Afternoon Picnic and So Very Grateful
We had a fun sketch challenge the other day over on our team Facebook page. One of our demonstrators gave us a challenge to follow a sketch she'd drawn, and here's what I came up with. I pulled out my Afternoon Picnic that had gotten dusty over the winter and started looking at the pretty color scheme – Basic Gray, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz and Wisteria Wonder. While I didn't ultimately use much of the DSP (Just the Wisteria Wonder grid for the back layer), it did get me started on a great color palette for this floral card using So Very Grateful stamp set.
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- The Coastal Cabana DSP that came in Afternoon Picnic was too light and busy, so I grabbed a piece from the 2013-15 Designer Series Paper Stack. It had a white background, and my card was more vanilla, so I used a sponge and Crumb Cake ink and went over the paper lightly to "dirty" it up.
- The Finishing Touches Edgelit worked well with the look of the Doily and tied in my lacy theme. Pearls accent both the flowers and the strip to the side to complete this look – definitely feminine and a little vintage.
- The flowers from So Very Grateful were stamped in StazOn Black Ink then watercolored in with Aqua Painters and stamp pads. I used Watercolor Paper for this main image to get the best results.
To achieve some nice shading on your flowers, start out by using a little bit more water on your Aqua Painter and go over the entire image lightly. Let it dry then come back in with more color and go over certain spots you want darker. I did this with the Crushed Curry flowers, making the centers a bit darker.
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