Touch of Winter

Well the snow is gone and it has warmed up again nicely - so we can live again lol. I recently came across the Altenew Inspiration challenge and I was intrigued by the color palette and the inspiration project done by Nathalie DeSousa. While hers used alcohol inks and I don't have alcohol inks, I used her inspiration to create my watercolor background.

Using watercolor paper, I sprayed the page very heavily with water. I was intending on using my Arteza Brush Pens to create this background with, but they did not perform as intended on the wet surface. The water actually washed out of the nibs and no more pigment came down onto the page. So I then returned to my trusty watercolor set and continued with a red and a coffee brown which when mixed with the water brought up the shades of the challenge (see image below). Once I had enough pigment on the paper, I blew it around with a straw  until I was happy with the color shapes. I then dried it with my heat tool - I mean who has time to wait for it to dry? I then cut a cardpanel out of it one size smaller than notecard size with a Hero Arts die.

Using my Craft a Flower Tulip dies, I cut the two flowers in white, tan and grey and also one leaf and an additional stem. I stamped the sentiment from a Power Poppy stampset in Versamark ink and coated it in fine detail white embossing powder. I then arranged the tulips on my cardpanel before adhering the cardpanel to a white top folding cardbase with foam tape.

I love these Tulips. My previous version using them was in bright colors. But they work in neutrals too on a bright background.

Supplies Used

CAF Tulip Dies	Rectangle Inifinity Dies	Platinum 6	Craft Tweezers
Canson Watercolor	Crayola Paints	Versamark	1/2 inch Foam Tape
Aleene's Tacky Glue

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Entered into the Outlawz Saturday Paper A La Mode - Jan 30, 2021 thru Feb 12, 2021 Challenge

Entered into the Creations in Pink Challenge # 30 - Anything Goes in MAINLY Pink

Entered into the Altenew Touch of Winter Challenge

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