Watercolor Birthday Wishes

 Morning.  

I am in love with these wonderful flower images from Penny Black.  They are super easy to colour with markers and the design is just so realistic and lends itself perfectly for this technique to get a watercolored looking image.

To begin, I masked the edges of my card with Painter's Tape...don't forget to remove some of the tack so you don't tear your cardstock when you remove it; trust me, I've done that a few times!
Next, I got out my MISTI and placed the Penny Black flower stamp called The Unfolding inside.
I then coloured the stamp with Memento markers, sprayed with water and stamped.  I repeated that process adding darker shades of colour to my flower and stamping right over top of the first pressing.
By using the MISTI, it is easy to add additional layers of color.  You can also do that by using a stamp positioner or just add all the colours at once because when you spray with water they should all blend together.   

I painted in the background using Peacock Feathers Distress ink and a wet paintbrush.  I thought it needed more interest so I grabbed a nearby piece of drywall tape that was sitting on my desk and added some stenciling here and there to add depth to the background.

I inked up the birthday greeting from the Penny Black set called Words of Kindess with Memento ink and then removed the painter's tape and mounted the piece on blue cardstock.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Allsorts- HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW

Inkspirational- MASKING

My Time to Craft- SUMMERTIME

Crafting With Friends- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- PB/ ink- Memento, DI/ paint brush/ drywall tape/ Painter's tape/ MISTI/ Memento markers/ mini mister