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Friday, June 5, 2015

Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor Blog Hop!


Hello there!  Happy Friday!  Today, I am so excited to be participating in a blog hop about one of my favorite things - Watercolor!  Even better is that it is hosted by my favorite sequin supplier, Pretty Pink Posh!

I was super inspired by the beautiful blog hop banner.  I knew I wanted to do a rainbow of watercolor, and I wanted to incorporate the gorgeous new iridescent sequins that Pretty Pink Posh is now offering exclusively in their store!

I started off with a piece of Tim Holtz Distress watercolor paper.  I taped to to a clipboard before I started painting.  That does two things... it keeps it fairly flat after the paper dries, and it also gives a nice masked edge.  Then I took my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and scribbled a rainbow of colors overlapping each other across the bottom third of the watercolor paper.  Then I used a paint brush and some water to move the colors around until I was happy with how they looked.  I scribbled the marker on an acrylic block and then picked up the color with a wet brush, tapping the brush to make the tiny paint splatters.  After  the paper dried, I ran it through my diecut machine using the Mama Elephant Sew Fancy cross-stitched frame.  I diecut the largest butterfly from the Paper Smooches Butterfly Duet die set from white cardstock and then used the Paper Smooches Stitched Flourishes dies to add a stitched flight trail under the butterfly.  I stamped a sentiment from the Paper Smooches Word Salad stamp set, and adhered only the body of the butterfly using glossy accents. When the glossy accents was dry, I carefully folded up the wings of the butterfly.  I added 4mm Sparkling Clear sequins, and iridescent sequins in Strawberry Burst, Sunshine Glow, Bermuda Blue and Lavender Moon to finish things off.


PPP Watercolor Hop

I hope you like my card!  I can not wait to hop along and see all of the other amazing watercolor projects!  I have a feeling I will be pinning like a crazy lady! *wink*

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Supplies:

All linked above!!

64 comments:

  1. What a lovely watercolor card - i love doing this type of technique - which has been awhile - the butterfly adds that extra touch =- TFS
    http://ilikepaper01.blogspot.com/

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  2. Oh, I love this, Audrey! It's gorgeous!

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  3. Beautiful.... amazingly vibrant color with the perfect bit of texture and sparkle!

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  4. This turned out beautiful, Audrey!!!

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  5. I love your card! Beautiful colors!!

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  6. That's beautiful! I love the watercolors, I have trouble trying to control them instead of letting them just flow and I love this look.

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  7. Butterflies and rainbows--can't go wrong!! Beautiful!!

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  8. Quite beautiful! Love the colors! Thanks for sharing!

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  9. Beautiful water colouring Audrey.
    Kate xx

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  10. a rainbow alwasy cheers anyoneup, love the card !

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  11. WOW!!! I love everything about our card!!!! The colors and the butterfly are just gorgeous!!!

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  12. I love that vibrant color combo! Great card.

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  13. Gorgeous as always Audrey! I always love seeing your new creations!

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  14. Such a beautiful card! Thanks for sharing the "how to's"! Love this one!!

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  15. Oh, Audrey, this is one of my very favorites in the hop! You did an excellent job using the vibrant Zig markers for this ultra-yummy card!! Hugs, Darnell

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  16. Love this Audrey! The colors are so vibrant!

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  17. Wow! Your card is so gorgeous, Audrey! Love the background and the white butterfly! So elegant! - Payel (Beau Monde Designs)

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  18. I love all the vibrwnt colours and the technique!

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  19. Your card is absolutely gorgeous!! Love he rainbow background and the delicate butterfly goes perfectly!

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  20. Love the vibrant colors and then the pure white butterfly. Just gorgeous!

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  21. So bright and pretty! I was drawn to this one immediately!

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  22. Love how the splash of watercolor pops off of the white background!

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  23. Your super- vibrant stripes on your rainbow are amazing, Audrey!

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  24. Love this CAS card, it's very beautiful!

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  25. This is gorgeous! Love the white butterfly on the rainbow watercolour.

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  26. Fantastic background! So happy and cheerful. Thanks for sharing!

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  27. Rainbow effects never fail!! And the white butterfly accents it so much more! Awesome card!
    (from experimentswithcardmakingetc.wordpress.com)

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  28. Just beautiful! Your watercolor if is fanatic and the colors so vibrant. Love the added sequins too. :-)

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  29. So vibrant! Love your card.
    We were on the same wavelength.

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  30. Every card that catches my eye has used Zig! Hmm is that the universe nudging me?
    Well your card is over the top lovely! Makes me want those Zigs even more! Nicely done!

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  31. So clean and simple yet so beautiful.

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  32. I love this bold and beautiful rainbow effect! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  33. So beautiful! The background is perfect and i love the white butterfly!! Beautiful!!

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  34. Very pretty card! Love the colours and the butterfly is beautiful!

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  35. This is gorgeous!! Love the stripe of color, awesome! :)

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  36. I love your card. Love the colors and the butterfly.

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  37. Wow, I do love rainbows and this works so well :) love it

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  38. Simply stunning! I love the bold look those markers gave you. And the crisp white butterfly is a perfect contrast!b Thanks for the inspiration!

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  39. This card really caught my attention!
    I love the bright rainbow colors!

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  40. Love how beautifully this turned out! Just gorgeous!

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  41. Beautiful card! Love the rainbow of colors and pretty sequins scattered about!

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  42. WOW! Love the rainbow colored background! I've been playing around with my Zig Real Brush markets too, I just love them! Great colorful card!

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  43. Wow! The colors on this are stunning!! Beautiful card!!

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  44. Breathtaking Beautiful Audrey!
    Thank You~

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  45. A beautiful rainbow of colours! Gorgeous card.

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  46. Beautiful card, love the vibrant colors and the color splatters. Thanks for sharing.

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  47. Gorgeous, love the colour combo of the splatters, tfs

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  48. totally awesome card. Just love the rainbow colours.

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  49. BEAUTIFUL - awesome, amazing and just breath-taking!! Great job on this marvelous card!!!

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  50. This card is beautiful!! I love the rainbow with the white butterfly. I cannot wait to get my hands on those markers!!! You used them beautifully!!

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  51. I love your card, Audrey! So clean and simple yet stunning!

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  52. Fantastic, what pretty and cheerful card.

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