Spring colours

Welcome to the new challenge at Vintage Stamping Challenges where this month's theme is Spring Colours.

I saw this set of Grass and Meadow Borders and immediately thought about a wild spring meadow. Of course the borders will look great silhouetted in black against any coloured background but I wanted to try them in colours, building several layers to make a meadow.

I used watercolour paper and painted the sky in blue watercolour. I then roughly masked the area for the flowers which I sprinkled with water and Brushos. I then stamped my borders (3 stamps) layers, inking with inkpads but mostly with pens in a variety of colours.

I cropped the meadow in a long rectangle and matted it over a flag banner, mounting it on a lavender card base. I then simply added a sentiment embossed in white.

Love the details of the stamps coming through, see those tiny butterflies?
If you like the technique but don't own any Brushos, the same effect can be achieved by scraping watercolour pencils or crayons on a wet background with a sharp craft knife (sparingly).

Why not join us and create something full of the joy of spring! As always, you don't have to create a vintage project, but you DO have to include stamping though - no digis allowed. Our lucky winner will receive a fab prize of a $20 voucher from Flonzcraft so don't miss out on your chance to win!
Go on and hop on over to the Vintage Stamping Challenges blog and see all the DT’s work for more inspiration.

I am entering my meadow in the Stamping Sensations challenge.