Altenew Creativity Inspired Contest

My yard is true desert landscaping. It’s September, over 100 degrees and there are no flowers.

For this challenge I went to my local supermarket and was thrilled to find Gerbera Daisies! Just happens I had the Gerbera Revolution Paint-A-Flower on my desk.

The Altenew Artist Watercolor 24 Pan Set was used to create these luscious pastel colors. The image was stamped with Obsidian Pigment ink and clear heat-embossed on watercolor paper.

I fussy-cut the image and went over the edges with a black marker then splattered black acrylic paint over it.

The background is Geometric Botany white heat-embossed then smushed into black water-color paint from the 24 pan set to created a random gray tone. Iridescent Ink Spray gives the background a little glimmer not picked up by the camera.

Wishing is die cut from Dazzling Diamond Glitter Cardstock. The glitter cardstock also backs the sentiment from Tiny Sentiments Wishing.

Pastel colors are a challenge for me. I tend to have a heavy hand and find darker, brighter colors much easier.