How I did it

• I embossed a piece of watercolour paper using the Beautiful Blossom Embossing Folder by Tonic Studios
• To do this, I used my Tangerine Die Cutting Machine, the Magenta Embossing Plate and the Orange plate.
• Then, I coloured the images using Nuvo Watercolour Pencils and Nuvo Aqua flow Pens.
• I avoid applying colour over the raised image on the paper.. this was easy as this is large florals.
• Once the colouring was done I applied Nuvo Glitter gloss to add sparkle and I splattered the panel using the ink of lilac and a black Nuvo Aqua Flow Pens.
• To finish, I added white and black dots over the images. I used fine tip paint markers to do this
• I embellished with sequins.

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• For better results,  I applied various washes of colours.. this also helps to build up the colour.
• I applied a  tiny drop of ink from the Nuvo Aqua Flow Pen on the base of each petal and I spread and blend the colour with a water brush.
• Once the Nuvo Aqua Flow Pens wash was dry, I applied watercolour pencils over. I tried to give shape and texture to the images by drawing lines and using brown and purple watercolour pencils to add darker areas too.
• When blending colours the water brush gets inky so itis good to keep cleaning it using a paper towel to avoid moody images and also to get degradation of colour.