Watercolor is one of the newer trends I am enjoying. There are a lot of trends I’m not a fan of (including calling anything “on trend”), but I can get behind the watercolor trend. It’s simple and doesn’t require a lot, if any, new supplies. You can make it fancy by buying fancy new paints (which would be awesome!), or you can use the Toys R Us set you got when you were a kid. You know, for instance.
This weekend I made a card for the Lawnscaping Birthday Challenge.
I stamped the hippo and cute little bird from the Year Four Lawn Fawn stamp set and then embossed them in white. I then watercolored over them with my super fancy (see above) watercolors. I added a heart balloon and some twine. Then I spritzed it with the Heidi Swapp Gold Lamé spray. Afterward, I slightly regretted the use of the spray. I really like the spray though; I think it was user error.
Part of the reason I decided on watercolor was seeing all the inspiration over at the Neat & Tangled Little Tangles Watercolor Challenge. That means I get a two-for-one! 🙂
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eeeek! this is adorable!! love that little hippo and birdie duo!! the watercoloring is just stunning! i LOVE the colors you used! gorgeous! thank you so much for playing along and celebrating with us at the Lawnscaping Challenge! 😀
Thanks for looking! It was lots of fun 🙂
Very pretty card! I really love the technique you used! Thanks for playing the Lawnscaping Challenge!
-Samantha
Hippo Birdie to you too 🙂 Cute