Hey card making friends, welcome back.  Today I have a Watercolor Orchid hand made card to share with you.  This die and embossing folder set are from Spellbinders and Susan Tierney Cockburn and are part of the Winter’s Grace release.  If you like making 3 dimensional flowers, you are going to love this release.

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I decided to watercolor these as I like the blending of the colors.  Plus, the watercolor paper is thicker than regular cardstock and a lot easier to manipulate.  If there is one tip I feel is super important, it’s to paint both sides because as you start bending and creating the 3d flower, the white from the back is going to show.

How to create the Watercolor Orchid hand made card

Start by die cutting the pieces 3 times from watercolor paper and laying them on top of paper towel.

Use Gansai Tambi watercolors Pink #56, Yellow #40, Greens #53 and 56 and the Lady Bug is done in Red #35.  Mix some paint to thin it, and wet the paper before starting so you don’t get blobs of color.  Working from the center out to add the color.  Let dry, and turn over and repeat on the back.  Admittedly, this is a bit time consuming, but it’s worth it in the long run.  For the throats, once dry, take a fine tip marker and add the dots.

Next, paint the leaves.  I flooded the leaves with the light green and then added the darker green and let it run.

PRO-TIP – don’t forget to paint the edges as they really show up white if you don’t.

Watercolor Orchid hand made card – shaping the flowers.

Use a soft foam pad and a burnishing tool to shape the flowers.  The large petals I have bending forward.  For the center piece, I rubbed the center with the ball tool, so the bottom throat bent forward, then I bent the top yellow pieces backwards

Next, emboss a 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ black card front with the Norwegian Rosemaling folder and attach to a top folding A2 sized white card base.

Then, glue on the flowers and leaves.

Finally, add white splatter, mostly to the background, but a bit on the flowers.  Then attach the ladybug.

 

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