#1091 – Watercolor Strawberries

Hello and welcome! It’s time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday challenge and as always, we’re back with a new Topping. The Topping, of course, is optional, and every time is Anything Goes birthday theme. The topping this time is chosen by our leading lady Colleen as ‘Fruits’.

And here’s what I made –

I did have a few stamps of fruits, but I really wanted to use strawberries and the stamp I had wasn’t really clicking with the image I had in mind. So I did the only thing I could – drew it myself and watercolored it! 😉

I searched for some images of strawberries in Google and used CrafTangles Smooth watercolor paper to draw them. I used a combination of Daniel Smith and Gansai Tambi watercolors to color the images. Doing it in layers and letting it dry in between layers really does work well. And it worked particularly well, since I was working on this on a hot day and the drying process was relatively quicker – otherwise, my impatient self might have ruined it!! 😀

So anyway, I also used a gel pen to draw the little dots on the berries. I added a little bit of green to dampen the stark white background and a few splatters, and then it was done.

My initial plan was to cover the card with this watercolored piece. But I felt it was looking too bland huddled over in the corner, so I decided to trim it a bit. I used My Favorite Things Stitched Scallop Basic Edges to die cut the panel. For the cardbase, I chose a bright red, and to match the berries, I embossed it using Simon Says Stamp Vine Canopy, and adhered the watercolor panel on top.

The sentiment is a combination of My Favorite Things Things With Wings (for ‘have a’ and ‘birthday’) and Honey Bee Stamps Pearfect Sentiments (for ‘berry sweet’)

And that’s my card. Checkout the Seize the Birthday challenge blog for more inspiration from our talented DT and from our guests.

Thank you so much for stopping by!