Once the marker stage is completed I move to the pencil stage blending and giving shadows where needed. To begin I lightened the ink on my printer and I colored these blossoms using my markers I use three interchangeably Copic, Altenew and Ohuhu. Almond blossoms are extraordinarily beautiful and while I am no Van Gogh, who so beautifully painted almond blossoms in the South of France in the 1800’s, I wanted a very delicate no line look, to represent the beauty of this flower. radiates through these gorgeous almond blossoms. Almond BlossomsĪlex’s attention to intricate details and delightful themes, awakening the imagination. for a little added interest and sparkle I used peachy sequence from Simon Says Stamp. I heat embossed it and adhered it to my panel using foam squares. The sentiment is also from Altenew, Dare To Dream stamp set. Once everthing was dry I fussy cut the Gardenia and adhered it to my panel.

This gave a tone on tone effect allowing the gardenia to be the focal point. I used Altenew Artist grade watercolors and their Metallic Watercolors to paint this glorious flower! I stamped the black card stock panel using Altenews Pattern Play Diamond background stamp using Ink on 3 clear embossing ink.

All of these images are now available in Alex Syberias Etsy Store.

All three of the cards today are A2 size cards measuring 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. To create this card I printed the gardenia on Canson XL 110 lb water color paper. I truly hope you enjoy and are as inspired by Alex as I am. I created three cards from this stunning collection, I took a more traditional approach. You should be arriving here from Tina Wilstrup’s blog, but if not I invite you to start with Alex as to not miss a single design in this gorgeous collection! I promise you wont be disappointed! Hello, I am very excited today because today is Alex Syberias May release, she has done it again, giving us a release full of beauty and wonder and if that wasn’t enough its her first blog hop, I’m so honored to be joining in.

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