Love Under the Cherry Blossoms. by Sara Cook

Hello everyone. I have a Valentine's watercolor project featuring the Cherry Blossom Wreath with a heart opening to the inside of the card.

Cherry Blossoms:

Gold emboss the Cherry Blossom Wreath on Membory Box Watercolor paper. Watercolor with Zig Real Brush pens. Use 025 and 026 for the cherry blossoms. Use 041 and 047 for the leaves. Apply clean water with a water brush and apply the lightest color to a non porous surface and pick up with the water brush and add to the image. Add the darkest color direct on the image where the shadow should be. To color the background apply grey blue, 092, to a glass surface and pick up with the water brush. Apply to the background of the wreath.

Heart Cut out:

Take the 2nd smallest die from the Scallop Pinpoint Loving Heart Cut and die cut out the center of the wreath. Save the heart die cut. Die cut the full wreath with the Cherry Blossom Wreath die cut, making sure the center part of the die is tucked behind the heart cut out. Use a light blue A2 card base and temperarilly center the wreath to the card base. Temporarily glue the heart saved from the wreath back into place. Remove just the wreath, keeping heart die cut in place. Position the 2nd smallest Scallop Pinpoint Loving Heart die over the heart die cut, make sure to have the card open, and run through the die cut machine. Glue the wreath on the front of the card base, centering the hearts. Cut off the excess of the wreath hanging off the card base.

Inside of Card:

Gold emboss Happy Valentine's Day on the inside of the card toward the top center using the Big and Little Valentine's stamp set. Make sure it cannot be seen through the heart cut out. Die cut the 2nd smallest Scallop Pinpoint Heart from vellum. Addd glue to the areas that will be covered by the birds. Glue the heart through the front of the closed card. Die cut Poppy Stamps Little Hummingbirds from white card stock. Glue the birds over the vellum heart, positioning to see them through the heart cut out. Gold emboss 2 of the full cherry blossoms on Memory Box watercolor paper. Color the same way as the wreath and die cut. Glue them to either sides of the bottom of the vellum heart.