The Challenge 73

It's Monday and that means there's another challenge over from The Challenge design team! This week is a photo inspiration challenge and it's gorgeous!

I just love the beautiful colors in this photo and my eye was immediately drawn to the peony on the side. I love peonies! (They just happen to be the state flower of Indiana where I grew up!)

For this card, I used some soft watercoloring to create dimension in my stamped flowers. I'm not a watercoloring master, so I heat embossed the image before painting. It really does make it easier! I only used 3 colors for the painting - Distress Inks in Tattered Rose, Twisted Citron, and Pumice Stone. I used more pigment toward the portions I thought would be darker and then gradually lightened the color by using water to move the color outward from the shadow. I love how it turned out! I finished it off by heat embossing the sentiment in gold and adding a sprinkling of Sparkling Clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

Happiest of Peonies	Canson XL Watercolor Paper	Neenah Solar White 80 lb	Tattered Rose	Twisted Citron	Pumice Stone	Versamark	Wow Rich Gold Embossing Powder
White Embossing Powder	Sparkling Clear Sequin Mix	5mm Be Creative Tape	Ranger Multi Medium Matte

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