Deer Friend

Good Morning Crafty Friends!

Have you seen all the new Memory Box stamps, dies and stencils? Woo Hoo, they are spectacular! Last week we had a fun blog blitz (scroll back to see it if you missed it) and congrats to all the daily winners.

Today I am featuring the Happy Fawn --he's got a lot of personality and there is a perfect sentiment from Poppy Stamps for a friendship card...."you are a deer friend".

I watercolored this little fawn and the Blooming Leaf Border using ordinary "hard cake" watercolors---just add water! I like using a #3 round brush and I "paint" plain water in my path before adding the actual color. I find the color travels and blends well this way. I created the ground he is standing on with watered down black watercolor paint... just scribble the color around his hooves and stretch it out towards the edge of the card.

I also used one of my favorite dies, Stitched Rectangle Layers from the Open Studio collection--it's extremely versatile and the stitched detail is clever, don't you think?