Happy Watercolor–Round Up

Another quick post to share some of the projects I have made using the Happy Watercolor stamp set in the Spring Summer catalogue. I am very surprised to not see this set in the new 2014-15 catalogue – so sorry to say… this is also only available to buy until 30th June…. as I know it has been VERY popular in classes

First a Freestanding Pop Up Poppy card that fits in a notecard envelope. In Crisp Canteloupe, Pistachio Pudding & Soft Sky

Then yet again… we have the  usual Clean & Simple style filler cards my ladies so love! All watercoloured  The first one was just coloured in using marker pens… the rest were watercoloured using an Aquabrush & ink squeezed onto the top of any ink pad.

Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Wisteria Wonder, Soft Sky & Elegant Eggplant to start with.

 

Then Whisper White, Pistachio Pudding, Soft Sky & Daffodil Delight…

Finished off  by Crumb Cake, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Canteloupe , Strawberry Slush & Soft Sky. With a touch of the white chalk marker & watercolour effect on the Crumb Cake again

 

This next one I have shared before… but again … just to keep it altogether for this round up….. just press on the photo to go to the original post for the details….

Happy Watercolor Get Well Card for WWWU #7

Last week’s Team Color Challenge set by Julie Wade – or WWWU for  short – was for Crisp Canteloupe, Calypso Coral, Primrose Petals and Gumball Green.

Now this combination presented an enormous challenge for  me – but the end result was much better than expected….. though a version did get binned!!

I had just found out that a very close family friend had unexpectedly spent a week in hospital – and that she had just come home – so I needed to get a card off in the post tout suite. So a quick combination of 2 of my card-making challenges that day – and here you have it! And funnily enough – when I finished – I realised that she loves the coral/pinky end of the colour spectrum – so it was perfect for her…. thank you again Julie!

All of the stamped images are from the new Happy Watercolor stamp set… I just strategically placed the flower so that the flower spray looked like leaves…..

The poppy was stamped three times using black Staz On, and coloured in using Primrose Petals ink &  the “splat…” stamp from the Happy Watercolor set… Then 1 was cut out whole and the other  2 as selective petals … and finally all layered up on top of each other. Then I just added a small amount of black using my blender pen to the centre of the flower for extra definition….

And so what of the version that got binned…… I had used the multi dots image that is also in the Happy Watercolor stamp set for the background/card base… Well it would have been perfect for someone with chicken pox!! But not for this ailment!!!

SU! Supplies Used

Stamps – Happy Watercolor, Four You, A Dozen Thoughts

Inks - Crisp Canteloupe, Calypso Coral, Primrose Petals and Gumball Green

Card – Crisp Canteloupe, Primrose Petals