Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Impression Obsession Rainbow Giraffe

Hello and thank you for stopping by!  I am very excited about this bright fun card!
One of my most used and loved stamps is Impression Obsession Baby Giraffe.  I came up with the idea of watercoloring each "spot" with two colors and then letting them organically blend.  I knew that giraffes spots are all unique like human fingerprints, so I thought a vibrant rainbow giraffe would be fun to create.

I started by embossing in brown on watercolor paper and then selected bright watercolor hues.  I made four cards changing the look with gold and black embossing and whats fun is that it is impossible to create identical cards.  It reminds me of working with alcohol inks. I wanted to keep the design clean and simple so that the focus was on the giraffe with rainbow colors.    I matted on a neutral card base and it is ready to send.

Casology's Africa Challenge - Giraffes are definitely my favorite African animal and I have to say that  I LOVE hand feeding giraffes lettuce leaves.+

Happy Little Stampers "Bright" Watercolor Challenge


Karen

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14 comments:

  1. Jacquie SouthasApril 27, 2019 at 1:55 AM

    I love the way you colored this gorgeous giraffe! Thanks for joining us at CASology this week!

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    1. Karen BrownApril 30, 2019 at 6:42 AM

      Thank you! I loved the Africa prompt this week. :-)

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  2. BożenAApril 27, 2019 at 4:03 PM

    An amazing project. I love the light in your card. A great selection of colors and excellent watercolors technique. This giraffe looks stunning
    Thank you for joining our challenge at HLS Watercolor.
    hugs,
    BożenA DT HLS

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    1. Karen BrownApril 30, 2019 at 6:42 AM

      Thank you! I had so much fun with this project!

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  3. HelenApril 28, 2019 at 2:01 AM

    I just love this modern take too Karen! Gorgeous!!!

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    1. Karen BrownApril 30, 2019 at 6:43 AM

      Thank you Helen. I've been on a giraffe kick but love the cards I've created.

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  4. Anita in FranceApril 28, 2019 at 8:50 AM

    Cool, creative and so fun, Karen ... what a fabulous rainbow giraffe ... all those blended colours are fantastic! Anita :)

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  5. Mac MableApril 28, 2019 at 3:27 PM

    Yes... so bright and such fun. What an adorable image and love the fabulous water colour effect. Stunning card x

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  6. LindseyApril 28, 2019 at 7:48 PM

    Your colouring is fabulous! Such a fun and happy card. Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers for the Watercolour Challenge!

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    1. Karen BrownApril 30, 2019 at 6:45 AM

      Thank you! I always enjoy the Happy Little Stampers Challenges.

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  7. Janet a.k.a. swanlady21April 29, 2019 at 12:23 PM

    SO COOL! Love your colourful giraffe. Thanks for joining in the fun as CASology this week.

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