May 13 2007
Le Chic Again
I’ve made another card with this CTMH acrylic set, Le Chic, and the Chatterbox paper since I enjoyed it so much yesterday. The flower has a We R Memory Keepers eyelet in the center, filled with glitter, which is a nice surprise when seen IRL. I used the same colors as the last card, but with more Bashful Blue this time. The ric rac is from the sewing notions department at Wal-Mart and the sentiment is one of the reasons I’m hanging on to the SU! set, Treat Yourself.
I colored the image with markers again, but this time I used Vicki Garrett’s technique that she posted today (Sunday) on her blog, Summerthyme Studio. This link will take you directly to her wonderful tutorial on watercoloring with markers. Please see Vicki’s tutorial for complete instructions. Per Vicki’s directions, I stamped this time on watercolor paper with Stazon–I used Timber brown. It’s very important to use Stazon if you’re going to apply water to it. The SU! Basic Brown that I used yesterday is okay just for markers, alone, but it will bleed if it gets too wet. I loved the way I could dab a little more ink on the already wet paper and it would sort of blend itself. Thanks, Vicki, for this great idea!
I hope your Sunday was a very pleasant one, whether you’re a mother or not! I now have a table adorned with red roses and cards and I spent the day shopping for flowers, brunching and stamping. My husband made dinner for me, too. He’s a very sweet guy!
Okay, I’m seriously going to have to check out that tutorial, because your coloring is FABULOUS. I love how vivid and blended the colors are. Thanks for the info!
Another lovely card to enjoy this morning! More inspiration to do some watercoloring. I’m so glad you had a wonderful Mother’s Day. Linda
Beautiful watercoloring Leslie! Love your layout on this one too. Everything just flows together so beautifully!
Linda
What a beautiful gift for all of us to enjoy on mothers’ day and any other day
Gorgeous watercoloring. I am going straight to Vicki’s blog to check out her technique. TFS
Hi Leslie,
This card is just beautiful. Your watercoloring and embellishments just work so perfectly. Thanks for sharing the watercoloring tutorial. I’m going to have to try it out.
grace
Oh my word…this is so awesomely beautiful….I love the colors in the papers you used! Another amazing piece of art! Thank you for sharing it with us. Barb g
So gorgeous! Thanks for pointing us to Vicki’s blog, I’m definitely going to give this a try! And a minor touch but I love how you put the rickrack between the blue & yellow layers of the matting on your main image.
How darling Leslie! Your coloring is stunning! Love that stamp too!!!
What a fun card!! I just love the bright cheery colors and the ric rack!
Oh…I love this paper with the Bashful Blue! Beautiful coloring again, Leslie!! Love the big flower and rick rack.
This cards looks like I just need to touch and hold it — so very tactile in appearance — just love your coloring — I’d better go read that lesson — I need it!!! LOL!!!
That is one very cute stamp set! Love this card too!:)
~Angie
This is beautiful!! Your coloring WOW!!
Both of these cards are truly gorgeous and I am so intriqued with the watercoloring. I really need to check out that tutorial.