Yellow Roses - TTCRD, watercolour, sympathy

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For my card, I used one of the images from Coffee and Roses. I painted it with Daniel Smith watercolour and added a sentiment from Stampendous.

Putting It Together

When I started this card, I wasn't thinking about a sympathy card, but while I was painting, that was the feeling coming through. 

I used the vibrant Daniel Smith colours to paint the image that I printed on Canson XL watercolour paper (so far it's the only 140 lb / 300 gsm watercolour paper my printer will work with). I had to change the lines of the image file to a light blue since the colour inks of my inkjet printer are water safe but the black is not. I kept track of the colours I used so I can get a similar effect another day.

I love Daniel Smith paints but I just don't have the budget to own them all. So, I got the sample sheets of their whole range (for the cost of about four small tubes of the paint).  With the paint daub sample sheet, I can also see which colours I use a lot to put those higher on my wishlist. Before getting the full range sample sheets, I had started with limited palette daub sheets from Simon Says Stamp.

From my stash, I found sentiments to fit perfectly with both the space and the mood of the card. On the front, the sentiment is from Stampendous. I also added a thin black matte and added everything to a white card base.

Inside, I added a Unity Stamp Co sentiment that didn't fit on the front but fit the mood perfect.

Challenges

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