PTI May Blog Hop

Today is Blog Hop day at Papertrey Ink! Our inspiration art looks so sweet! I was really enamored with this watercolor and its painterly effect. I decided to swap out popsicles (unless they're sugar free, or course!) with coffee cups. Warm weather may be here, but it's never too warm for coffee!

 {Today's Brew: Heart to Heart Stamp Set(PTI),  Think Big Favorites stamp set (PTI), Fine Linen and Dark Chocolate ink (PTI), PTI kraft card stock, Strathmore watercolor paper. Gansai Tambi watercolors, button twine (PTI) }

I decided to stamp the coffee cups in PTI's Fine Linen. Then I watercolored each image using my Gansais Tambi watercolors. I used a wet brush dipped in paint to flick some splatters onto the finished images. Finally, I stamped the sentiment on top of everything after it had dried.

And if the message of nine coffee cups wasn't enough, I thought the inside sentiment made it loud and clear.

This watercolor project came at the perfect time, as I had just been playing with my watercolors last week.

I finally got around to creating an index of all of the colors.

And I also did a little blending with each one. This really came in handy for today's project!

Watercoloring is so forgiving and so much fun. I plan to take my paints outdoors for some "en plein air" painting soon.

Thanks for visiting the cafe today!