Hello all! It's Lauren and today I am up on the blog sharing my latest card featuring the gorgeous Botanical Turtle from this months release. I think the look of pink and green is so pretty together so I decided it would be perfect for this flower toting turtle!
What I did first was stamp the turtle onto water colour paper with black water colour friendly ink. To colour the image I used water colour pencils that I have had in my stash for years. After I had coloured the turtle I waited for it to completely dry before working on the background.
Once it was dry, I added water to Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide ink and with a small paintbrush to create the blue behind the turtle. I had water in mind but it could also be sky.
When the water had dried, I watered down Antique Linen Distress Oxide to paint on the ground/sand. Making sure to have it darker underneath the turtle to create some shadowing. Then left it to dry, then stamped the sentiment in black.
For the embellishment, I used fishtail banner dies to create a larger pink one, then smaller green polka dot one. I trimmed them and adhered it to the card.
To add a finishing touch, I placed 3 pink self adhesive dots onto the banner.
Thanks so much for visiting! Hope you have a wonderful day!
-Lauren
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