Hello! Reverse Confetti & CardMaker Magazine are teaming up today for a blog hop, and I'm here to share this bright little number! :) Hopefully you've reached my blog by way of Lisa Silver's blog (the blog hop started over on the CardMaker Magazine blog, so if you'd like to start at the beginning, please click ***here***.)
To create my card, I first started with a piece of 4.25 x 5.5 watercolor paper, and covered it with a light coating of water. I then sprinkled the layer with Turquoise, Orange and Fuchsia Color Burst watercolor powders. I tried to leave them alone to do their thing, but I'm a hoverer, so I dabbed the watercolor paper here and there with a wet brush to help speed things along, and used a paper towel to soak up the excess water/color in any areas that were getting muddled.
Since I'm not the most patient person when it comes to watercolor, I grabbed my heat tool to help speed up the drying process. Once the panel was dry, I stamped the feather image from Pretty Peacocks in Versamark ink, then heat set them with white embossing powder. I then trimmed the layer on an angle, and adhered it to a light gray card base with foam tape. The sentiment from Celebrations was stamped in Versamark ink onto orange textured CS, then heat embossed with white powder. To finish up, I adhered the sentiment to the card front with foam tape, then embellished with silver enamel dots.
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Thanks for stopping by today, next stop on the hop is Kim Klinkovsky!
Heather, I ADORE your gorgeous card!
ReplyDeleteThat watercolor background is stunning! Thanks for being a part of the hop!
ReplyDeleteWOW!Great colors! Great design! Just love it! Thanks for hopping along with us! ~Kim K. at My Kraft Kloset
ReplyDeleteOh my... gorgeous! I find it hard to let those powders do their thing as well... just beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove love love this card. So pretty and I want to try this!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool background!
ReplyDeleteI am in LOVE with the bold beautiful watercolor background you created!
ReplyDeleteVERY pretty Heather. (Just for the record, I am not very patient waiting for things to dry either! LOL)
ReplyDeleteWhat a mesmerizing card, Heather, wow!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. Love the colors and the stamp set. So pretty.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card with
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Like the angle too.
Carla from Utah
Gorgeous colors on this pretty card! Love the feathers embossed in white!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Love the mix of colors! WOW!
ReplyDeleteOh geez! What a spectacular color combination! That background is stunning!
ReplyDeleteLove everything about your card. The feathers, the angled layer, your beautiful, bright, bold colors. Superbalicious!!
ReplyDeleteI really like the look of your card Heather! Thanks for sharing your technique--you've inspired me to try it!
ReplyDeleteI really like the look of your card Heather! Thanks for sharing your process--you've inspired me!
ReplyDeleteThese embossed peacock feathers are gorgeous! I like this technique and will have to give it a try!
ReplyDeleteTake Care!
Michele
Wild and crazy but I love it.
ReplyDeleteThe colors are amazing. The embossing really
gives a lot of movement to the card.
thanks for sharing.
Beautiful work! I am loving the Celebrations set, but, you got me thinking with the Peacock Feathers.... Anne S.
ReplyDeleteThis is so gorgeous, Heather! I love it!
ReplyDeleteStunning card! I love those water color powders - they are so cool!
ReplyDeleteFabulous card Heather!! Love everything about it! I have to try this!!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors. I've never tried watercolor powders. Awesome card.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous background!
ReplyDeleteThe white embossing looks great against the beautiful Color Burst watercolor.
ReplyDeleteThe dramatic background is a perfect foil for the white embossed feathers. Love it!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous background, Heather! Perfect for your peacock set!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, I love that background!
ReplyDeleteLovely background,
ReplyDeleteWOW... WOW... fantastic work on that background! LOVE IT!
ReplyDeleteWow!!! Such a lovely card!!! Absolutely cute!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! Love the colors.
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