It’s Shirley Bee’s Birthday and I was invited to join in and share her special day with a Linky party hosted by Maria F. Thank you Maria for organizing this and asking me to join in her Celebration! I am not only a fan of Shirley’s work, but I also have the pleasure of working alongside her on the Seize the Birthday Design Team. I have been trying my hand at watercoloring techniques more and more these days (as Shirley so creatively does, and makes it look so easy), so here is another one in honor of her Birthday! Happy Birthday Shirley and thanks for inspiring all of us along this creative journey!
I started off with a piece of watercolor paper and stamps from SU Stippled Blossoms. I stamped the leaves and the flowers using the spritzing technique. Things were moving along swimmingly, until I was about to stamp my last set of leaves and accidentally put the leaves in the Melon Mambo ink instead of the Lucky Limeade $#$%%*. My sentiments exactly!! It’s the pair of leaves on the very top of the card. Luckily, I liked the look of it and decided to add some more pinkish- red leaves. Love when things work out like that! I came back with my watercolored brush and added some very light Melon Mambo inside the green leaves. I decided my flowers and leaves needed a little fine tuning so I took some colored pencils and added some definition. You might not even be able to tell where in the photo. Then I thought the inside of the flowers were lost as you can see in the photo below.


Thanks for stopping by today…I so appreciate it and please come on over to Maria’s Blog and see the various Birthday cards we have linked up for Shirley’s party!
Take care, Nanc’
October 26, 2014 at 4:15 pm
Love your pretty watercoloring card. Nice colors. I kinda like the pink leaves too. Great job.
October 26, 2014 at 4:20 pm
Shirley is such a talented crafter, and clearly so are you! Wow! This is a stunning use of watercolors and I love the tall and skinny layout. Thanks for sharing your talent!
October 26, 2014 at 5:21 pm
Well, this would be called serendipity!!! I absolutely LOVE how this all turned out. The Melon Mambo leaves are perfect – what a surprise. this really does look awesome!! I think your card is just beautiful! The tallness of the card, the spatters, the beautiful floral image, your colors – everything just goes so well together! Well done, thanks for joining us this week on the Mod Squad!
October 26, 2014 at 5:34 pm
This is one beautiful card! You have out done yourself! I love the pink in the leaves, and that flower stamp is awesome. Really lovely!
October 26, 2014 at 6:04 pm
Oh my – you are doing fabulously with water coloring! Love this card!
October 26, 2014 at 6:27 pm
THIS card is a work of ART! FABULOUS watercoloring and I LOVE the colors (my FAV combo!) and your design! Just Spectacular!
October 26, 2014 at 7:13 pm
What a gorgeous card you created. I just love it!
October 26, 2014 at 7:57 pm
Your card is awesome with the stunning painting! Shirley will love your splatters!
October 26, 2014 at 10:28 pm
Gorgeous!
October 27, 2014 at 3:32 am
Wow, Nancy, this is gorgeous. I noticed the pink leaves and thought “what a great idea”. That’s what my hydrangea leaves look like right now! Thanks so much for coming to Shirley’s party.
October 28, 2014 at 3:42 pm
That wasn’t a mistake, Nancy, that’s nature! Love, love, love those pink and green leaves. And the splatters, of course! Thank you so much for joining the linky party and helping celebrate my birthday!
October 29, 2014 at 3:53 pm
Well that’s just gorgeous! I like the leaves at the top done in the ‘wrong’ color, they still look beautiful too!
October 29, 2014 at 10:34 pm
This is so stunning! I wish I could watercolor like you! BEAUTIFUL!
October 30, 2014 at 1:16 pm
I think you did Shirley proud, Nancy. Your watercoloring looks great and I love the variegated leaves and splatters.
November 1, 2014 at 1:45 pm
Gorgoeus!!!! LOVE this!