Welcome back for another Paint-a-Flower and a giveaway blog hop! You should be arriving from the incomparable Norine Borys’ blog. If not, you can track back to the Altenew Card Blog to start at the beginning, or continue around until you loop back here.
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introducing daffodil
This month’s Paint-a-Flower is a lovely daffodil set. There’s a few sentiments included with not one but two floral arrangements featuring daffodils. Of course, you can purchase this 4×6 stamp set on its own, or sign up for the monthly subscription at a discount!
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border layout revisited
A few weeks ago, I did this project for a stamp & die release. It was a real big hit! Everyone commented how they liked that I turned the Blossom Wreath into a border. Well… you can do the same thing with the PAF Daffodil! I took the floral spray image and stamped it sideways in the center, then stamped parts of the same spray on the top and the bottom to make a complete border. I added in the same watercolor blob to help the cut sentiment stand out.
For a real casual look, I started with some messy watercolor over the heat embossed border. Then, I came back with some extra detail to help give some dimension.
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detailed messy watercolor
The watercolor technique I used to create this card is something I call detailed messy watercolor. It’s an interesting look that will keep you stress-free as you can paint outside the lines!
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I love the way your card turned out. Those soft summery colors are perfect!
Beautiful card. Love your colouring. Thanks for sharing.
OH! I love the bright colours and the wonderful sentiment to suit your card.
Love the layout of this card and can’t wait for this set to arrive!
Excellent technique! Right up my alley.
Beautiful card. So cheerful!
Good idea, never thought of doing a border.
Love this stress free style of watercolor and you card is beautiful showcasing this daffodil design so well!
I love the arrangement and colors you used. Very pretty.
Very interesting technique on these lovely daffodils!
Great idea of using them for a border and messy watercolors works for me!
So pretty. Love the bright colours.
Nicole, I love your “messy watercolor” technique. So clever and what a beautiful result!
I will have to give that technique a try.
I like your idea of turning different configurations of florals into borders. I also like your detailed messy watercoloring! Thank you for the ideas.
What a great idea to use the stamp as a border. Your “messy” watercolor is beautiful!
Love the border on this too!
I just love how you turned the stamp into a border. Great idea.
Lovely card! To me, the images look very pretty and soothing!
So beautiful!
Love this awesome design, Nicole! You’ve made me look at my stamps in a whole new way! The PAF stamps are some of my favorites & so easy to use. Thanks for the great inspiration!
Thank you so much for the tutorial. The first thing I thought when I saw your card was “How exactly did she do that?” I love the look, but am fairly new to watercolor, especially no-line! Beautiful card. Love how you did the border, as well!
This set went straight to the top of my wish list! Lovely card.
Gorgeous watercolored card! I love the colors! Thank you for the video.
I live how you used the stamp to create a border. The summery colors are the perfect touch.
How lovely!!
Thanks for demonstrating that interesting technique.
Pretty card!
Great inspirational ideas!
I really like your detailed messy technique! Thank you for your video!
Very pretty card. Love the bright colors, goes well with this sentiment. TFS
I like your watercolor outside the lines, nicely done.
nicely done.
I love how vibrant and lively the messy watercolour look is – that is such a gorgeously artsy looking project!
Pure sunshine! Love the messy watercolor technique and the watercolor behind the sentiment very clever. Thank you
Stunning watercoloring and colors! Love this set!
Oh messy water color ending was lovely and relaxing just to watch.
So beautiful! The colors are so bright and happy! I love the sentiment too, so needed right now!
Very pretty card! I like how you used the stamp vertically on the side.
Thanks for sharing your talent and bringing us gorgeous cards!
So gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing!
I love how you used the set as an accent verse a focal point. Very unique.
Beautiful!
Love how you used the stamp design! Very pretty card.
Love the border!! What a terrific idea! That would be lovely on the edge of an envelope too!! Thanks!
Beautiful card – I love the messy watercoloring. Thanks for sharing!
Would not have immediately thought about using this to make a border, but it works very effectively to create one.
Thank you Lady, love your card and work. Love your opening and closing music too. Denise
Delightful daffodils! Love your project(s)! Color palette(s) and design(s) are wonderful!
One of my favorite flowers! Absolutely stunning!
Such a blissful palette of summer – absolutely perfect for your sentiment. Love being able to stretch stamps into creating more than originally intended. A lovely card indeed.
Such a lovely watercolor card. Can’t wait to get my stamp.
Gorgeous card.. Love your water coloring
I love your water coloring technique, those flowers are just beautiful. Thank you for sharing
I’m just learning how to watercolor stamped images. Thank you for such an inspiring example!
Love the water coloring lesson you have given. It makes it so much easier to see it done. Now I think I can try it! Love how it turned out!
Lovely card with the stamp repeated on the edge! Your watercolor is very nice!
Another Beautiful card from Nicole – thank you for the great ideas
thank yo for the detailed video on this technique
you make it look soooo easy., will have to give it a try
Gorgeous card ! Love the wonderful happy colours used x
Love the border stamping with this Daffodil card.
Your use of this stamp as a vertical border is wonderful. I enjoyed the video and you presentation of how you colored the project. Colors are “happy colors” and put a smile on my face and I loved your nail polish that complements your color vision.
I like the idea of detailed messy watercolor sounds like a time saver lol!
Lovely cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
How beautiful! I love the watercoloring. So different.
Thanks for showing this technique. I love loose looking watercolour & I like the patch of green watercolour under the sentiment. Such a pretty card!
Love it! The colors are stunning!
Nice example for some quick coloring. Like the look to the sof color addition.
Thanks! Love this technique, but to see it on a stamp I will be receiving soon gives me great inspiration!
Love that border. What a unique and wonderful way to use the beautiful daffodil.
Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing
These flowers definately make a lovely border. They look fantastic.
Very pretty! The colors are so bright.
Love the placement of the flowers
to the side. The messy watercoloring
is great. thanks for sharing
Love this technique and the border of flowers! Your card is gorgeous!
Beautiful card and awesome looking technique. I do better with the watercolor brush pens so I think I’ll try that.
Gorgeous colors on your card. I really like how you emphasized the sentiment with adding the background swirl just underneath the sentiment only, it really made it stand out. I will have to try that idea on one of my cards. Thank you for sharing your ideas and talent with us. I really look forward to these blogs!
Beautiful watercoloring!
I love the border design and not having to mask is a huge timesaver.
Now that’s really pretty. The daffodils are such a whimsical flower, I have them in my garden and love the way they dance in the wind, exactly perfect for this border. Love the messy part, now you’re talking what I do unintentionally. Then the blob. .. I am one with this card, Love that daffodil stamp!
Love the messy watercoloring. Your card is beautiful.
Gorgeous! Love your messy watercolor & that you made a border out of the stamps! Love the florals from Altenew!
Like how you used this set to create the lovely border on your card. tfs. Stay well.
So pretty. I like the messy watercoloring and colors.
Love the way you colored this beautiful design! Daffodils are a favorite!
Love your messy watercolor technique. Awesome design and colors.
such beautiful technique!
Hi Nicole 🙂 Love the watercolor…thanks for the encouragement to get mine out again! Stunning!!! Thanks for the inspiration 🙂