Azure Afternoon: Spotlight in Nature Watercolour & Baby Duckling card

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Week 7 – Azure Afternoon

Card 1

Features the Spotlight on Nature stamp set with some beautiful watercolouring.

On a Thick White card base are 2 matt layers of Peach Pie & Azure Afternoon cardstock. The Fluid 100 Watercolour paper is stamped with the floral image with Black Stazon ink .

I then masked around the edges with some washi tape, before applying a watercolour wash with Azure Afternoon, Granny Apple Green & Pretty Peacock inks and a Water Painter. This is carefully applied around the floral image. Once this was dry (I used my Heat Tool to quicken the process), before adding some darker splatters and drops of water to carefully lift some of the colour. I carefully removed the washi tape.

The image is coloured with Peach Pie ink for the flowers, and the leaves and stems I used Granny Apple Green & Pretty Peacock by mixing them on a clear acrylic block. The sentiment is stamped and fussy cut and added on Mini Dimensionals and one of the Brushed Brass Butterflies added.

The inside of the card and the envelope were decorated the same, by adding a masked circle of Azure Afternoon ink applied with a Blending Brush and then the beautiful butterfly image was stamped.

Card 2

Features the Charming Duckpond Bundle for a sweet baby card. A piece of the Country Woods DSP was cut to the card front size and die cut with the largest die. Behind this I added 2 more patterns from the same DSP pack, but I used a Blending Brush to add Azure Afternoon ink to the bottom section to reflect water.

The mother duck & ducklings are stamped in Gray Granite and diecut before using my Wink of Stella to add a very light tone of Azure Afternoon ink & Peach Pie for the beak and feet. The duck in the water is just diecut and coloured. The reeds are cut from more of the same DSP and coloured the same way as the water.

The sentiment is stamped using the Unbounded Love stamp set and diecut using the Spotlight on Nature dies.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you join me next Wednesday for inspiration using Balmy Blue.

Please enjoy the wonderful inspiration of our next team member, Di Furniss.

The full list of participants for this week can be viewed on Catherine Proctor’s blog.

Product List
Stamps: Spotlight on Nature*, Unbounded Love, Charming Duckpond*
Dies: Spotlight on Nature*, Charming Duckpond*
Card/DSP/Specialty Paper: Fluid 100 Watercolour, Thick Basic White, Basic White, Azure Afternoon, Peach Pie, Country Woods DSP, Basic White C6 Envelopes
Inks: Azure Afternoon, Peach Pie, Granny Apple Green, Black Stazon, Pretty Peacock, Gray Granite
Embellishments: Brushed Brass Butterflies
Accesories/Adhesives/Tools:  Blending Brushes, Wink of Stella, Paper Snips, Bone Folder, Paper Trimmer, Multipurpose Glue, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine, Take Your Pick Tool, Simply Shammy, Heat Tool, Water Painters, Tear & Tape
* can be purchased together as a bundle to save 10%

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