Wednesday 31 January 2018

HLS February Watercolour Challenge - Love You

Ooooh!  It's February and Valentine's Day is coming up soon.  Of course our HLS February Watercolour Challenge is going to have a twist with hearts.

I decided to use my Scarlet Brusho for the watercolour background.  After getting those bold brushstrokes and drying my paper well, I splattered a few drops of water over the red and then, after they had begun to react on the red brushstrokes, dried my paper again.  Love the final effect!

What did I want to put against that bright red?  Some gold foil, of course.  And so I took one of my hearts dies, slipped my script "love" die into the inside space, and cut the whole thing at once.  I love the way the script leaves a negative space that lets the beautiful red show through, don't you?

To finish up, I cut another heart, this time a tiny one, out of white cardstock and put the "you" on it before adding it to my gold heart, propped up on foam dimensionals.  Then I hand cut an arrow from some scraps of gold foil, added that, and my card was done.


I hope you'll check out the awesome cards created by the others in the HLS team HERE.


Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

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6 comments:

  1. A really striking card, love the red and gold.
    Faith
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  2. Very cool, Heidi! I love your bold background and that you threw some splats around :) The die cut heart is brilliant in gold and I love how you can see the red in the aperture. xx

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  3. I love this bold design Heidi and the brusho background is perfect for the gold heart. I love how you cut the sentiment from the heart - such a great idea!

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  4. What a bold statement here with that bold red and gold. Love it Heidi.

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  5. WOW !! So moving the background color! I love it, it is so vibrant and energetic!

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  6. Fabulous Valentine card. Love the bright red!

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