all about a favourite stamp or a favourite technique. Today the star is my favourite colour. I am team blue all the way! Some might consider this particular blue a bit sneaky because it dilutes to pink and purple tones but I just consider it clever. The way this design turned out with overlapping flowers in shades of blue reminds me of a piece of clothing my mother had when I was very young, perhaps a skirt. My mother was definitely team blue as well!

Juniper Mist ink from Catherine Pooler is one of those magical inks that separates into several different colours. It might not be quite as magical as Memento northern pine, but it’s definitely up there.

Using a stamp from the transparent PB set ‘thriving’, I stamped what might be a lilac several times on hot pressed watercolour paper with juniper mist and painted each flower and leaf with water. I didn’t spend long on the painting so it’s a little messy but that’s the style for this one. As I painted I varied the amount of water I blended with, added extra ink for some flowers and dabbed other ones. Dabbing away wet ink when using juniper mist leaves a pink print.

I’m keeping it floral here on the blog for a while longer to celebrate the launch of my new online class FLORAL FAVES. Thank you to everyone who has joined already. The lesson content is all available now so dive in!