A new challenge is being shared today on the Impression Obsession Blog, and I hope you join the fun! The challenge is Colors of Summer. Pull out your creativity, and join us! In addition to the new challenge, we're also welcoming a new designer to the team - Karen Amidon! You are sure to be inspired by her creativity!
For the Colors of Summer challenge, I chose to create a watercolored card featuring this group of coneflowers. These flowers remind me so much of summertime meadows in northeastern Washington and north Idaho. Meadows there are always decorated with clusters of beautiful white daisies, and they are always so pretty.
Instead of painting the flowers yellow like coneflowers, I decided to paint them like daisies letting the colors mix and blend on the paper. I stamped the image in StazOn ink and painted it with various colors of Distress Ink. Once the image was painted, I added splatters of color, and splatters of watered down gesso.
Find all the details on how to enter the challenge on the Impression Obsession Blog. A random challenge entry will be selected to showcase on the IO blog and you can to enter to win a $25 gift certificate to IO just by playing!
Now, get ready for a wonderful dose of inspiration and check out what the other team members created for the challenge. Have fun!!
Anna Wight (that's me!)
Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher
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Supplies
Stamp: Coneflowers by Impression Obsession
Dies: Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities Oval and Scalloped Oval
Paper: Fabriano 100% Cotton Cold Press Watercolor paper; Neenah
Other: Gingham Ribbon
This is a lovely ' summer' feel card Anna! greets Miranda
Posted by: Miranda | July 08, 2014 at 01:28 PM
love the background; awesome! thanks for sharing!
Posted by: weim house | July 05, 2014 at 03:18 PM
WOW! love the colors and your painting/coloring is gorgeous...SUPER job!!! I can see fabric needs to be printed like that! Love, MOM
Posted by: MOM | July 04, 2014 at 01:01 PM
Gorgeous!
Posted by: Cynthia Clark | July 03, 2014 at 06:26 PM
now that's a warm summer,like Texas, hope the daises don't wither, they are too pretty.
Posted by: Pattie Jns | July 03, 2014 at 07:45 AM
Stunning card. I am loving the stamped image. The flowers look great as daisies. Would make pretty coneflower... yet I see them as SUNFLOWERS someday. ;)
Posted by: carol dee | July 03, 2014 at 07:10 AM
Breathtaking card!
Posted by: JoAnn | July 03, 2014 at 07:09 AM
Absolutely breathtaking.
Posted by: SueB | July 03, 2014 at 06:19 AM
Beautiful, Anna. You have so much talent. Have a great holiday weekend and enjoy the extra day off work. Hugs to you and all your critters. Robin
Posted by: Robin B. | July 03, 2014 at 06:04 AM