* Watercoloured Florals

Hello!

It's another wet and windy Saturday, so I've stayed indoors and been trying out some new stamps by Rubber Dance. 

They are the Loose Florals Set 1. 

I stamped the floral images onto watercolour card and coloured them in my favourite colour with my Cotman watercolours. I fussy cut them, leaving a thin white border.

The background is on mixed media card - it was first given a coating of white gesso, then torn book pages were added. I applied some Crackle Texture Paste through a That's Crafty Bubble Leaves stencil and when it was dry began to add colour to the background. More white gesso was applied to knock back some of the colour and when that was dry, I stamped some Grungy Borders and some words from the Mix A Sentiment stamp set. I also added some Distress Oxide dots from the new Textured Birds set.

I arranged the flowers and leaves and loosely glued them to the background. I used my finger to add black acrylic paint around the edges of the background for a grungy look and finished with white paint splatters.

The sentiment is a sticker from Tim Holtz's Small Talk pack.

Thanks for stopping by!

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I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Lavinia World Challenges #20 AG Real Stamps 24/02

Addicted to Stamps #377 Make Your Mark 25/02

Take It Make It Feb AG 26/02 WINNER

* Cassic Design Challenge  AG 27/02

* Love to Craft #43 AG 28/02

* Mix It Up #34 AG with Stencilling 28/02 TOP PICK

* Dream Valley #219 Hand Coloured Images (3/3) 29/02 TOP 3

* Tuesday Throwdown #451 Favourite Colour (pinks) 2/03 TOP 3

* My Time to Craft #426 Rubber Stamp 05/03

I'd really love some feedback :)      

I read and appreciate all your comments. 

xoxo