I'm celebrating the birthday today of one of my longest and best friends. Her birthday was last week, but we weren't able to get together. This morning, we're sharing a take-out breakfast at her home. Since she periodically visits my blog (but never comments!) I decided not to post her card until today. The main image of her card was actually one of my birthday presents a year ago. It comes from the Altenew Watercolor Coloring book.
This floral provided me with an opportunity to do some mixing of colors using both some new Winsor & Newton watercolors and some Daniel Smith watercolors. When I was immersed in Sarah Simon's watercolor class, I purchased a few small tubes of Winsor & Newton watercolors. I had previously tried to mix this color with my yellows from Daniel Smith, but I could never get the peachy color I wanted. The Yellow Ochre is just enough different to easily mix it.
I've also learned to walk away and let the watercolors dry before adding a new layer. Being someone who is used to completing a card in one session, it takes more patience than I usually exhibit!
After attaching the panel to a green card base, I added the sentiment from The Ton - "Easy Expressions: Birthday." I considered adding a few pearls, but decided to leave it very CAS.
I'm sending this off to two challenges: Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes and Happy Little Stampers: Watercolor.