Watercolour Thrinchie

 

Good morning Ladies,

I can't believe I'm saying this but 'Welcome April' !!

It means that Becca's Wedding is only 4 months away!!  That's absolutely mental, it feels like we have literally only just stopped saying that the wedding is 'next year' !!   We are off to a great start though,  it was lovely yesterday,  lets hope it lasts, our seeds are all germinating, it's getting very exciting, soon be time for planting out. 

Today I am sharing a Thrinchie that I made yesterday, well this is one of two! 

I followed a Tracey Evans tutorial, I started by stamping the flower all over the card, using a mask, then adding white embossing to create an Emboss Resist,   now came the new bit....

I used a fine tipped bottle to add drops of water in the embossed flower petals,  the embossing holds the water within, 

Next I loaded my paintbrush with watercolour ink (from my koi palette) after the brush is loaded simply tap the brush into the water droplets,  you can addca few different shades,  the method lets  the water do the blending

You can gradually build up the colour and try and leave to dry, I popped mine on the Aga top and it dried quite quickly, you can see some of the different shades i the other parts of the flower.

After it was completely dry I went between the a lilac colour paint.  After it was all done and dry I wiped over all of the embossed detail with a damp cotton bud, revealing all of the white detail,  then next I started on the sentiment stamping and cutting down, then I stamped and fussy cut the Hare and adhered those and finished with some splatters, then mounted onto a black base.

It is a fun way to watercolour, I hope you get to try it.

Have a lovely day my lovelies,

Sandra xxx