A Touch of Grace

Since returning from Nashville, I’ve been working on the samples I posted before I left.  I’ve run into issues with my Wizard and it took me much longer to get the paper cut than what I originally intended.  It seems like I’m always running behind.

I made cards for all of the samples and decided to post several of them since some of you asked for close ups.  To keep attention focused on the watercolors, I’ve kept the designs very simple.  As you can see, I’ve painted the same stamped image in several different colors using Tombow markers.  The washes were painted with Stampin’ Up! re-inkers.

I used More Mustard for the background wash on this picture.  The paper looks black, but it’s actually gold mirror paper.  It’s very difficult to photograph.

I used an embossed gold paper on this one.  The wash is a combination of Certainly Celery, Mellow Moss, and Lovely Lilac.

I used Lovely Lilac on this wash.

I used Lovely Lilac and Mellow Moss on this wash.

I used More Mustand on this wash and used the gold mirror paper.  The gold mirror paper is very elegant, but difficult to photograph.

I used Pale Plum on this wash.

More Mustard was used on this wash.

I used Pale Plum and Mellow Moss on this wash.

The sentiment is a stamp from A Muse.  Since these are notes I’ll be sending out, I thought it was the perfect sentiment. 

• Paper:  Whisper White, Gold Embossed and Gold Mirror (The Paper Company), Canson watercolor 140 cold pressed, the butterflies were punched from Prism, Stampin’ Up!, and Papertrey, Ink papers
• Ink:  Versamark, SU re-inkers
• Accessories:  Tombow markers, heating tool, paint brush, Ranger gold, gold tinsel EP, satin ribbon, Kaiser Pearls, dimensionals, Wizard, Mega Nestibilities, Dazzling Diamonds, glue dots, Glue Glider Pro, tweezers