Altenew and Papertrey Ink Poppy Sympathy card

Hello everyone and welcome to the May Happy Little Stampers Watercolour challenge. Well, we were bowled over by the fabulous quality of the entries for last month, and we are so pleased that you are liking this challenge so much. Once again, this is an anything goes watercolour challenge but each month we have an optional twist to add to the fun,

and as always, we have a prize, donated by our lovely Kylie

Our optional twist this time is 'Red' so I came up with this card

1) Die cut a piece of watercolour card with the stitched panel die from My Favorite Things Blueprints 23
2) Using the MISTI stamp positioner, stamp the outline stamp from the Altenew Painted Poppy stamp, in red ink. Paint the poppy using red ink, and then stamp the image again, this time just inking up the centre with black ink.
3) Repeat step 2 but re position the stamp so that it is going off the panel. When the paint is dry, add some touches of darker ink with a very fine brush to give the impression of folds in the petals.
4) Add a couple of stems to the flowers with green ink, and add a strip of black card to the edge of the panel.

5) Cut a small rectangle of red card and round the corners with a corner chomper before stamping and white embossing the sentiment from Papertrey Ink Year of Flowers Carnation stamp set.

6) Fix the panel to a red base card on some fun foam and attach the sentiment. Finish off with a few Nuvo Crystal Drops.

We are lucky enough to have the talented Helen Gullet joining us as the guest designer this month so I do hope you will give her a warm welcome. You will find her lovely card and lots of inspiration from the team over on the Happy Little Stampers blog.

I'd like to play along with

Time Out Challenge #82 - flowers no twist

Allsorts Challenge #413 - embossing

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs
Carol x