Watercoloured Botanical Builder Blooms

I received a lovely comment on my blog the other day from a lady who had visited for the first time, via Pinterest. She was following a link to this project, and said she planned to check out more of my work. When I read her kind words, my first thought was “oh dear, she’ll be disappointed then” because watercolouring has been off the menu for several months. 

So, Bluemac, these projects are for you! I spent a happy Sunday afternoon painting these flowers – yes everything you see here is die-cut from watercolour paper and then painted. This did make the die-cutting a lot quicker as I could do all the pieces in one go from one piece of paper, like so...

But it didn’t half slow down the next bit! I didn’t have to do everything in triplicate, of course, but if I’m getting my watercolour supplies out, I’m going to make the most of it!

All the painting is done with a paintbrush (radical, eh?) using reinkers mixed with water, largely using the wet-on-wet technique, with some details added later once they had dried. Talking of drying, I hastened this with the heat tool because, as people who know me will verify, I have zero patience!

Once all the elements and backgrounds were painted, I assembled the flowers using Glue Dots as they’re very secure and the bond is instant. 

Here’s a tip for grouping lots of elements, which no doubt you’ve already thought of but which only 

occurred to me recently: position them and then take a quick photo with your phone. When you start moving them to add adhesive and inevitably lose the composition, you can refer to the photo for help.

The stamping is done with the Botanicals For You stamp set, a Sale-a-Bration set which is FREE with a £45 purchase between now and the end of March. It co-ordinates perfectly wit the Botanicals Blooms stamp set and the dies shown here. 

I hope you enjoy looking at the projects as much as I did creating them, and that they inspire you to try watercolouring on your cards.

Botanical Builder Framelits Dies [140625] £30.00	Botanicals For You Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141237] £0.00	Watercolor Paper [122959] £4.50	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] £6.50	Island Indigo A4 Card Stock [124390] £6.50
Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [131161] £3.00	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [119672] £3.00	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [122934] £3.00	Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [122932] £3.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [100531] £3.00
Island Indigo Classic Stampin' Pad [126986] £6.00	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [126953] £6.00	Pearl Basic Jewels Embellishments [119247] £4.50

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