First off I started with a really simple technique - this stamp has a real vintage style and lots of fine detail so the ink and water technique is a perfect way to treat it.
I just stamped it onto water colour card stock in Galactic Stream from Altenew's Sweet Dreams inks and then used a plain water brush to drag out some of the ink colour for a soft water colour feel. I mounted it with a little glitter paper and finished with a friends sentiment over the middle as wreaths aren't just for Christmas!
Next I switched to water colouring proper using the new AlteNew paints for the first time and I have to say I think they are really good. Super creamy and really intense pigments, you can get an almost gouache effect if you use them thick!
This time I embossed the wreath in silver and used just two colours of the paints to add shading to the leaves. Finished with more glitter and a matching Merry Christmas sentiment and a few drops of pearls in a variety of greens and whites for berries (not that Eucalyptus has berries but in my world it can!)
Finally I decided to have a go at a vintage water colour feel to match the stamp. I am NOT the worlds best with watercolour, but I am reasonably happy with the results.
I embossed in a teal powder this time and then sprayed my whole paper to get it very wet and then I used a mix of grey and teal to flood the background and in between the leaves (it is clearer irl but hard to photograph as its a bit dull here today) I allowed that to dry then added more water to the leaves and did a softer looser version of my previous painting allowing the colours to run. It needed a bit more contrast so I went back in with a darker greeny-teal in places. I finished this time with some glitter berries and a sentiment stamped in the middle from Sugar Pea's Tinsel in a Tangle set.
Hope that inspires you to get your wreath on.
Catch you Sunday
Tara
