Friends Village | Watercolor Weekend

Happy Valentine’s Weekend! It’s Watercolor Weekend time. Today I am sharing the birdhouses from the Birdhouse Village set from the new release! I just adore these little houses, so fun to decorate. I named this Friends Village.

To start off, I inked the birdhouses up with 969 and stamped it down. I wanted it darker so I didn’t stamp it off. Next, I inked up the flowers from the set with 969 and stamped them along the bottom. Using my positioner, I inked up a couple of random birds (soo many sets, take your pick 😊), stamped them off and then placed them at the top. I wanted it to look like a bunch of friends gathering.

As an afterthought, I masked off the posts and stamped in the Bird Bath. It reminded me of Florida’s gated communities with their pools. Once everything was stamped where I wanted it, I pulled color out of the lines, only where the darkest shadows would be. Once it was dry, I came back in with some color from my palette to color everything in. Remember, don’t color everything in solid, you need some white space to create dimension. The flowers and foliage were hand painted in.

Once the painting was done, I inked the two sentiments from the new Friends sentiments up with 569 and stamped them down. Psst…I messed up on my #BestFriends (didn’t use my MISTI…oops), so I just restamped it on a scrap piece of paper and cut it out with one of the journal dies. Lastly, sign and date and you are ready to put it on a card!

I trimmed down a piece of cardstock from the Valentines Paper Pack to 4.125×5.375. I mounted the watercolor piece on a mat made from Gina K Designs Edible Eggplant cardstock.

I hope you will try this project, it was so easy and fun. Great for Valentine’s, Galentine’s or any other occasion where you want to tell someone you care! Thanks so much for stopping by and being the incredible community that you are. I am grateful for all your encouragement and love. Happy Crafting!

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