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Sunday 25 September 2016

Holiday Wishes

Phew...feel like Christmas is creeping up on us so quickly.  
I am so inspired by the beautiful new image from Penny Black and wanted to play with it today.

I began by placing the Berry Kissed stamp into my MISTI, painted it wish diluted Brushos, sprayed with a bit of water and stamped.  I repeated that process until I was happy with the way the image looked.  
When it was dry, I added some details with a watercolor pencil on the leaves and then added highlights with white acrylic paint to the berries and splattered some on the background too.
I did some watercoloring around the image using Peacock Feathers Distress ink and then stamped the sentiment from the Festive Cheer set using black Memento ink.



Adding my card to these challenges:

Love to Create:  ANYTHING CREATIVE/ MIXED MEDIA

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas:  ANYTHING GOES

HLS September CAS- WATERCOLOR SPRITZ




Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look

Supplies:  stamps- PB/ Brushos/ MISTI/ watercolour pencil/ paint brush/ Mini mister/ wh acrylic paint/ Distress and Memento ink

25 comments:

  1. What bright, gorgeous berries, Karen! This makes me like this stamp even more than I already did!

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  2. Beautiful! The stamping is so wonderful!

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  3. Oh! My! Gosh! This is absolutely stunning!!!

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  4. WOW WOW WOW your stamping is fantastic, wonderful card. Adorable !!!

    Hugs
    Anke

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  5. Karen, this is so beautiful. Love the use of the white acrylic paint for details! I put in an order for some new Penny Black and left that one out because I was trying to limit what I spent. But now I'm wishing I'd ordered it!!

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  6. Karen, love this card. I would have never thought to paint with Brushos! Hmmm, seems to me this would be a great way to start someone on their watercolor journey.

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  7. WOW Kren! This is incredibly beautiful and your painting just blew me away! LOVE that image! Your artwork is amazing!

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  8. Wow! This is magnificent. I just love how you did it and the colors and design are so beautiful!

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  9. STUNNING card Karen. Amazing watercolouring skills, my friend! xx

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  10. I would like to have this wonderful card...

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  11. I would like to have this wonderful card...

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  12. This is so gorgeous with that softy falling snow.

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  13. This is beautiful... really beautiful.
    I still haven't had a chance to start playing with my stamps AND I have this one in my stash!
    Take care. X

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  14. this is gorgeous - I love the whole effect hugs Judith x

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  15. Beautiful card. I love your watercolor. I love all the details, it really creates an unusual picture.
    Thank you for sharing with us HLS CAS.
    hugs,
    BozenA DT HLS

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  16. That stamp is on my wishlist--now more than ever! Your card is just stunning, Karen--frame worthy, for sure! Thanks so much for joining us at PBSC!

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  17. Gorgeous card!
    Thanks for joining us at CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra for September!
    Monica - DT

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  18. A stunning card, the colours really pop! Thanks for joining us at PBSC! xxx

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  19. Simply stunning! Thanks for playing along with the Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge

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  20. This is so brilliantly done. Beautiful!

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