CYCI#124 - Watercolor Challenge

This weeks challenge over at Can You Case It was a real challenge for me.  I have never used watercolors before, so spent most of the week playing with them.  I colored some stamped images, but wasn't real happy with them (may use on a future card).  I kind of took the easy way out and just created a simple watercolor background.  Here is my entry for the cyci #124 challenge:

I like how this card turned out!  I used watercolor paper and some inexpensive watercolors to create the background.  I wet the entire piece of paper and then added color starting with yellow, then orange, and finally red.   I think these colors are cheerful and made a very pretty background.  I adhered the watercolor paper to a 5x7 white base card.  Then I cut out my Spellbinders Grate Effects die from white card stock and adhered it to the watercolor paper.  I also used my Spellbinders Belly Band Two die for the label and stamped the sentiment with orange ink.  The leaves were cut and embossed using the Spellbinders Foliage die.  I had these adorable fabric daisies with yellow pom pom centers in my stash.  I purchased them in a lot of embellishments from a yard sale and thought they were perfect for this cheerful card.  I then added an orange butterfly from my stash as the final touch.  I hope you like this card.  Please stop by www.canyoucaseit.com and participate in the challenge too!  It is so much fun and you just might win!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jeanne