Watercoloured florals

Hello there :)

I had planned to share a couple of Paper Smooches cards with you today but then my Mama Elephant goodies arrived and I just had to try out the Freestyle Florals stamp set instead :)

Even though there has been a flood of floral stamps recently, these bring a fresh feel with the sketched outlines and they appealed to me instantly...

 This card started out as a one layer card by masking around the edges of a square card base and stamping the flowers inside the masked area. I watercoloured whilst the tape was still in place ( I use Frog Tape because it doesn't allow seepage underneath!!).. the only problem is I forgot it was ordinary card so it warped too much for my liking, hence a quick change to matting and layering :) I used distress inkpads squished onto an acrylic block to add colour.

This next card was inspired by a monochrome challenge and my love of green!!

hhmmmmm.... the jury is still out on this one, I used proper watercolours and definitely need more practice with them!! This is watercolour card which is trimmed and adhered to a card base and the sentiment is is one from Avery Elle's So Happy which is embossed onto a strip of vellum. I love how the vellum softens the edge between the florals and the green card.

Here are the links to the stamp sets I used

                             

Just a quick reminder that it's a sketch challenge over at the Paper Smooches Sparks  this week... I used Sunnyside Up, Cloud dies, Quote Tag dies and We Totally Click for my interpretation.
It would be great to see you play along with us too :)

Jenny x

Squeaky Clean New Digs!!

Can we have a 'yeah!!' for a Bank Holiday Monday and sunny weather as well :0)

How are you spending the day?..out in the sunshine or Crafting? We are going to be spending ours around the home and garden but hopefully not using any of the items on my card today!!!!

I'm revisiting the Paper Smooches set called Squeaky Clean as promised and I've grouped together quite a few of the images using the masking technique and then watercoloured them with Inktense pencils :0)

I thought this would make a great 'New Home' card for a youngster moving out of the family nest.... if only to serve as a reminder that these items exist and need to be used occasionally.. Lol :0)

The drum of the washing machine has been turned into a 'shaker' style element and I've used micro beads to represent bubbles. The actual stamp has a heart shaped window in the machine but I performed some 'stamp surgery' and removed the centre so I could ink the machine up easily and add a circle instead from Sunny Side Up :0)

                            

Thanks for stopping by :0)
Jenny x