This is my entry for current The Card Concept challenge. I decided to try a Mixed Media style after watching some YouTube videos by Creations CeeCee and incorporated texture paste, watercolour and doodling. I was inspired by the baubles, the colour scheme (Is that navy in one of the candles?) and the filigree pattern. I also included the hand doodling to mimic the beads draped around the based of the candles.

Products

• Gansai Tambi Watercolours Nos 67, 20, 47, white gold and red gold
• Canson XL Watercolour paper
• Da Vinci No 12 Brush
• Distress Oxide Tattered Rose ink
• Liquitex Flexible Modeling Paste
• Kaisercraft Flourish Tree stencil
• Sunny Studio Stamps Retro Ornaments stamp set
• Delicata Golden Glitz ink
• Graphik Black Line Marker 0.2
• Signo White Gel Pen

Process

• Loosely watercolour circles onto watercolour paper. I used the navy and dark grey as a base and then dropped in red gold and white gold respectively. I set aside this aside to dry naturally or you could dry with a heat gun.
• Once dry I mixed some Tattered Rose oxide ink with the modeling paste and spread over the stencil randomly in four places on the background. Once again I set aside to dry.

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• Make sure everything is completely dry and start doodling. I did this in three places on the card making sure I doodled onto the baubles as well as the blank background.
• I hand drew the bauble strings and then decided to make each string look different.
• The final detail was the sentiment which I stamped in Golden Glitz Delicata ink. I used my stamping platform so I could stamp multiple times to build up the glorious golden colour.

Thanks for stopping by and have a good day.

Handmade by Pip