These colors match the Noteworthy collection perfectly, so that is what I used :) I decided to enlarge the entire design of the sketch, so I cut a big hexagon from a light blue patterned paper. I used one of the new cut files Flowers and Leaves (available HERE) and cut three large flowers from different papers and a few leaf sprigs from white cardstock. I used a floral paper as by background, and I covered a lot of it with white acrylic paint and then gesso. I wanted the area all around the edges of the design to be faded with only the pattern on the outer edges showing.
I used the Liquid Watercolors to paint the leaf die cuts. I backed the large flowers with white cardstock, which I also added gesso to. I painted the "petals" using coordinating watercolors to make the flowers look more dimensional. I also added watercolor on the background around the edges of the hexagon.
I love how these flowers turned out! I dabbed a bit of the watercolor on and used my fingers to smudge it. I wanted the centers to be darker and then fade out to white around the larger edges of the petals. I also love how the edges of the flowers naturally just curl up, making it even more realistic. I added some of the Noteworthy Enamel Dots to the centers of the flowers.
I used a variety of the Noteworthy pieces to embellish around the photo. I used one of the large envelopes, some stickers, some puffy stickers, and I even dismantled a dimensional sticker and used part of it here. I used another leaf sprig over to the left of the hexagon and topped it with a floral puffy sticker and some matching thread.
I gave the hexagon a bit more interest by stitching around the edges using green thread, and then I popped it up off the page using dimensional adhesive. I did add some blue and yellow splatters at the end.
Dimension...woo hoo! Yes, this will get smushed down once this page eventually goes into an album, but that's okay. Honestly, I haven't put my pages in albums in years. I have so many stacked in rubbermaid containers...kind of like file folder style. I ran out of albums a long time ago, and the kind I like aren't made anymore. So into containers they go (for now...haha)!
I used some of the puffy sticker frames around the edges of the hexagon for some tone-on-tone interest. I used a fine tip black Sharpie to write my journaling.
Here's the other part of the dimensional sticker that I dismantled. I just tucked these flowers behind the photo and added a small one-word title using the multi-colored puffy alpha stickers.
And a few more close-ups of all the details :)
I hope you'll join us for the challenge! As always, there is a chance for you to win a $50 gift card to the Pinkfresh Store...woo hoo! That's a fantastic prize! Find the challenge info HERE.
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