Splashes of Watercolor

It’s time for this month’s Past & Present Dirty Girl challenge. We had to use owls (or another flighted fowl), use texture (however we interpret that), and NOT use crystals, rhinestones, or dew drop type embellishments. Can you imagine how hard that was for the dirty girls? No bling?! Ha!

I chose to use 2 of the owls from my Inkadinkado Bird Assortment stamp set. I just think they have the funniest expressions! And yes, I DO realize that real owls don’t have pink or green & blue wings. But these are my dream owls, so we’re just lucky I didn’t make them entirely pink or green or blue!

My texture comes from the felt I used to make the swirly branches, and from the flower, the beads in the center of the flower, and the ribbon. Think that’s enough texture? And the beads wouldn’t count as the bling mentioned above, right? So I think I stayed within the boundaries!

The beautiful Prima Urban Cosmos “Cosmo” paper already had the swirly branches on it, but I wanted to use this brown felt that I already had. So I laid some vellum over the paper, traced the swirls with a pencil, taped this “pattern” to my felt, and cut out the new branches. I guess some of that seamstress knowledge from years ago came back to help me out on this card! No, I wasn’t a professional – I just sewed all of my daughters clothes and costumes when they were young.

And would you look at how beautifully the scrumptious May Arts ribbon matches the Prima paper! They look like they were made for each other! I was also really pleased that cranberry crisp and river rock were also perfect matches for the paper.

In case you can’t read the sentiment, it says “may your day be filled with flowers” and it’s from the Lizzie Anne Au Naturale stamp set.

To see all the “dirty” creations, click here: DCWH508

Thanks for stopping by! I hope your day is filled with flowers!!!

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Stamps: Bird Assortment – Inkadinkado, sentiment from Au Naturale – Lizzie Anne ~ both sets are from Jacksonbelle Embellishments

Paper: white, river rock, cranberry crisp, Prima Urban Cosmos – Metro and Cosmo

Ink: Palette Hybrid Noir and Burnt Umber

Accessories: Copic markers, brown felt, Prima Urban flower, horizontal slot punch, terrifically tacky tape, Stardust Stickles, May Arts Ribbon, beads, mounting tape

All items highlighted in this color are from Jacksonbelle Embellishments