I love flowers....

Hello there, thank you for stopping by!!!

I love water coloring. And I especially love water coloring flowers!!!
I am still learning new techniques (new to me anyway). There are several designers that I follow and watch on You Tube. That helps a lot, because you can watch it several times and kind of go along with what they are doing. Of course it never comes out exactly the same, but we wouldn't want to do that anyway.

So I saw a technique on http://www.kwernerdesign.com/blog/  and You Tube channel where she embossed the flowers in white and then kind of "washed" them with 3 colors, from light to dark.  I just loved the look, so soft and natural.  So I decided to work on that. I stamped a whole bunch of flowers in white embossing and tried to wash them like she did.  The white embossing turned out to be too thick and didn't do too well on small leaves, etc. but the flowers were pretty successful.

This card is the favorite of all the ones I tried.  I love this stamp from Altenew and couldn't wait to try it with this technique. However, the flowers were too close together so I couldn't do it exactly, but I like the way it turned out anyway. I love the colors and the way they worked together.
I also added flower soft for the centers.



Here's my card:

I love this stamp,

Entering this card to these challenges:
https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/  kind thoughts

http://theflowerchallenge.blogspot.com/

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Please leave a note.... I would love to hear from you.

Elena

My favorite antique stamp

Hello everyone in blogland,

I love to use some of my old stamps on my cards.
It's not that I don't like new stamps (you can tell by my ever growing stash) but once in a while an old stamp just seems to fit!!! Especially one like this where the image looks very vintage.
I remember when I was a girl. I LOVED coloring books and paper dolls. This image looks even older than that, but in a way, it's not and it somehow reminds me of many hours spent oloring pages like this.

As I have mentioned before, I do a challenge with a friend and this time the letter to use is a U !!!
A U????? What do you do with a U????
I thought I wanted to do some kind of a critter, but after researching I just couldn't come up with anything but a UNICORN!!!  I don't happen to like unicorns!!!
So, back to the ho-hum word "UMBRELLA".  I know, not very interesting, but it is a U!!!
AND it just so happens that this is the only umbrella I have in my stash.

So here it is:

Those cheeks are pink.... somehow I couldn't get them to show up as pink!!!
Isn't she a cutie???? I just love her!!!!
I bought the stamp used about 10 yrs ago and have only used it a few times. But she''s still one of my favorites!!!

Here's the challenges I entered:
https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/  Bought my stamp used, about 10 yrs ago. Printed paper, texture on "hello" layers of Glossy Accents. Colored pens on girl.
http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/ patterned paper
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ anything goes
http://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.com/ relaxation... walking in the rain (my daughter and I have always enjoyed the rain, especially a warm summer rain!!!

So comes the end of my post.
Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed my vintage stamp.

Love & hugs,
elena

Pastel flowers in July...

I saw that the challenge at the Flower Challenge is to use pastel colors. I am not a great fan of some pastels but there are some that I just love, and the image that came to my mind was a soft, fresh, beautiful bouquet on a summer lunch table... Doesn't that just make you want to have an all girl luncheon with pretty dresses, summer hats and lots of laughter!!!

Oh... that reminds me of the times we used to have tea parties at our reunions. Most of the time we went camping but we encouraged ALL females (no matter what age) to wear a hat, wear antique type jewelry, gloves if possible, and purses. We all brought cookies or other baked goods to share, and everyone had to drink at least one cup of tea. I had old looking dinnerware and my sister brought the tea and a tea pot that was special. Oh my gosh, I have such precious pictures of our kids ( from about 4 to young teen) with their little hats and gloves on, stirring their tea and just looking totally mesmerized by the whole process. My sister always was the Mistress of the Tea and would read a special story. The kids still talk about it and we are talking about bringing back the tradition!!!

So, back to reality...     
I made this card with this challenge in mind. It actually is the first time I used soft grey flowers on the background and yellow pastels for the two colored flowers. I love the way this turned out. It's a whole new look for me and I really like it.

The flowers in the background are stamped in "London Fog". It's a beautiful, perfect color for showing off a background without overpowering the design.

The yellow flowers were stamped on watercolor paper, and painted with my watercolors.

Added a little Stickles in the middle and Flower Soft for the center.

Challenges:
http://theflowerchallenge.blogspot.com/  Pastel colors. Flowers as the main point.
http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/  The World Laughs in Flowers
https://caswatercolour.blogspot.com/  CAS design. Watercolor (flowers are watercolored and cut out.

Time to go and get these entered before it's too late. The flower challenge has only a couple of hours left... Hope it makes it there in time.

Thank you for visiting. We are back from vacation, so I should be able to blog more often.

Love
Elena