Friday, October 22, 2021

Mock Orange Blossom Take #2 with Rachel Vass Designs

 


Hello everyone!  Today I'm bringing inspiration from



I love this stamp set.  Hands down, it has to be my favorite.  I
love the sentiments and I love the floral image.  Let me show you
how I made my mini slimline card.
I composed my images around the sentiment and sized them for
a mini slimline card.  I printed the image out onto 90lb. watercolor 
paper* (B00ED3LEBE).  This prints really well in my ink jet printer.


I had already decided on my color palette - violet and warm gray.  To
give my images color I used 2 shades of Distress Ink to watercolor with.


For the warm gray, which I painted my leaves with, I used
Pumice Stone Distress Ink.  I smooshed a bit onto my glass
work mat and then watercolored with it.


For the blossoms I used Seedless Preserves.  For shading I used
a more concentrated application of the ink.  The first application,
which is sort of like an all over base coat, I went fairly light.


I love how well these two colors play off each other.  I painted the
other image exactly the same way.


I splattered this lightly with Payne's Gray watercolor.  Although
this looks like a fairly dark color in the pan, it really dries back, so
it gave a much softer gray effect here.  Next I needed to paint
the centers of the blossoms.


I decided to use a gold paint from one of my Iuile Watercolor Dot
Cards.  I used the Golden Buddha shade.  I had already cut my
panel to 2 3/4" x 6".  I made a white card base that measures
3" x 6 1/4" when folded.  I covered the front of the base with
Plum card stock from Hero Arts.  It's my favorite plum card stock!


I decided not to add anything else to my card.  I think the touches
of gold in the centers of the blossoms was enough.  I adhered my
painted panel to the base and that finished my card!


I hope you enjoyed today's project.  You can find this digistamp set
and many more beautiful sets at


Thanks so much for taking time out of your busy day!  I appreciate
your interest!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Rachel Vass Designs, I do receive the products I use from them.

 All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.

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