Is romantic style dead? But I'm still loving all the florals! Magnolia watercoloured handmade card by Debby Hughes.
I’m sorry, but I’m a big old softy as far as romantic style and soft florals are concerned! I mean, just look at this gorgeous Thankful Magnolia from the new Simon Says Stamp release and tell me you aren’t itching to get your favourite colouring medium out!
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Before I get started, I wanted to let you know that today’s Thankful Magnolia set is part of a new release from Simon Says Stamp. You can check out the Happy And Joyful release here. The release is full of beautiful florals not just this gorgeous Thankful Magnolia set, so you will want to pop by and take a look. 

is romantic style dead?

The beautiful large flower on this Thankful Magnolia set was calling to me to paint! I just couldn’t resist some no-line watercolouring in all the soft, muted shades. 

Is romantic style dead? But I'm still loving all the florals! Magnolia watercoloured handmade card by Debby Hughes.

On this occasion, I chose to use the matching die to lift the flower for dimension so that I could also do some stencil background detailing too. 

but i still love florals!

Is romantic style dead? But I'm still loving all the florals! Magnolia watercoloured handmade card by Debby Hughes.

I very lightly stamped the flower in Pumice Stone ink on watercolour card before taking my time with lots of light layers, slowly building the contrast and details.

Is romantic style dead? But I'm still loving all the florals! Magnolia watercoloured handmade card by Debby Hughes.

I die cut the flower with the matching die and then set aside while I worked on the background.

Is romantic style dead? But I'm still loving all the florals! Magnolia watercoloured handmade card by Debby Hughes.

I lightly applied Pumice Stone and Milled Lavender Distress Ink minis through the Fanfare Stencil on the lower third of a panel of the watercolour card. I then added the magnolia with foam tape before liberally splattering it with white gouache and left-over paint. 

For the greeting, I stamped a sentiment from the Celebration Rose Corner set in Pumice Stone ink on an Ivory card cut with the Itty Bitty Tag die. I added this to the card with foam tape and embellished it with a bow and enamel dots. 

perfectly imperfect

Pear in oils on canvas board still life by Debby Hughes.

Perfectly imperfect. These daffodils with their beautiful flower heads peeking out and yet their leaves are slightly scraggy from growing in less than ideal circumstances here in Scotland where they have to combat the slugs, deer and often wet and cold weather. However, from that comes simple beauty.

I feel like those daffodils, where some things could do with a bit of work. In fact, I scheduled this post in advance because by now I should have had my operation however I am not sure how quickly I will recover, so scheduling it seemed the safest choice. Hopefully, I will be back on my feet in no time and with some hard work ahead of me, my time will come again to achieve my goals. I’m not looking to run a marathon or climb a Munroe, just a walk up the hill behind where we live with the dog will do.

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Simon Says Stamp Own Brand
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* SSS ITTY BITTY TAG Wafer Die
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* SSS FANFARE Stencil
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Daniel Smith at SSS
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Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad...
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Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad...
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Fabriano Cold-Pressed at SSS
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White Gouache at SSS
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Neenah Desert Storm 100lb Card
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* SSS IVORY Card
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* SSS FLAT BLENDING BRUSH
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Little Things From Lucy's Cards...
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misti at Simon Says STAMP!
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Tim Holtz Tonic GLASS MEDIA MAT
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Dahle Self-Healing Cutting 9x12 Mat
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Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE
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METAL EDGE ACRYLIC RULER
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Crafter's Companion CRAFT KNIFE
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T SQUARE RULER
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Scor-Pal Mini Scoring Board
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SSS SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER
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* Tim Holtz MINI SNIPS Scissors
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Fiskars SPRING-ASSIST SCISSORS Micro-tip
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TWEEZERS
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3M DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE
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Gina K Designs CONNECT GLUE
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Crafter's Companion GEMINI JUNIOR...
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