Hi
friends! I'm back for my second project and I'm so excited to be here!
How have
you been enjoying the summer?
I have a
dreamy and beachy card to share with you today, featuring some of my favorite
products from Newton's Nook Designs. The color combo was inspired by my home country of
Brazil, as green and yellow are our national colors. When we think of Brazil,
we often think of a sandy, tropical paradise. Today, I wanted to incorporate
that into my card.
I started
out by creating my background, using the Tropical Leaves Stencil. I ink blended
the leaves on a piece of Bristol smooth cardstock with an ink blending tool and
Evergreen Bough Distress ink. I thought the harsh lines did not work too well
for my design, so I lightly ink blended over the leaves. This softened the
lines and gave it a tone on tone feel. I also sprayed the whole thing using a
shimmer spray I had in my stash.
I stamped
the image of Newton in the hammock, from the Aloha Newton Stamp Set, on a piece
of watercolor paper. I used Antique Linen Oxide ink to stamp it because I
wanted to do no-line coloring. I love that look so much! I used just basic
watercolors to color in this image. Keep in mind that you will need to work on
layers when watercoloring, especially if you're doing no-line! I almost gave up
on the painting several times, but I'm glad I persisted.
The sun
you see behind the scene is from the Paradise Palms Stamp Set. I again stamped
this image using Antique Linen Oxide ink and went over the whole thing using a
yellow shade of watercolor. I chose to do a sunset because that's my favorite
time of the day during the summer.
I added a
few strings of a thin, natural twine, for an organic look. Above the twine, I
adhered my painting, that I die cut using a circle die, and my sentiment. I
used foam tape for dimension on both pieces. The final step was to add some
embellishments, so I added some white sequins and enamel dots to my card.
I'll see
you on Wednesday! Stay cool!
Milene
Milene
