Majestic Peony With Color Bursts

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Today, I will be water coloring the beautiful Gina K. Designs Majestic Peony stamp. This is a fantastic image to color and has several beautiful sentiments with loose, flowing fonts. I just love peonies and other open petal flowers for coloring, and this one is one of my all time favorites! I will be using Ken Oliver Color Bursts and coloring on Tim Holtz Distress Water Color Paper.
When painting with Color Bursts, I have a tin that holds 40 half pans that I have added the powders to then added a little water. I left them sit out and harden so that when I want to paint, I just have to touch my water brush to the color then add to my image. This is a great way to be able to take my Color Bursts with my on the go without having to mess with the powders.
Let's get started on today's project!!

***Added... Please go to the end of this post if you would like to see a picture of how I store my Color Bursts.

I will be doing all of my work today on my Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat.

To start, I take the biggest die from my Stitched Rectangle Dies and cut a panel out of Tim Holtz Distress Water Color Cardstock, running them through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. I then place the panel into my MISTI Stamp Positioner and prep using my Anti Static Powder Bag. Next, I center  the large image from the Majestic Peony Stamp Set and stamp onto the top of my panel using Versamark Embossing Ink. I then add Detail Gold Embossing Powder and heat set with my Heat Tool.

I will be using two Water Brushes to do my coloring, one for adding color, the other for wetting my image and blending. To color my flowers, I add clean water to the first petal, I then start with Orchid Color Burst and add a little color to the base of the petal. Next, I take and pull the color and blend out towards the end of the petal. I continue with this process until all petals are colored. I add Wisteria Color Burst to the smaller flower buds with the same process. I then go back with Wisteria Color Burst and add to the base of some of the petals of the large flowers and blend out.

For the leaves, I add Olive Green Color Burst adding at the base of each leaf then blending out toward the ends.

For the tiny flowers, I add Gamboge Color Burst. After all of my coloring is finished, I add spatters of Orchid Color Burst using a small paintbrush. I then also add spatters of Gold Watercolor.

Next, I cut a 3/4" x 4 1/4" strip of Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer. I then place it into my MISTI Stamp Positioner and stamp a sentiment from the Majestic Peony Stamp Set using Versafine Clair Nocturn Ink. I also spatter my sentiment strip with Orchid Color Burst.

I now add a piece of Double Sided Adhesive Foam to the back of my floral panel. I remove the release paper and mount onto an Edible Eggplant Cardstock card base. I add Foam Tape onto the back of my sentiment strip and mount towards the bottom of my card front. I add Water Droplets using Liquid Glue and this completes my card.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and learned how easy water coloring can be. The Color Bursts are highly pigmented powders, it only takes a little to add bright, vibrant color to images. I really enjoy water coloring floral images and hope to one day learn how and where to properly add shadows and highlights. I have fun even though I don't know exactly what I'm doing!


***Added, I've had some comments on the way I store and use my Color Bursts. Here is a picture of the tin with half pans that I use as my palette. I was gifted this tin from my cousin, which was purchased on Amazon. Here is the link to the tin I have. Paint Tin 

I learned this storage idea from Effie, owner of The Ton stamp company. I took a class with her at JunkieFest last year, that is where I learned to watercolor using Color Burst Powders, she is a fantastic teacher! Here is her YouTube link explaining all about storing Color Burst Powders in these tins. Color Burst Palette Set Up.

On a side note, I was carrying mine downstairs to work on a project and it slipped out of my hand, hitting the floor. Needless to say, the little pans fell out of the tin and now my once organized tin is now a hot mess and colors are all out of order, LOL!!!

This tin works great for me. If you love using Color Bursts, this is a great way to keep them!

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Happy Stamping!!
Jeannie