The last purchase I made before committing to a buying freeze until I used my NBUS that had literally piled up was the most recent Gina K kit. They are a great value and this one focused on flowers which I use over and over again. It took quite some time for the kit to arrive, but it came this week and I was excited to start with this lovely image of daffodils. Although they are definitely one of my favorite flowers, I didn’t have a single set with daffodils. I decided I wanted to use watercolors and stamped the daffodils twice—once with black ink and then white embossed them. I chose the white embossed ones to start with.
One of the issues I’ve always had with white embossed images on white watercolor paper is being able to see the outlines clearly. Tracy gave me a slant board for Christmas, and it worked perfectly. The work is just at just the right angle so it’s easy to see. There are clips to hold the paper and it’s magnetic so I used magnets on the bottom of the paper to hold it steady.
Recently I’ve gone back to my Daniel Smith paints in a palette I set up years ago. Of all the watercolors I own, they are the best quality and the more I use them the better I get at mixing just the colors I want. I chose my color palette from the CAS Colours and Sketches Challenge which seemed just perfect for daffodils.
The sentiment is also from the Easter Blessings set. I love the elegant font. Once the watercoloring was done, I did a bit of shading with Polychromos pencils, stamped the sentiment and die cut it with the smaller layer from Gina K’s Master Layout set. Then I used the larger layer to die cut a saffron layer and added it to a green card base.
Since we’ll be away for Easter, I’ll be sending this to my mother-in-law. I’m thinking that nearly everyone in Tracy’s family will have had both vaccinations by Easter, and may be able to gather for the first time in over a year. We’ll be in Wisconsin with my daughter and her family.
I’m also sending this card to the Happy Little Stampers: Watercolor (Anything Goes) and NBUS.
Beautiful!! Your coloring makes these pop on the paper and the matting completes it well. Neither do I have a daffodil stamp. I also don’t have one GK stamp set. I have a couple ink pads and the wreath builder templates. I almost ordered this. So many items on the market.
Love, love, love!! Seriously, I would be prepared to pay money for a set of these cards!! Love daffodils, and this stamp is beautiful.
How wonderful to have the prospect of a proper family get-together with no worries about isolating and testing. Have a great time with Sarah and co.!
First, happy belated birthday wishes to Tracy. What wonderful news to hear you will be able to visit with your family in Wisconsin for Easter.
I like daffodils & your card brings them fresh & alive to enhance your card.
It’s gorgeous!! Love it and thanks so much for joining us this week at CC&S!
Its simply lovely, Karen! The daffodils are looking really cheerful, and your dichromatic color scheme card works really well. Thank you for joining us at the HLS Watercolor challenge with this beauty!
Beautiful card and great colouring! Thanks for sharing this with us at CC&S:)
How lovely your daffodils are Karen – and I agree that the colours were perfect for them! That curvy sentiment looks so pretty with them too. Thank you for coming to play with us at CAS Colours and Sketches this week. Vicky x
Wow~ These daffodil is perfect for these colors! Great take on the colors. Thank you for playing along with CC&S challenge.
Beautiful card, Karen! Congrats on the NBUS pick!
A really lovely card, Karen.
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