Watercoloured Waterlily

Hi there

Today I'm sharing a card I've just made, initially for the CASology challenge but I've also found a few more challenges to combine which are listed below.

The challenge this week at CASology has the cue word 'Float'.  Here I've used a waterlily stamp from a Clearly Besotted set I've had for some time, but I'd not yet inked up this particular stamp.

I used the waterlily die to cut out some watercolour paper.  I then stamped the co-ordinating waterlily in grey ink as I thought black may be too harsh for a watercolour image.  In hindsight I think I should have used something even paler.  I then squished my green, pink and yellow inks onto an acrylic block and coloured in the image using a waterbrush.  I used some fishtail flag dies to cut out three pieces of patterned paper and layered these up before adhering the waterlily on top using 3D foam.  I stamped the sentiment in the same grey ink and finished off with a few 'water droplets' of glossy accents.

Materials used:

• Stamps: Clearly Besotted Stamps - With Love and Pretty Petals
• Dies: Clearly Besotted - With Love; MFT Die-namics - Fishtail Flag Stax
• Ink: Memento - London Grey, Angel Pink, Rose Bud, Cantaloupe and Cottage Ivy
• Patterned Paper: Hot Off The Press - Cardmaker's Ultimate Pack, Floral
• Glossy Accents

I'd also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Love to Create - Challenge #122 - 3 or more Design Papers

The Friday Mashup! - Challenge 167 - Watercolour Wash / CAS

AAA Cards - Game #10 - Play with Watercolour Techniques

Brown Sugar - Challenge #101 - Anything Goes

I hope to be back again soon with more to share.  I've had a hectic weekend so this is all I can share at the moment.  

Hope to see you soon :)