I have created my own pallet of watercolors using various lines of powder color. The combination of one color with pearlescent or mica powders gives the shimmer I was looking for. Here I combined Ken Oliver Cerulean Blue with Honkydory Prism Sparking Sapphire to get this color of blue. By adding Mica Gum I can let the colors dry out in their tray and re-hydrate when needed plus it really helps set the color and shine on paper.
For this card I stamped the floral image with embossing pad then heat set Platinum on white text vellum. After water coloring using a paint brush very loosely, I then added splatters and allowed to dry. Next, I dry embossing to add texture and flatten out the paper. Once trimmed down and mounted on white cs base I added the strip and heat set die sentiments, both created on the Silhouette.
Thanks for sharing your time with me, now I am sharing this with:
TicTacToe: Coloring+embossing+die cut
As You Like It: Color Medium Shimmer water colors
Paper Crafter at large 
Look great! I have many powders, so it would be fun to create my own palette. Maybe one of these days I will give it a try.
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What a soft elegant card. Gorgeous.
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Beautiful – love all the shimmer!
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Beautiful image and love the watercolor color you created.
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This is so pretty and shimmery.
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Wow, Bonnie, this is so pretty! Great play of textures and color – I LOVE watercolor techniques! The silver is perfect with the blue! Thanks so much for playing at Hand Stamped Sentiments!
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What a deft hand you have, Bonnie, as well as a wonderful knack for mixing colors. This is really gorgeous with the silver and blue and all the schparkle. Your loose watercoloring is perfect for this month’s CAS Mix Up challenge so you should enter there, as well! Hugs, Darnell
https://casmixup.blogspot.com/2022/01/january-2022-challenge.html
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Love this – such a beautiful effect
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You have created a beautiful card with these powder watercolors. So soft and sweet and I love how you used the sketch! Thanks for joining in on the challenge at HSS!
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Beautiful card! I love the watercolor and the metallics together. Thanks for joining us at Hand Stamped Sentiments.
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That blue looks lovely against the silver – a great take on our sketch – thanks for joining us at HSS this week
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I love everything about this! Great job making your own shimmery water colors.
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Bonnie, you make blue look so easy and beautiful…love this card! Thank you for playing!
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A beautiful and elegant card. Thank you for joining in at As You Like It. Lynne DT
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Such a beautifully painted card. Thank you for sharing with us at AYLI. Sarah DT
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