I was very excited to be the Winner of the Navy & Cream Color Hues Challenge – you can check out that card here. My prize is to be Guest Designer for this challenge, yay!
I ended up creating two cards with peach and green colours, I was having fun with my new (to me) Altenew Watercolor 36 pan set – they are so nice to paint with!
Floral Garden Birthday
I die cut the Hero Arts Flower Garden from watercolour paper and leaving it all together, painted directly onto the entire panel. I found this easier to paint the delicate piece.
I cut two more from Bristol Smooth cardstock to stack behind for dimension.
I did a gentle watercolour wash on another piece of cardstock using Distress Ink Shabby Shutters, a really gentle green. I used a wide paintbrush and painted water over the panel first. I smooshed the ink onto my work surface and picked up colour with my brush, and swept it back and forth across the panel, aiming for a pretty ombre effect. Once dried, I then used the Simon Says Stamp Detail Bohemian Plate to add a little interest – the dot details kind of matched the floral shapes of the die cut.
I cut the larger heart from the Simon Says Stamp Heart Duet set (sadly discontinued, but any heart die would work), and stamped the birthday sentiment and a tiny heart towards the bottom, and a stacked Hero Arts ‘happy’ die cut on top. I finished the flower garden with some dark peach gems and gold Liquid Pearls.
Flower Fields Birthday
I have been using this Flower Fields background stamp in a number of projects lately, and decided to paint it with the peach and green colour way. I stamped the image with Antique Linen Distress Oxide for the ‘no line’ look.
I used the Altenew watercolours to paint this too, using the exact same colours as the above card. This time, I was going for a more subtle look – subtle takes practice!
I used the Honey Bee Stamps Birthday die – this little set comes with the birthday die itself, the shadow die and a further shadow die with extra piercing. There’s a matching sentiment set, and I’ll link to that below too.
I used the plain shadow die to cut the floral panel just below the centre and popped the pieces up with double sided foam onto Gina K Grass Green cardstock. I stacked the birthday die cut with gold in the space between.
I felt the white card base was too stark, so I added a lighter green mat in Jellybean Green. I finished the card with a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Birthday and a few Peridot gems from Studio Katia.
I have recently discovered a new black ink pad – a friend was visiting and introduced me to the Versafine Clair Nocturne ink pad, an incredibly dark, crisp black. My new favourite for sentiments! Especially those hard to stamp solid lettering sentiments, wow, what a difference! It is a pigment ink, so not suitable for Copic colouring, but you can use it for watercolour.
This completes my pair of cards as Guest Designer for the Color Hues Color Challenge today. Thank you for stopping by! Below are links to the products I used. Some are affiliate links (not all), which simply means I may get a small commission when you shop, at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support.
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Chick, You really hit this challenge out of the park with not one by two beautiful cards! The watercolor wash behind all the die-cut flowers was such a great idea! Then your second card, your subtle no-line coloring is gorgeous and I love the way you cut out the birthday greeting. So happy to have you at Color Hues you really made the colors shine this time. Take care!
You are too kind! Thank you for having me on the team this time around 😍
I am BLOWN away with your cards. I just can’t stop looking at them!!
Oh that’s so nice of you to say! Thank you so much for stopping by and taking the time to comment ❤️❤️
Both cards are stunning! All those die cuts would be so intimidating, so I was glad to read your technique for conquering it. Your no-line painting is beautiful, and I’m well aware of the amount of time and effort both cards required! So happy to have you as our guest at Color Hues!
Thank you so much for your lovely encouragement. I adore die cutting – more than stamping hahaha!
Two absolutely gorgeous cards! Your no-line colouring is terrific. Great to have you joining us at Color Hues!
Thank you so much – I really appreciate it 😍