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Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Autumn Watercolor Flowers

Hello friends! Today I have a card to share that I made with the Simon Says Stamp October Card Kit. The October kit is beautiful, with gorgeous neutral/autumn shades, a very pretty stamp set, and it even includes a pair of Tim Holtz mini scissors. Perfect for me, since I tend to look for mine as they keep getting lost among papers. 

This morning we had a visit by an elk in the garden, it was standing right outside the window. 

Layers of ink - Autumn Watercolor Flowers by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Made with the SSS October Card Kit.

The pretty flowers were calling out for some watercoloring, and I decided to stamp them in black, for a sketchbook look. I colored them loosely with watercolors, but you can use Distress Ink instead. For this project, I used an autumn palette, with different colors this can be a card for any season.


Here is the stamp set and some of the products from the October Card Kit that I used. The Thankful Flowers set is so pretty with all the flowers, and I really like the mix of larger and smaller sentiments.

Layers of ink - Autumn Watercolor Flowers by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Start by stamping the larger flower group and one of the small flowers on a square piece of watercolor paper.

Layers of ink - Autumn Watercolor Flowers by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Mix up some watercolor paint. You need a yellow, an orange, a brown and two shades of green. Paint the flowers. Drop in darker shades before the lighter ones dry, and watch the magic as they blend. I pulled out color from the edges, by painting with water and just barely touching the still wet paint.

Layers of ink - Autumn Watercolor Flowers by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

For a warmer look, I decided to paint the entire background with a soft yellow.

Layers of ink - Autumn Watercolor Flowers by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Splatter a little bit of brown paint on the background.

Layers of ink - Autumn Watercolor Flowers by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Mix up a brownish grey and paint shadows.

Layers of ink - Autumn Watercolor Flowers by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Draw a border around the edges and distress the edges. Stamp the background repeatedly with one of the small sentiment stamps from the set.

Layers of ink - Autumn Watercolor Flowers by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Add highlights with a white gel pen, and add some marks with a black fine line marker, to increase the sketch look.

Layers of ink - Autumn Watercolor Flowers by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Here's a close up on the white and black line work that I added. I love using a white gel pen to add highlights to a project.

Layers of ink - Autumn Watercolor Flowers by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Small sentiment stamps are perfect to use as background elements. Stamp until there is no more ink on the stamp.

Layers of ink - Autumn Watercolor Flowers by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I love the gorgeous gold letters that came in the kit.

Layers of ink - Autumn Watercolor Flowers by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

And the last flower in the upper corner. The panel was mounted on the dark brown cardstock from the kit and then on gold paper.

Layers of ink - Autumn Watercolor Flowers by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.




Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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2 comments:

  1. This is just lovely - the colours are so heart-warming. And how amazing to see an elk in your garden!
    Alison x

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  2. Great tutorial Anna!!!! This card is so pretty and perfect for an Autumn message of thanks!!!

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