Birthday

Good afternoon, and it's a beautiful Wednesday in our Upstate area...still on the cold side. But nothing so  extreme as those temps I'm hearing about in the UK & other areas. I mailed out Easter cards yesterday, but still have a couple to finish for hand delivery. I took a little break from the Easter motifs to start on my summer birthday cards (plus I have a very important one for DH to think about & get made! July is getting nearer).  This image was an attempt at watercolor, with Derwent Inktense colored pencils- not watercolor pencils though. I laid down a bit of color, then used one of those brushes with water in the barrel to spread the color around. After I finished it, looked at it for a while, I airbrushed a little (or a lot!) of Copic BG0000 for the background. Watercolor paper just sucks in the alcohol ink of a copic. I have a lot more practice to do on this one! I've been trying to watercolor with Distress Ink, as I see so many lovely cards with this technique, but I just am not having great success with that. So here's one of the birthday cards that needs to be ready for June - I decided to go ahead & use the image.

- stamp is Prickly Pear

- sentiment diecut with Elizabeth craft die

- cardbase & trims were textured Bazzill

- S/binders deckled oval for cardfront opening, classic oval for the mat (which I chose because of the colors of the flowers in the watercan) The cardbase is a sort of gray-blue that I thought looked nice with the gray watercan.

- border trim was a snippet from the mat & diecuts, just enough to cut a small straight piece, which I trimmed into a scallop using shaped scissors.

So thanks for stopping in to visit, and have a terrific afternoon. If your area is one that has been hit with this intense cold, I hope you can stay inside out of the weather, cozy & warm...crafting or doing something that makes you happy. Hugs.