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I used Adirondack Stonewashed ink for the sky - it's one of the very few Adirondacks I've found that breaks down in water and I chose it here for that reason. I thought the purplish tones coming out of the blues made for an interesting wash.
Stamps (Cornish Heritage Farms):
Lion and Lioness (Saturday Evening Post line)
Motivational Centers (Mona Lisa Moments line)
Finial under sentiment from For the Men (Rummage Bin line)
Paper: Smooth white (inked with Stazon around edge)
140lb hot press watercolor paper
Ink: Stazon by Tsukineko (Timber Brown)
Tim Holtz Distress by Ranger (Scattered Straw, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Black Soot, Spiced Marmalade)
Adirondack dye ink by Ranger (Stonewashed)
Other: Sewing machine and thread
Then I'd been itching to pair up this sentiment and the olive branch since I got the Vegetable Harvest stamps last week and the SCS "clean and simple" challenge this week gave me the perfect opportunity. The challenge is to make a monochrome card.
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Stamps (Cornish Heritage Farms):
Vegetable Harvest (Shady Tree Studio line)
Christmas Expressions (Mona Lisa Moments line)
Paper:
Watercolor paper
Ink:
Versafine by Tsukineko (Olympia Green)
Tim Holtz Distress by Ranger (Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint)
Adirondack dye ink by Ranger (Willow)
Other:
Paper piercer
Although they both use watercolour techniques, these two cards use different papers - hot press for the lion image because the smoother surface is perfect for these more detailed stamps and a very textured one for the olives as the texture gives interest to the white space of the design. For those of you in the UK, it was a bargain buy from The Papermill but it was a while back - might still be worth a look though!
Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed today's cards!
Those lions are splendid Joanne...they look so majestic! I am pleased you paired your olive branch to that sentiment...they go perfectly X
ReplyDeleteWow Joanne, lovely painting you are clever. The olive card is so simple and beautiful, I always wonder how come I can't make cards that look as brilliant as this?
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Wow Joanne!!! How fantastic and majestic do those lions look? Your watercolouring is superb!
ReplyDeleteI also really love the simplicity of the olive branch.
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I can see why that Lion image is your
ReplyDeletefavourite, it is beautiful. The simpicity of the olive really appeals to me to - yum, I love olives!
Ooo those cards are brilliant Joanne. Lovely stamps and watercolouring.
ReplyDeletebreathtaking work!
ReplyDeleteAwesome Joanne. It is always a pleasure to visit your blog. Thank you for sharing your work with us. xx
ReplyDeleteStunning cards, Joanne. I love the use of the textured card for the bottom one. x
ReplyDeleteFantastic Joanne!! LOVE those lions ... such a powerful image! Great job!!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards Joanne - love the lions and the shading is perfect. Love the simplicity of the olive card too and I do love olives, spesh with lemon and garlic, haha...x
ReplyDeleteTwo lovely cards and two great quotes Joanne
ReplyDeleteI especially love the second one, it has just a serene feel to it