Watercolor class homework days 5 and 6 and Virginia's View Challenge #3

Here's my homework for class days 3 and 4   5 and 6. Actually, this work fits days 5 and 6 and I re-did my work for days 3 and 4.  Pretty messy attempt and I totally used a butterfly painting I found on Pinterest as inspiration for this card.  Practice makes perfect and this was fun so I'll be practicing. :) **Let me add that I wanted the coloring to be a bit messy, I just wanted a more controlled mess. LOL**

 

 

I added a tiny amount of faux stitching to the sentiment panel because I thought it needed a little something added and as a bonus, I get to enter this card in the current Virginia's View Challenge: Stitching. 

 

 

Have a great day!

Virginia's View challenge and Make it Monday #154

Since I've been playing around with watercolors for a week, I decided to play in the first Virginia's View challenge and since the card is sort of one layer (it's flat), I'm linking this up to Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday #154.

I could not capture the glittery accents on this card in a normal shot, so I included a close up of one of the leaves.  Like Erin Lincoln did in the MIM video, I stamped the sentiment and then embossed over it with clear embossing powder.

I used my watercolors to ink up my stamp--I had to do this a few times to get vibrant color--then smudged it after it dried a bit before I added some glitter with my Wink of Stella glitter brush.  I used regular, white cardstock and this technique worked well.

 

Speaking of watercolors...I use a cheap, $5 set of watercolors I found at Michael's and an old brush I've had forever.  I do have a couple of inexpensive watercolor brushes that are smaller.  You don't need expensive supplies to watercolor is my point.  I do have watercolor paper and like to use the thickest I can find.

 

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