Wednesday 28 February 2018

HLS March Watercolour Challenge - Welcome

It's time for our Happy Little Stampers March Watercolour Challenge.  This month our optional twist will be "Home".   There are so many possibilities, aren't there?

I decided to go with the twist.  I have a retired Stampin' Up! Hostess stamp set, Life's Adventure, which has the perfect image for this challenge.  It's a sweet sketch of an old fashioned house with all sorts of pretty trim, similar to houses which I've seen along the Oregon coast and also in areas along the ocean in Vancouver, BC.  With the hearts coming out of the chimney instead of smoke and all those details on the house, my fingers itched to begin watercolouring.

After stamping my image and letting it dry thoroughly, I used my Aqua Painter and several of my Stampin' Up! ink pads to begin colouring.  For the house, I layered the colours, making it easy to add shading that way.  For my background, I just gave it a "wash", adding a pale blue for the sky and pale sand colour to ground it.

I had centred the image on my Whisper White cardstock and it seemed a bit lost in all that white space and so I added a raised stitched frame set a-kilter.  That seemed the perfect "fix" and, once I had added a red matte and adhered the lot to my Whisper White base, I was happy with my creation.


I hope you'll check out the great cards over at the HLS March Watercolour Challenge post.


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12 comments:

  1. Clever ideas on giving a small(ish) image big impact and it looks great.

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  2. I love how you coloured this pretty and whimsical house Heidi and I'm delighted to hear that there are homes that actually look like that too! Love the little hearts coming from the chimney.
    Hugs
    Carol x

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  3. Love this fun card and how you framed that cute colourful house with the hearts coming out of the chimney. Nice touch with the soft wash.

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  4. Lovely card, thanks for sharing with us at CCCB!

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  5. Such a cute stamp! I love the soft colors watercolor gives it and the frame sets it all off so nicely. A perfect CAS design!!!

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  6. I agree the wonky frame suits the image perfectly.
    Thanks for sharing with us at ATSM this week. :)

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  7. This is so lovely and gives such a warm cosy feeling, LOVE it.
    Faith
    x

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  8. sweet card, fun coloring and design! I am so glad you played along with us at simon says stamp wednesday challenge!

    blog-paperie blooms
    ig-2klines

    sparkle & shine, kindness *~*

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  9. Back again for another comment... Love that you have got this card all wonky from the cute colourful house to the frame. My kinda crafting too Heidi. Glad you popped this over to ATSM this week. Thanks.

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  10. Such a fun card. I love her CAS style. It is a beautiful inspiration to the challenge.
    BożenA xx

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  11. Heidi, what a lovely clean card! Love the tall layout and the die cut frame. - Sweet Kobylkin
    Click through to learn today a simple and creative way to make fancy die cut cards

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  12. What a cute image & I love the background you created!

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