Watercolouring

Hi there!
    I'm back today with a water coloured card. I last did water colouring while in school...over three decades ago! Never really enjoyed it as I always ended up smudging my work. I was aware it has been a new trend in card making for a while, but I was very reluctant to even try with fear of repeating the same mistake. After seeing THIS post by Ink Stains Roni, I was inspired to give it a try and while painting on Sunday, I could not believe it was actually me painting!!

Supplies used:

watercolour paper
Lefranc & Bourgeois pan watercolours
Lawn Fawn Stitched Journalling Card die
SRM sticker sentiment
bling
The painting was done on a 3.5"x 4.5" piece of watercolor paper which was later die cut. I followed the same techniques as Roni, except that I did it in one colour...first diluted, then direct from the pan set. To make the butterfly, I folded a 2"x2" pece of watercolor paper in half, drew the butterfly shape on one half, opened the fold, painted it black and let it dry. Next, I added thick blobs of paint on one side of the folded paper, folded it over the other half and pressed it together to obtain a symmetrical design. After it dried, I cut the folded half butterfly to add it to my card. This is what it looked like before I cut the butterfly...

I'm entering this card into the following challemges:

http://yournextstamp.com/blog/category/challenge - sketch

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge - anything goes

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/category/events/work-it-wednesday - new technique

    I hope you like my card today. I'm hooked on watercoloring roses now and have already begun another piece. So be prepared to see more cards with watercoloured roses soon. As for the technique I used for the butterfly, it was one of the things I did as a school kid with watercolour tubes to make symmetrical abstract designs, just for fun.
    Thanks for visiting. Hope to be back at least once more this month. 
Leanne