Watercolored Flowers, Two Ways - Pretty Pink Posh March Release Blog Hop

Hello Friends! Spring is officially here in the Northern Hemisphere, and although (or maybe because) it's a Spring unlike any other, we're especially anxious to start seeing pretty things popping up in our area. I've got two cards to share using watercolors for this Pretty Pink Posh hop from the Ellen Hutson Design Ambassadors. You may have come from Emily Mydlowski, but if not feel free to start at the beginning with Julie Ebersole!

This new Tulips stamp set is really versatile ... you get two main tulip images and one tulip bud image. These are more than enough to create your own giant field of tulips with a little masking, like I did here.

Then once you have your scene built, you can go to town with the coloring. I've been loving watercoloring, so I pulled them out again for this card. 

The sentiment is from another cute new set, Lady Bug Friends. It's stamped in a soft blush color to keep most of the focus on the field of tulips. Of course, a little gold spatter never hurt anyone!

This card features watercolored flowers as well, but instead of watercoloring inside a stamped image, these flowers are watercolored die cuts from the Spring Scene die set. So yay ... no lines to stay inside of!!

The nice thing about coloring die cuts, as opposed to stamped images, is that there are no lines to follow, so you get to add your own doodled details. You can certainly be very dramatic with these, but I went pretty simple and just added darker centers, various dots, shaded petals, etc.

The vellum clouds are from the Essentials by Ellen Clouds die set and are the perfect size to add to this scene. Also, the sentiment is from the Esentials by Ellen Every Day Punnies set.

Let's not forget to admire the adorable butterfly, which is already scored so you can easily bend up his tiny wings. What a great little detail to add to any of your floral cards!

Speaking of adorable little things, you may have heard that Paulina's sweet baby boy is here! Baby Zion Asher was born Saturday, March 7th. He spent a few days in the NICU but is already home and surrounded by his fan club. Big congrats to Paulina and her entire family!!

Prizes:
We’ve got prizes! One random & lucky commenter will win $25 to the EH shop! To enter for a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop along the hop! Comment before Wednesday, March 25th at 11:59pm PST. The winner will be notified by email.

It is now my pleasure to send you to the fabulously talented Ashlea Cornell who has some really wonderful things to share with you!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and stay safe!
- Kelly

Supplies Used: (please click on the affiliate links if you're interested in the product, thanks so much for your support!)

Tulips, Pretty Pink Posh Clear Stamps Tulips, Pretty Pink Posh Dies Spring Scene, Pretty Pink Posh Dies Ladybug Friends, Pretty Pink Posh Clear Stamps Everyday Punnies by Julie Ebersole, Essentials By Ellen Clear Stamps Clouds, Essentials By Ellen Designer Dies Black Jack, Catherine Pooler Ink Pad 36 Pan Set, Altenew Watercolor Paint Uni-ball Impact Gel Pen, White