Watercolored Flowers

I seem to be in a bit of a rut. Watercoloring flowery images. I've done several, but won't bore you with all of them. I sent one off to my sister Lisa for her birthday, and we'll save that one for a later post. There's something calming about doing a bit of fussy watercoloring, isn't there? But after today, I'm going to put them away for a while and break out something else. I have enjoyed them, though.

First I thought I'd play in a new-to-me challenge, The Flower Challenge. Therese from Lost In Paper is the Guest Designer and her card is so lovely I thought I'd give it a go.

I was inspired by her colors and the raised sentiment. Mine is a similar but different:

I used the Altenew Peony and heat embossed it before using my Zigs to watercolor. On a scrap of watercolor paper, I ran some pink color and cut out the 'happy' with an MFT die. I added the 'birthday wishes,' which are from two different Uniko sentiments. A few pretty sequins (thanks Ardyth) and done. That flower, in real life, is so pretty if I do say so myself. My daughter Cathy happened to see it laying on my desk, and fell in love with it. It will go into her box of cards at Christmas.

Next I thought I'd play along with the Essentials by Ellen Pin-sights Challenge. More watercoloring...

*sigh* I love this color scheme. Calming. Serene. And gorgeous. The image and sentiment were stamped while spending time at the Lake House. Thought it was time to pull it out and actually use it. My Zigs aqua was a bit too dark, so I used tons of water and added a bit of light green in to get a more aqua-y color. I think it worked pretty well. Added some Stickles and some glitter to the centers. Nothing fancy here. This will go to a friend whose dad passed last week. I'll stop now, and get to some commenting before starting dinner. As always...