Watercoloured Wreath

Hi everyone.  I went down a rabbit hole recently with YouTube and came across this lovely video of a Christmas wreath by Cecy Catalan.  The title included "beginner", which I definitely am, so I gave it a go.  To my surprise, I'm pretty happy with my card, considering this is only my second attempt. 

This card was made yesterday when I had a card making playday with my good friends, Susan (Cardmaker's Garret) and Christine (It's a Card Day's Night).  We get together every month or two throughout the year to craft and have lunch together.  It's always fun. :)

I started with using the rim of a small, round dish to create the ring of the wreath three times, offsetting slightly.  I used Lumiere Acrylic Gold paint, which has a shimmer to it.  Unfortunatley, the watercolouring over top of the rings on the left side show up.  I made a second version using Delicata Gold Re-inker and it worked better. :)

I used my Kuratake watercolour paints and Princeton watercolour brushes to add the leaves, sprigs, berries, and gold ornaments.  I finished by adding some linework with my black micronpen, and stamping a gold embossed sentiment.  It was fun to make.  

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Sending this card to the following challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Inks / Paints - Kuratake w/c paints

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #71

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Merry Christmas (SU!)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Cold Press watercolour paper (Arches 140 lb.)
Ink:  Delicata Gold re-inker; Versamark
Accessories:   Kuratake w/c paints, Princeton w/c brushes, water mister, small round dish for creating center of wreath, Black Micropen for outlining, white gellyroll pen for details

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