Make It Monday #125: Defined Watercolours

Erin Lincoln hosted this week's Make It Monday #125: Defined Watercolour.
I wasn't planning on a card for this challenge but when I found a set of watercolour paints and paper in the craft section of the newly opened Target store, I decided to give it a try!! There's so many watercolour inspiration for card making, so I knew I would use it more than once!! Here's my first attempt at this watercolour technique using Spiral Bouquet.

* I used Erin's method to colour the flower heads and then stamped over 
them with Berry Sorbet, Harvest Gold and Twilight (Colorbox). Each flower 
was accented with a mini pearl.

* The stems were added and accented with Limeade Ice.

They came out a bit messy, so I decided to stamp the sentiment  

(Embriodered Blooms with Royal Velvet ink) over them. Now I'm not 

sure if it draws attention to the stems or camouflages them!!

 * I mounted the oval focal panel onto a strip of Rustic White card stock that was stamped with polka dots (Off Beat Backgrounds: Waltzingmouse Stamps) with Limeade Ice ink. A panel of Berry Sorbet was impressed with the Cane Prints IP, and then stitched to the card base (also stamped with polka dots)
* Green grosgrain ribbon was also layered under the focal panel before attaching it to the card front.

* The final detail was a butterfly (SU: Beautiful Wings). Using several layers of papers (Harvest Gold, Limeade Ice and a pink patterned paper from my stash)  I sewed the layers together on my sewing machine and left the threads hanging to resemble the butterfly's antennae.

Inside of card front

An Unexpected Detail: 
When  I machine stitch a front panel, I usually do it before I mount it onto the card base. But this time I had attached the Berry Sorbet card stock and then decided to add the machine stitching. That meant that the stitching was visible on the inside.
My solution?  I pulled all of the thread ends through to the back (inside card) added a butterfly, and used the thread ends as the antennae again. The thread ends were coloured with a grey copic marker.




Card Details  (PTI, unless noted)
Stamps - Spiral Bouquet; Embroidered Blooms; Waltzingmouse Stamps: Off Beat Backgrounds
Inks - Berry Sorbet, Harvest Gold, Limeade Ice, royal Velvet; Colorbox: Twilight
Papers - Rustic White, Berry Sorbet, Harvest Gold, Limeade Ice; Watercolour paper;
Dies - Spellbinders Classic Ovals
Other Supplies - Cane Print Impression Plate; Watercolour Paints; mini pearl adhesives;
Offray: Lemongrass Grosgrain ribbon; SU: Sizzix Beautiful Wings Embosslits; sewing machine

Thanks for visiting today.
Karen C.