I stamped and embossed the rose before painting with watercolours.
To get the variation of tone in the petals, I find the easiest way is to first paint the petal with water and then apply the colour where I want the darkest tone.
Whilst the watercolour is still wet I can pull out the colour and fade it out to the edge of the petal where the colour should be the lightest.
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I painted the leaves and traced the branch with the same colour along the embossing.
The butterfly was painted in the same way and I used a fine liner in black to highlight the antennae.
Finally I added adhesive stones at the end of the antennae, along the swirls and also in one corner of the card.
I matted the image on blue cardstock to match the blue of the butterfly.
You will find all these supplies at Crafts U Love:
Studio Light So Spring stamp set n0 285 Rose
Emboss Embossing Stamp Pad
Tonic Studios Glacier White Nuvo Embossing Powder
Prima Watercolour Confections Watercolour Pans - The Classics
Manuscript Black Fine Liner Pens
Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Glue 125ml
WaterArt Watercolour A4 Paper Pack
Papermania 2mm Adhesive Stones - Silver
The rest of the design team is also posting today and will be featured on the Crafts U Love page.
Thanks for coming by,
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