Happy Little Stampers June Watercolor Challenge

 How did it get to be June?  We have completed five months of 2021.  But on the bright side, it is time for a new watercolor challenge at Happy Little Stampers.  

As always our watercolor challenge is Anything Goes.  These are the best challenges to do.  Of course, once again, I have done flowers.  I need to break out of this pattern.

The elements for my card are die cuts from Stampin Up.  This is their Poppy dies.  The sentiment is also a Stampin Up die shape.

The poppy bases are watercolor paper and colored with different shades of red and oranges.  There is a closer look at the flowers in pictures below the card so you can see the variation of color in the blooms.  The black outline was cut from a shiny black paper.  The center of the poppies are gold card stock.

The background for the card was done with ink smooshing and an oxide ink.  It adds a little color to the background.  The sentiment die was also smooshed in ink.  

The sentiment was heat embossed with gold embossing powder.  A circle of gold vellum is behind the sentiment so that it pops off the background.  It is raised with foam so that a flower and the leaves can be tucked under the circle.  The large poppy and one small poppy are raised with foam.

The card was finished with gold splatter.  

Here is a close up of the small poppies.

Here is a close up of the large poppy.  See the variance in color.

Here is a close up of the sentiment.

Please come and play along with our June Watercolor Challenge at Happy Little Stampers.