Watercolour Love

Among the many things I've learned whilst taking part in the online watercolouring card class over the last week or two is that it's an art form which needs patience. If my husband ever read my blog he'd be laughing hysterically by now as patience is not something I'm known for (I can almost hear him saying, somewhat ironically, "Really? I've never noticed . . . . ")

But another thing I've learned is that it's an art form I love, and that's also the theme of this card:

One of the class techniques was demonstrated using a flower stamp with large petals. Not having any similar floral stamps I searched my stash for an alternative & decided on this Docrafts bear.

He's coloured in Aquamarkers, and he took a couple of hours from start to finish - see what I mean about patience? The patterned background uses another of the techniques I learned, and the flag is cut from card which has been painted with a wash of the same colour as the heart. The embellishment is a wooden button which is floral on the other side but as that didn't match I chose the plain side. I've stamped the greeting onto a piece of vellum. This is my second entry for this month's challenge at Stamping Sensations where "Anything Goes", and I used the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. 

Here's the original sketch:

And here's a little close-up of the bear, I hope you like him -

Base cardstock: Lidl

Watercolour cardstock: Winsor & Newton

Stamps: Docrafts FFS 907117 "Best of British - Great Big Hugs"

Darkroom DoorDDBS003 Floral

Papermania greeting

Inks: Distress Antique Linen (main image), Memento Rich Cocoa (greeting)

Aquamarkers: Mocha, Raspberry, Eggshell

Embellishment: from stash