When I saw this beautiful Pinecone Background I knew I wanted to paint it, but then I saw the fabulous creation Shari Carrol made with it. Did you see it – stunning! You can find it here. So clear and crisp, I wanted to use this set in a different way to Shari and plumped on only partially stamping the image and going for a very soft loose look. I’ve linked all supplies at the end of this post. Compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

LOOSELY WATERCOLOURED PINECONES

I actually started this card with the background, blending Iced Spruce Distress Oxide ink around the edges of a piece of watercolour card with a Blending Brush and then also squidging some of the ink on my palette and picking it up with a wet brush. I love how when you do this the colours in the ink separate to some extent giving hazy blues and muted greens.

I dried the background and then partially stamped the Pinecone Background in Antique Linen Distress Ink before watercolouring with Daniel Smith paints and Winsor & Newton White Gouache.

I veered away from being too detailed with the pinecones and mainly used three shades of brown with some white highlights dotted in the right areas.

I splattered the whole piece with Perfect Pearls solution and White Gouache to give a lovely ethereal look.

Then when dry, I spread Wendy Vecchi White embossing paste through the Falling Snow stencil for more dimension and extra ‘bokeh’ effect.

For the sentiment, I watercoloured a scrap of Hot-Pressed watercolour card (smooth for a good stamped impression) and stamped a greeting from the Holiday Greetings Mix 1 set in clear embossing ink and then white heat embossed before trimming out and adding to the panel with foam adhesive. I roughed up the edges of the panel with the crook of a pair of scissors and then foam mounted it onto a Fog card base.

Finally I added Ice Crystal sequins and Diamonds from Little Things From Lucy’s Cards.

SUPPLIES

You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the picture or shop icon to get taken directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you! Items marked with an asterisk (*) were provided by a store or the manufacturer. You can read my affiliate and product disclosure here. I genuinely appreciate your support.

* SSS PINECONE BACKGROUND [ SSS ] * SSS HOLIDAY GREETINGS MIX 1 [ SSS ] * SSS FALLING SNOW Stencil [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad ICED… [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad ANTIQUE LINEN [ SSS ] Daniel Smith at Simon Says STAMP! [ SSS ] Winsor Newton PERMANENT WHITE GOUACHE [ SSS ] Ranger PERFECT PEARL Powder [ SSS ] SSS Clear Embossing Ink [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER… [ SSS ] Wendy Vecchi White Embossing Paste [ SSS ] Dina Wakley Ranger PALETTE KNIFE Media [ SSS ] * Little Things From Lucy’s Cards ICE… [ SSS ] * Little Things From Lucy’s Cards… [ SSS ] Arches COLD PRESSED WATERCOLOR PAD… [ SSS ] Arches HOT PRESSED WATERCOLOR PAD… [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# FOG… [ SSS ] * Picket Fence Studios LIFE CHANGING… [ SSS ] MINI MISTI [ SSS ] MISTI MINI MOUSE PAD INSERT [ SSS ] MAGNETIC BLOCK FOR MISTI [ SSS ] 3M DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE [ SSS ] SSS SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER [ SSS ] Gina K Designs CONNECT GLUE [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Tonic GLASS MEDIA MAT [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE [ SSS ] Scor-Pal Mini Scoring Board [ SSS ] EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors [ SSS ] TWEEZERS [ SSS ] T SQUARE RULER [ SSS ] Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun [ SSS ] Ranger ANTI STATIC POUCH [ SSS ] SSS Embossing Powder Storage [ SSS ]

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Summary of the project which gives all the views of the card in one photo :D I’d love if you pinned and called by on Pinterest :D