Pretty Pink Posh Watercolour Blog Hop

I'm taking part of the Pretty Pink Posh Watercolour blog hop. I'm doing the 30 days of coloring challenge hosted by Kathy at The daily marker and did this card yesterday on my "colouring time". I got the Gansai Tambi watercolours but to be honest I'm having a really hard time using them. I made this card twice trying to use them and in the end I just sprayed the second card with water, blotted it all off and used my distress inks on top of it instead. It still have some of the shimmer from the pearlescent paint form the Gansai Tambi set, and the splatters too but the gemstones are made with distress ink. I guess I need practice (and a good teacher, volunteers? Anyone?)

Klick the graphic to go to the start of the blog hop, I'm so looking forward to hopping along and looking at everyones creations. I must say that the thing I enjoy the most with the 30 days colouring challenge is this thing I do every night. After going to bed I click the hashtag for the 30 days coloring challenge and browse through all the creations for the day. So many wonderful creations. There is a hashtag for this hop too, #watercolorbloghop . I'll be sure to klick on that too to see everything. (FYI, if you are wondering why I keep spelling the word color differently all the time. In school here we learn British english, but then all I see is American english and that's what my spellcheck wants to use and so I get totally confused and keep using different spelling. So now you know. Sorry about that...)

Here's a closeup of the card. The stamps are Winnie & Walter and I adore this set called My Precious. Oh, to have that handwriting. One can only dream... Anyways, the gems are embossed with Silver Pearl embossing powder and the sentiment with Silver Sparkle embossingpowder, both from WOW. What I couldn't catch with the camera was the shimmer on the background, it's very pretty!

So, thank you for stopping by here on your way through the hop. I am really glad I could find the time to finish a project for the hop! Now I'll go pack up my crafty stuff, this weekend I'm going to take Project Life classes with Becky Higgins and also having a crafty day with my friends on Sunday. A whole weekend of fun ahead. I hope you'll have a great one too :)

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Comments

[Kate]

So pretty and i love your choice of colours :)
Kate xx

[Kristina Beagle]

Very cute!

[Carol Doggett]

Love this....well done! TFS!

[susie]

How fun is this card!!!

[Nina-Marie Trapani]

oooo, this is awesome! I love the jewel tones!

[Sabrina Radican]

Love the colors!!!

[Pam]

Your card is so pretty! Love the sentiment too.

[Darnell]

Those jewels were just crying out to be watercolored and you've done that brilliantly, Maya!! Hugs, Darnell

[Nancy]

sweet card

[Shay]

So beautiful, Maya! Love the colors and dimension you were able to convey using the watercolors/watercolours. :-)

[Jen Carter]

This is wonderful!

[Michele H.]

Great idea with those beautiful watercolor jewels!

[Vanessa Menhorn]

Beautiful card! Love how you colored the jewels!

[Shanna]

How sweet. Your card is great!

[D.AnnC]

Gollum likessss... no matter how you color/colour it! : )

[Becca Cruger]

Oh my gosh, this is just stunning! Such an amazing use of distress inks. Love the color scheme and the artsy splatters.

[Jung A]

super pretty! love the gems!

[Kris]

Love the border and really love the colors and subtle background using those colors.

[Brithzi Sandy]

Precious is the word. (I agree that Gollum would like)

[Brandi R]

Beautiful! Love these gems with watercolor ♥

[Julia Klein]

Omg, would you please send this card to me? :D I LOVE IT! Your watercoloring is amazing. Keep up doing the good work. Now you have a new reader. :)

[Julia Klein]

I can´t find your blog in bloglovin. That´s so sad… :(

[Mateja P]

Those gems look amazing. I would not mind having one or two of those :)

[Jessica Bavier]

This is so pretty! Those colors and stamps are awesome! :)

[Fifi-T]

This is wonderful, one of my favourites on the blog hop

[Kris]

Nicely done...

[Celeste Goff]

Love the beautiful jewel colors you used on this gorgeous card!

[Michelle Bala]

Beautiful card!

[Janis]

Love this!!! Even though you had to change plans with it, it turned out so very pretty!
<3 J

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[Annie]

Beautiful stamp set, and love your card! Thanks for sharing! ~Annie

[Taunya Butler]

Gorgeous and so amazingly done - love the coolness this card has!!! I would like to invite you to come to my blog where I am hosting a giveaway!! daisiesgirl.com

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Kate <3

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Kristina <3

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Carol for visiting :)

[Maya Isaksson]

Thanks Susie! It's the stamps, they are so much fun! :)

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Nina-Marie :)

[Maya Isaksson]

Thanks Sabrina, I kinda do too :) It's picked raspberry and salty ocean I think, distress ink. They mix into such a pretty purple. Try it!

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Pam! The sentiment is adorable, I would love to be able to handwrite like that <3

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Darnell! Those stamps are so much fun :) Hugs to you too!

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Nancy! <3

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Shay! It's the stamps, they make it so easy! Love them <3

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Jen! <3

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Michele, I've been wanting to try that since I got them, finally got the perfect excuse :)

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Vanessa! <3

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Shanna! <3

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you! Your comment made me laugh out loud when I got it the other day, I was thinking of Gollum when I made it. It really should come with a ring too ;)

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you so much Becca! <3 I love splatter at the time, it makes it ok to make a mess ;)

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Jung, I do too! <3

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Kris, I was inspired by Julie Ebersole. Her cards always look so good with a bit of black and white. Check her out if you haven't, you'll love her cards I'm sure! <3

[Maya Isaksson]

I love that you got the reference, I was thinking of Gollum all the time I was making the card. I laughed reading your comment the other day ;) Thank you!

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Brandi, they are pretty, aren't they? <3

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you so much! <3 You know what. If you send me your adress at miffot (at) gmail (dot) com I'll send it to you. And you should really be able to find me at blglovin, try copying the address instead of looking for the name. I don't use bloglovin myself but I am registered there... I would love it if you would be able to follow me there :)

[Maya Isaksson]

I would love a pile of them ;) They are so pretty! Thank you for visiting Mateja <3

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Jessica, aren't they the best? I think it's my favourite set from the latest W&W release. But it's hard to decide <3

[Maya Isaksson]

Oh, wow! Thank you so much! <3 With all those beautiful creations on the hop that makes me really really happy to hear! Thank you so much for visiting <3

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Kris :)

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Michelle <3

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Celeste <3

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Janis! Sometimes things turn out even better than you planned when you mess up. Happy accidents ;)

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Annie! I love those stamps <3

[Maya Isaksson]

Thank you Taunya <3 You are sweet! I'll come check it out, thank you for the invite!

[Heather North]

You've chosen such lovely colors for your card. Thank you for your honest about the gansai watercolors. I've been on the fence about getting them and wanted to hear from someone who isn't promoting them. KWIM?

P.S. Love the sentiment in this set and I wish my handwriting looked that good too.

[Tess Hackett]

I think your card turned out lovely. The colors are some of my favorite colors. It may have been trial an error but it turned out beautiful.