Watercolour Iris

Here's the next stamp from the same sheet and this time it's an iris. I didn't want to take the conventional route with this stamp. I decided that I wanted it to look like I had actually painted it.



So this is what I used and did.
I inked up the stamp iris stamp with the Kuretake Art and Graphic pens and stamped the image out three times.
I used the H2O waterbrush to wet the stamped image and this seems to make it look as if it is watercoloured without all of the trouble of actually doing so.
I used the three images and decoupaged them to get a raised effect on the flower.
I used the Art and Graphic pens and dabbed on the bottom portion of the card to get the pattern as seen on the card.
I covered the join with some willow double edged satin ribbon.
I stuck the iris to the base card and then cut out a piece of white card to be a pot. I used the same colours as the iris to colour in the pot. I stuck this over the base of the Iris.
I cut a tab from a piece of white card and the stamped a sentiment on the tab. I used one from the Inspirational sayings sheet.
I stuck a button to the tab and edged it with the green art and graphic pens.
I used the narrow end of the green pen to draw a stitched border around the top part of the card.

I hope that you like it as much as I do.