Monday, September 22, 2014

September 2014 Blog Hop Challenge


It's that time again--the PTI Bloghop for September. This month's inspiration photo did just that. What wonderful colours! I actually combined both of the following colour "recipes", and did not really use the sketches. I was really pleased with how this watercoloured poinsettia turned out. (I like it a lot better than the background, which went through 3 different re-makes before settling on the Darice embossing folder.) See full card below.
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I used PTI's "Year of Flowers-Poinsettias" and stamped it in Versamark, then heat embossed using Ranger's "Liquid Platinum" embossing powder. Then I watercoloured it using my watercolour paints, mixing the colours the close as I could to make Autumn Rose and Avocado green. The sentiment is from "Silent Night", and  heat embossed with white powder. I used the new Raindrops to fill in the center of the flower. Cardstock is Soft Stone and Autumn Rose.

Thanks for looking!

10 comments:

  1. Beautiful painting on the poinsettia!!!!!

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  2. Your poinsettia is stunning Kathryn! Love your watercolor work! I used the same image but mine is nowhere as beautiful! That Watercolor class you took really paid off!

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  3. Wow, your poinsettia is absolutely beautiful! Love the green with the deep pink on the flower petals! Sue N

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  4. OMG, how'd you do that! Gorgeous poinsettia! Love the bg too!

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  5. Love, love, LOVE this Poinsettia! That is just beautiful and magical...how DID you do that? Stunning card...this will definitely delight someone at Christmas time! :0)

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  6. Wow, Kathryn, the poinsettia looks so velvety and real. You did an amazing job!

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  7. This is STUNNING!!
    Great job on all your cards!

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  8. Beautiful poinsettia and love the sheet music background!

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  9. WOW, this is simply beautiful, Kathryn!
    Beautifully done!

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