Hey,
I can't believe it is May already!! So much has happened this year and I guess being out of action for 6-8 weeks explains why this year is whipping by!
I made a card at the weekend, that totally fits this month's Happy Little Stampers watercolour challenge -
The April Hero Arts Card Kit arrived whilst I was in London, so last weekend was my first chance to break it out and have a play.
I really wanted to stamp one of the ladies over a watercoloured background..so I mixed up some distress inks, applied water and smooshed my background and added a few extra streaks and splodges with a brush.
I was careful to only add colour to part of the card, as I didn't want her head to be in the background and I die-cut my panel (MFT Stitched Wonky die) before I started applying the colour - makes it easier to understand the space I am working with.
I stamped the skirt, legs, body and head before I stamped and die-cut the skirt in RED!! How lucky was that ;)
As the body was stamped over the watercolour background, I used Zigs and a white gel pen to colour in the top, so that the background wasn't peeking through.
I left her legs alone, as I like the idea of the colour swirling around her legs and feet?!
Super simple card and I had a lot of fun playing with the various elements from the card kit.
The card is actually for a work colleague that is leaving, I am so sad to see her go and she is most certainly one of a kind!
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Love this card, the background works perfectly with her. I'm sure someone's stealing days, how on earth can it be May already?!! Cara x
ReplyDeleteLove her, love this, the smooshed paper, the colored top, it's all a win for me x
ReplyDeleteThe colour really does swirl around her legs, what a great way to add movement. Love this. Thanks for sharing with us at HLS watercolor challenge ! Jenny x
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