The Wonder of Watercolour

I've spent a lot of time over the last day or two watercolouring more images from SUs Summer By The Sea -- they are such beautiful images. I finally found a way to showcase them too, pairing them simply with sentiments by Gina K. Designs, her Punchy Words set. I just loved the simplicity of the phrases/font. I have made a set of 8 cards similar to these ones that I will tuck away and save as a holiday gift. I have the recipient in mind already -- I know that she will truly appreciate them. I don't do this type of thing often (plan so far in advance that is), so I just hope that I remember that I've saved them!

Summer By The Sea

For years and years I have absolutely adored this set from SU and I finally broke down and bought it a few months back (not sure really why I took so long). After all that waiting, the really sad part is that it wasn't until yesterday that I actually mounted them up and showed them some ink. Geesh! I really need to get more on top of these things!

The image is (water)coloured with Tombow markers and the designer paper is Close To My Heart Boom-Di-Ada from their Summer collection. It's funny, I struggled with the actual design on this card for quite some time. I truly believe that these images can stand almost on their own, and I didn't want to add anything that might detract from the image itself. I'm not totally happy with the final result, but it'll do for now. I have many more images to colour and mount.