Watercolor Birthday

I don't typically watercolor a whole lot. I'm not comfortable with it as a medium and I tend to be too much of a perfectionist to really throw myself into it. I've taken a few classes to try to get a better understanding of techniques and colors, but I still find myself reaching for my copics more than any other medium. Today, I decided to just let go and play with some watercolors!

I started by heat embossing my sentiment and all of my images on watercolor paper with some white embossing powder. I love this technique. It helps the perfectionist in me stay inside the lines! I used distress inks on a makeshift pallet (laminated paper) and a water brush to do my actual watercoloring. I love how vibrant the colors are even after they dry. I used 2 colors for the roses and leaves in order to get some dimension, but I also used 3 different blues for the background. I wanted it to be darker around the sentiment so it wouldn't get lost in the haze of blue! I adhered my watercolor panel to a Fog cardstock base using some Be Creative tape. It really helps keep that sucker down even if it was a little warped! I finished it all off by adding a sprinkling of my favorite sparkling clear Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

I'm entering this card into four separate challenges! Holy Moly!

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Resist (I used watercolor resist for this one.)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Birthday
Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge - Spring
Inspired By All the Little Things: See the inspiration photo

Best Mom Ever	Big Scripty Greetings	Ranger Watercolor Paper	Fog Gray	Tumbled Glass	Broken China	Peacock Feathers	Spun Sugar
Abandoned Coral	Twisted Citron	Mowed Lawn	Versamark	White Embossing Powder	Water Brush	Sparkling Clear Sequin Mix	Misti Stamping Tool
Ranger Multi Medium Matte	5mm Be Creative Tape

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