altenew: paint a flower iris

Hi there crafty friends. Today I have another card project that I completed as part of the Altenew Educator Certification Program. This card was created based on techniques from the Impressive Heat Embossing class. I based my card on the first lesson which is embossing for coloring. I love heat embossing when coloring because it is an easy way to help me stay in the lines, especially when watercoloring. I combined the new to me Paint A Flower: Iris stamp set with the Altenew Artists 24 Color Pan Watercolor set. 

To start I embossed the Iris in Gold Embossing Powder and colored in the Irises in shades of reds and oranges by wetting each area I wanted to color and dropping the color in to that section. I let each area dry and was careful to color areas that were dry on either side for each section. I colored in the petals first and once they were dry, I completed the leaves. When the Iris coloring was completed, I added a wash of the Crystal Water blue paint all around the Iris, letting the color fade out at the top. The embossing really helps to keep the wash from getting on to the flowers. Once the panel was dry, I stamped the sentiment in Archival Ink. 

To finish the card, I masked off the flower and the sentiment and added Altenew Antique Gold Metallic Spray, Jet Black Spray, and Pure White Spray by dipping a clean paintbrush into each spray and splattering it on the card. 

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