A lone, simply watercoloured botanical is one of my all-time favourite card designs. The new Summer Roses set from Gina K Designs and Simon Says Stamp is a stunner and part of the recent Let’s Connect release from Simon Says Stamp. There’s a blog hop today to celebrate the new release, and you can find details of that below. I’ve linked all supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

WATERCOLOURED ROSE

KEY INGREDIENTS

• Gina K Designs/Simon Says Stamp Summer Roses
• Watercolours – I used Daniel Smith paints

STEP BY STEP HOW TO

• Stamp a flower from the Summer Roses set in a water-reactive ink such as Antique Linen Distress Ink on Fabriano Artistico watercolour card.
• Watercolour – I used Daniel Smith paints.
• Deepen the shadows and nooks and crannies with coloured pencils. My preference is Faber Castell polychromos.
• Stamp the large hello greeting from the set in Versamark ink and heat emboss with Antique Gold embossing powder.
• Stamp a coordinating greeting from the set in Versamark ink on Black card and white heat emboss. Trim to a skinny strip and adhere with foam adhesive.
• Trim the panel to fit on an A2 card base cut and scored from Neenah Desert Storm card.
• Embellish with Fairy Wings and Sugared Almond Nuvo Crystal Drops and a Spring Flowers sequins.

TAKEAWAYS

A simple botanical on a kraft card base has a vintage feel to me and one which I connect with after looking at many botanical textbooks while at University. However, it started before then in reality. As a family, when I was a child, we used to go on long dog walks, and my parents brought identification books for plants and birds with us. I was bought up flicking through these books whenever we found a new and exciting flower to identify.

To go with the vintage feel, I chose a colour scheme of dusky pinks and muted greens. The Antique Gold embossing powder supports the theme too. I like the heat embossing over the top of the rose. However, this Summer Roses set does come with a matching die, so if you are apprehensive about heat embossing over your watercolour then to heat emboss on some Ivory card and die cut would be a great alternative.

FURTHER EXAMPLES

This card is one of my favourite of this style – a simple watercoloured lone Eucalyptus leaf sprig from the  Be Kind set. You can find the original post here.

MORE INSPIRATION

I used the Drawn Daisies set from the Let’s Connect release for this pencils-on-kraft card. You can find the original post here.

BLOG HOP

As mentioned above, this post is part of a blog hop to celebrate the Let’s Connect release. Hopefully, you’ve joined me here today from Laura’s blog, but if not, then a great place to start is Simon’s blog. As with all good hops, there are giveaways and offers!

• Simon are giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from comments left. They’ll choose winners over the weekend and post on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 12^th of August.
• Use code GLUE with purchases to get a free Gina K Designs Dot Runner. Offer valid while supplies last or until 09 August at 11.59 pm ET.

Now it’s time to hop on over to …

Amanda Korotkova!

Simon Says Stamp Blog
Laura Bassen
Debby Hughes
Amanda Korotkova
Caly Person
Heather Hoffman
Yoonsun Hur
Laurie Willison
Bobbi Lemanski
Betty Wright
Lin Brandyberry
Preeti Chandran
Dana Joy
Daniel West
Anna-Karin Evaldsson
Karin Åkesdotter

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 (*) provided by a store or the manufacturer. You can read my affiliate and product disclosure here. I genuinely appreciate your support.

* SSS SUMMER ROSES Set [ SSS ] * SSS SUMMER ROSES [ SSS ] * SSS SUMMER ROSES Wafer Dies [ SSS ] Daniel Smith Watercolours [ SSS ] Fabriano WATERCOLOR PAPER 5×7 BLOCK… [ SSS ] FABER CASTELL POLYCHROMOS at SSS [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad ANTIQUE LINEN [ SSS ] * Tonic FAIRY WINGS Nuvo Dream Drops [ SSS ] Tonic SUGARED ALMOND GLOSS Nuvo… [ SSS ] * SSS SPRING FLOWERS Sequins [ SSS ] SSS Black Card [ SSS ] Neenah Desert Storm 100lb Card [ SSS ] Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD [ SSS ] SSS White Embossing Powder [ SSS ] * SSS ANTIQUE GOLD Embossing Powder [ SSS ] * Hero Arts Misti at Simon Says STAMP [ SSS ] * Hero Arts MISTI MINI BLACK [ SSS ] Hero Arts MISTI MINI MOUSE PAD [ SSS ] * Hero Arts MISTI BAR MAGNATE Black [ 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 ]

PIN ME

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