Reverse Watercolor Sympathy Cards

Hello! I don't know about anyone else, but for me, watercoloring is quite simply one of the most relaxing things in the world! Truly my happy place and therapy! This past week has been pretty busy, but I ended up with a bit of quiet time this morning, so I sat down and used my MISTI, a couple of Altenew sets that I had purchased a while back and not had time to get inky, and some watercolors to put together a bunch of sympathy cards.

I used to hate making multiples of cards - and now I seem to have trouble making just making one! I used my MISTI to make it easy to stamp multiples of these, first stamping the flower and sentiment, then masking off the flower to add the leaves. Then it was just a matter of picking different watercolors and doing some messy coloring around the image - love the way this quite simply sets off the beautiful floral image.

Here is a close up of each of them:

This one was a bit more bold - but I love that emerald green tone:

And this is actually the first one I did - then I decided I liked them better with the flower and leaves uncolored.

Also linking these up with a couple challenges - first up, this month's Altenew Inspiration Challenge (the yellow and green cards of these):

Next, this week's Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Mask It:

And also the Simon Says Monday Challenge - Monochrome (all but the last card):

And finally, this week's Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge:

Here are links to the products I used on this including affiliate links where possible. Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!!!

Altenew BEAUTIFUL DAY Clear Stamp Set Altenew PAINTED GREETINGS Clear Stamp Set Silly Stitched Die Set *Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER Inkssentials Surfaces ISW39532 Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad VF-82 *Sakura KOI MEDIUM WATERBRUSH Water Brush Watercolor #6 Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36 COLOR SET *Neenah Classic Crest **110 LB** SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Whole Kit and Kaboodle Simon Says Stamp MASKING PAPER Label Sheets 20 Count SMSK20 Scor-Tape 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White 660425

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