Happy Little Stampers February Watercolour Challenge

Hello crafty friends and welcome back to another Watercolour challenge
over at the Happy Little Stampers blog!

This month the theme is anything goes with an optional "Metallics" twist.
Here is my card for this month.

For my card I decided to do some watercoloring with Distress Inks and since the

theme this month is metallics I heat embossed my image with

gold embossing powder before I colored it.

I chose one of my favorite flower stamps from the 2018 Stamp-A-Faire

with Papertrey Ink. Betsy Veldman designed a beautiful stamp set called 

Painted Poppy and it is just perfect for watercoloring!

First I stamped the poppy with Versamark Ink onto a watercolor 

panel that I cut with a die from the My Favorite Things 

Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner.

Next I heat embossed the flower with WOW gold embossing powder.

I used 4 different distress inks in these colors for my flower:

Spun Sugar

Picked Raspberry

Old Paper

and

Crushed Olive

I also stamped the "thank you" sentiment from the Painted Poppy set in 

Crushed Olive distress ink to match the card.

For the base of my card I die cut a piece of paper from some PTI 

Rustic Cream card stock. I used the largest die from the 

Stitched Scalloped Rectangle dies from Kat Scrappiness.

For some added texture I embossed that panel with 

a script patterned embossing folder.

I adhered the watercolor panel on the diagonal and finished 

off the card with some rustic twine.

I love using distress inks to watercolor, there are so

many gorgeous colors to play with!

Come join us for the Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge this month!

We want to see your watercolor projects.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you get some free crafty time today!

Have a great day, I already am!

💐Lisa 💐