Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Water color poppies

This card is for my ex Stampin' Up demo. She has a birthday coming up at the end of this week so this sentiment seemed perfect for her. I water colored the Penny Black die with four colors of Zig Clean Color real brush markers and embossed an oval background for them. It took three tries before I was happy with the water color since the blending seems hard to me. I love how this one turned out so I am playing in the CAS Watercolor challenge.








18 comments:

Sue - said...

That is a beautiful card Brenda. I find the shading and blending with watercolours hard too!

Lisa said...

Wow, it's so stunning, Brenda!! The colors look amazing!! What a gorgeous card this is!! Have a great evening!! Big hugs :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

Christine Alexander said...

gorgeous poppies Brenda, love the beautiful oranges and reds and your oval doily background is the perfect frame :)

Loll said...

Amazing card Brenda! Your friend is going to LOVE IT! Your poppies are so bright and cheerful. Great shading to give them lots of visual depth. Love the pretty, embossed oval frame and the sweet sentiment. Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Watercolour! xx

Megan J said...

Hi Brenda, a beautiful card for your Stampin' Up lady. Love the poppies. Have a wonderful week... Megan

oldpunca said...

Fabulous painted poppy blossoms. I like your elegant card. The sentiment fits perfectly. :-)
Hugs, Sonja

Maria said...

Oh, how gorgeous! Lovely color on on the poppy! Such an elegant feminine card, so pretty! The recipient will love it I'm sure!!

Verna Angerhofer said...

Beautiful card with the embossed frame showing off that pretty poppy design. Your coloring of it is wonderful.

Darnell said...

Fourth time's a charm, Brenda, this is breathtaking! Great job on the coloring and the choice of that beautiful oval frame! Perfect sediment for her!! xxoo Hugs, Darnell

Nstiz said...

Outstanding coloring on this Brenda! It would take me that many tries too and I've never achieved the blending you did here. This is fabulous!

Bonnie said...

Beautiful poppies, Brenda! Your blending is perfect and I love the embossed oval that frames it so beautifully! Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Watercolour!

jimlynn said...

Totally sensational!!! Love that you colored the flowers that way and the embossing is just beautiful for the frame. Lovely, lovely card Brenda!
Lynn

Carol L said...

THis is beautifully colored and I love those flowers with the oval doily in the background! Glad you persisted - it paid off :)

Mac Mable said...

So striking and absolutely beautiful and love your water colouring x.

Greta said...

Oh so pretty--love the beautiful oval layer!

Brenda said...

Wow Brenda, this card is stunning!!!! I have this die and have yet to use it. Now I'm going to have to try using my Zigs and make a card with it. I am so loving that beautiful embossed oval. What folder is that??? So pretty! Well done my friend!!! Hugs, Brenda

cotnob said...

A gorgeous card Brenda, beautifully coloured poppies and fabulous CAS design.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Karen Dunbrook said...

gorgeous card...love the colour you added to your poppies, looks amazing.
Thanks so much for playing along with the CAS Watercolour Challenge.
:) Karen