Hooray, it's Friday and I colored some Power Poppy! This is something I've had set aside to work on for quite a while. First, I should mention the flowers -- Lady Slipper Orchid digital stamp with a sentiment from the Orchids Rock clear stamp set. I used Gansai Tambi paints for watercoloring.
The border is the clear stamp background, Big Sexy Leaves. I watercolored that gorgeous thing way back in 2018 (see the card here) and had this strip left over. I always intended to use it with the orchids and finally got around to it. Good grief, 2 years. Can we all agree how quickly time flies?
I did my best to coordinate the colors, using the same Gansai Tambi paints. Since I'd splattered the leaf border with white acrylic paint back in 2018, I also splattered the orchid image in 2020. To finish, I drew a border line with a gray marker and distressed the edge.
Christine has a wheelie great card to share today so be sure and stop over to her blog and have a look.
I'm glad you took the time to visit with me and I hope we can do this again soon. Hugs!
Stamps: Power Poppy Lady Slipper Orchid digi, Orchids Rock clear stamp sentiment, Big Sexy Leaves clear stamp background Paper: Arches 140 lb hot press watercolor Ink: Printer for digi, Ranger Archival Watering Can for sentiment, Palette Landscape (green) for leaves background Coloring: Watercolor with Gansai Tambi, diluted white acrylic paint for splatters, gray marker for narrow line border
Oh my goodness, Leslie---that is one gorgeous colored flower. Love the design and the lush-ness of the entire image. Hugs.
ReplyDeleteStunning gorgeous coloured flower, lovely sentiment too...
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Absolutely stunning Leslie, this is a piece of artwork that could be framed! Your water colouring is impeccable and your nailed it with matching the colours of your background! WOW! Love the splatter of white paint, torn edge and they way you added the border line! Your are definitely the queen of all mediums! Have a wonderful weekend Leslie, hugs,
ReplyDeleteWow, another stunning design and the saved piece of the big leaves is absolutely perfect for it, I went back and looked at the original card and I remember it well, it is gorgeous as well! I love the spatters too, I keep forgetting to do that but with glitter. Hope you are enjoying the rest of summer, you are right, just why does time have to fly by so fast, the older you get the more you notice!!
ReplyDeleteWOW stunning card and gorgeous image-your watercolouring is absolutely amazing and no wonder you kept that strip-yes time does fly look how quickly this year has flown
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Still "spectacular" after all these years:) Amazing artistry, for sure. Gorgeous card, Leslie. The Lady Slipper is our state flower.
ReplyDeleteWow! This is so stunning! I love the coloring of the orchids and it is an overall great layout and design.
ReplyDeleteABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS. Good use of the leftover leaf strip. Fabulous job on the card. WOW. Have a great day
ReplyDeleteFabulous! I love the colors you used and your coloroing is always a winner! You are so creative with using extras and leftovers from other projects. Can't believe you waited two years to make this happen.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful orchids. I love the colors and the coloring. I thought the boarder was dp until you said it was background stamp. I had to go back and take a peek. Absolutely gorgeous. Love it. It really adds interest but does not take away from the orchid.
ReplyDeleteOh my! This is prolly my fave card ever!!! I love it!!
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning, Leslie! I love lady slippers and you have colored them beautifully! And wow, the strip of leaves from your stash is perfect!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome, Leslie! I love the leaves and how you've colored them! (The original card is spectacular.) The lady slippers are gorgeous too and they go beautifully with the strip of leaves! This is a really special card, my friend!
ReplyDeleteHi, Leslie! I can most certainly agree that the past 2 years have flown by! Can’t we please slow things down? Giggle. Your card is beautiful, my friend, especially with your customized side panel. Lovely new paints! A work of art. Hugs, de
ReplyDeleteWOW! What a beautiful job you did on this flower. I love the coloring! Orchids are such lovely flowers. I always wanted to buy one. Its hard to believe that we keep things for so long. I have a project that I have been working for awhile as well. Where does the time go?
ReplyDeleteOMG so beautiful, I'm getting a sore neck looking from side to side with your border and main image. I love both :)
ReplyDeleteWow so stunning, Your coloring always amazes me. That is so great that you saved that piece for 2 years it is totally perfect with the orchids! Your splattering is great too, so love it!
ReplyDeleteOMG...Stunning watercolored orchids Digi image, Leslie. You did used colors that matched beautifully with your scrap watercolored border from 2 years ago. So worth the weight. Thank you so much for sharing, my friend. Love and Hugs...Nancy
ReplyDeleteSeems I'm not the only one who thinks your coloring on this card is positively awesome, stunning, gorgeous etc.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. I could only hope to be able to color half as well. Absolutely love your card.
This card is gorgeous! Your details and rich color choices make this such a treat to delight in and study. Amazing how you saved the pieces to put together and the result is awesome, Leslie!
ReplyDeleteOh, my word!!!!! This is so GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!! One of my favorite Power Poppy images but your coloring just makes it come alive, absolutely stunning, my friend.
ReplyDeleteThe sentiment is one of my favorites from Marcy, it's so inspiring.
Thank you for sharing.
XO
Maria.
Did you hear my jaw drop??? Oh my... I don't think there are words enough to say how wonderful this is. Your watercolouring is incredible! The left over strip is perfect and the splatters make everything pop! I LOVE it!
ReplyDeleteWOW! STUNNING card Leslie. Your slipper orchids are gorgeous, and so is the big sexy leaves strip. AMAZING watercolouring, my friend. You really brought all this images to life. And I love the layout with the distress edge and gray line to separate it from the main image. So creative and beautiful! xx
ReplyDeleteOkay you know I think this is gorgeous. You even put the big leaves down the side, smart and love it! Downright gorgeous coloring all around. I ADORE this Leslie.
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