Hello and welcome back! Today I am participating on a very special blog hop for Simon Hurley over at Inklips. He is 13 years old with an amazing cardmaking and stamping skills. I love when younger generations join our crafting community and share handmade cards and love! So, Simon just hit 1000K subscribers on his youtube channel, which is a great milestone! So we are celebrating today by joining together on a blog hop.
If you are hopping along already, you probably came from Laura’s blog. If you are just starting with me, no worries, keep hopping along with us until you make it to the full circle. You can find the full hop list on the bottom of this post.
Today I am going out of my comfort zone with color combinations and trying some different colors together; gray and green. Let’s see how it turned out!
The stamp set I used today is from Winnie & Walter called Elsa’s Flora. This is one of their newest release which I am in love. I am also sharing more inspiration over at my online class and we just started a class focusing on this release. I really hope you will check it out and join us!
When doing the technique I am sharing today, make sure to do it with small amount of water. If you add too much water, you end up mushing all the color layers together and there won’t be any definitions left.
For the sentiment I used Thanks die from W&W as well. Just popped it out with some foam tape, dressed it up with few clear sequins and the card is done!
I hope you enjoyed my creations today and take some time this weekend to do some watercoloring. Don’t forget to check out Simon’s blog for fun giveaways!! Next stop on the hop is my good friend Laurel Beard. Let’s see what she has created for us!
SUPPLIES
See below for all the products used in today’s project. Click SSS for Simon Says Stamp, or AMZ for Amazon. All the products were personally purchased, otherwise noted. Enjoy shopping and happy creating!
BLOG HOP LIST
172 Comments
Beautiful card, Nicole!!!
loving a watercolor hop great card
Never would have thought of using Gray on flowers. It is stunning.
Lovely neutral grey water colored floral!
Great colors!
Love your card! I think Simon is a talented card maker and a natural at making videos.
Beautiful card. Love how you water colored this card…colors and design are awesome.
Wow this card is gorgeous! ❤️
I love this! The coloring is fab and I like the colors you chose!
Im loving this water color hop…and I love your card as well, beautiful !!
beautiful!
Such pretty colors!
Enjoying this watercolor blog hop with lots of techniques and tips! Beautiful shading of neutral grays, love this floral creation with bold thanks, perfect amount of sequins placing!
Your color combination is beautiful, great card.
Your color combination is beautiful, great card.
Terrific watercoloring!! very pretty card – a classic.
Beautiful! I love the color of the roses – simple and elegant.
Love the monochromatic scheme. The green really pops!
great color choice!
Beautiful card.
Unusual but effective color combo. Thanks for the video, also!
Stunning card, love your color choices!
So pretty! I love the soft grey.
Beautiful card!
Pretty card. I love the color combination.
I love your beautiful coloring. I like the flowers in that stamp set, and the die cut gives the perfect “pop”.
Fabulous color combination….thank you for sharing!
Really pretty card with the greys and greens.
Absolutely beautiful! I love the stamps you used and I love your watercolour!
Love the color combo. Beautiful card.
Gorgeous card and great technique!
Very elegant and lovely!!
Love looking at unusual colour combinations. Works so well on this card.
I’m so glad you stepped out of your color comfort zone because these colors are awesome! I never would have thought of gray and green – beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful card! I love your color choices! I’m new to your blog so I’ll be sure to subscribe. Thanks so much!
Simple lovely! The colors are soft and pretty; very unexpected. Thanks for a great video!
Such an elegant card. I forgot how gray creates such a beautiful presence, especially on a card!
Wow! Never thought green and grey could look so elegant together! Absolutely love the card! And the sentiment is so perfect!
I would never have thought to use gray tones, but you’re right it made a very elegant card.
Really Beautiful!!
Absolutely beautiful colors you used! Very elegant! Thanks for sharing your talent!
Such a elegant card. I love the color combination!
wonderful color combo, Nicole – and thanks for showing your watercoloring technique.
Very interesting colour choices. Love it. And I love how you shade it. I’m pretty new to cardmaking, and watercolours in general, so this is helpful as well as inspirational. Subscribed to your site too. Thank you. 🙂
Pretty card! I like those stamps!
Thanks for being in the hop!
Lovely card. Congrats to Simon!
Don’t find this color combo to be depressing at all…love grey with pops of color and this card is one of the best I’ve seen with these tones. Beautiful.
Wow, grey isn’t a color I would normally use for flowers, but this color combination is simply stunning. I really like the stamps you chose for that sentiment.
Beautiful watercolour effects. Love the colour combo.
Lovely card. I love the subtle colors. Looks great against the rich gray color of the sentiment die cut. Well done.
The grey and green combo works great!
Love the colors you used here!
Never would have thought grey flowers could be so beautiful, the green leaves sure make them pop. Love your card, Nicole.
Lovely card! This is my favourite technique at the moment! Great hop:)
Loving the blog hop! I’m having a great time taking in all of the wonderful watercolor!!! Don’t stop 🙂
Hi Nicole, So happy to see you on this blog hop! To be honest, I have not seen many of your posts or your blog, but that will change now! I will look for your periscopes, too. Your video today definitely has a lot to offer to new crafters like me. I am just learning how to water color, so this one helped me. I have been following Simon for a while on Utube and Periscope, and am thrilled for him to reach 1000 subscribers. Supporting younger crafters is important!
Beautiful card. Love the color combination.
I love the grey and green combination! Beautiful card!
Lovely card!! Love the colors
Love your card and the colors!
Oh my goodness. The grey and green combination is so handsome!
Unusual but nice and visually pleasing color combination. TFS
Grey flowers are pretty. Must remember to try that.
Colors go good together. Great card.
Very Pretty card. Love that W & W release.
the colour choice is bold and the colouring is amazing!
Very nice card ! Thanks for the video too.
Very beautiful! I love how the grey flower turned out, never would have done that until I saw it, tfs!!
Beautiful cards! I love the use of grey on the flowers! It looks fantastic! Congratulations to Simon!
Thanks! Nice card.
Beautiful watercolor, love your technique!
Interesting colour combo. Would never have thought of grey but so effective!
This color combo really turned out pretty. Very unexpected, but very elegant I think.
I love your card. I don’t think I would have thought of that color combination, but I love it.
One of my fav colors is Gray. My home is decorated in gray, white and yellow. It’s calming. I love it on your flowers. It’s pretty.
I love the look and the simplicity of your card–just what I needed to inspire me to get out my watercolors!
Beautiful Card, I just need to jump in to water coloring!
Love how you colored your card.
I would have never thought to use Black Soot for flowers, but it turned out wonderful!
Nice card.
Gorgeous card!!!! Love it!
That ccolor combination turned out just great, love it. The card is so beautiful.
the grey is beautiful, thank you!
I love the grey. Very stunning. TFS!
Gorgeous card. I wouldn’t have thought to use gray either, but it turned out really well. A great foil for the bright green leaves and sequins. Thanks for all the tips in the video. Really useful information.
Love the grey color and how it really highlights the green.
I agree very sophisticated color combo. Great job.
I never would have thought that grey roses would be pretty, but they are! You’ve done an outstanding job with the layering. Beautiful card!
love the gray and green – beautiful watercoloring. . . .lovely card
What a beautiful soft card. Love the coloring.
I really admire the unusual colors. They are really stunning. Thanks for the inspiration.
love love love this card with the elegant flowers in grey 🙂
Thank you for being so supportive of Simon, I agree that it is wonderful to see such a young and talented man joining the ranks of the card making and paper crafting community. I love this card you created. Not only do I think it is beautiful, but I love that you challenged yourself to do something with colors that you don’t usually do. It paid off because this is stunning.
Hugs,
Maureen
Wow!! Your watercolored flowers are gorgeous! Totaly love it!
GORGEOUS card Nicole!!!
WOW – your grey & green colour combo is BEAUTIFUL and your card design a DELIGHT – LOVE IT ALL!!!
THANK YOU for sharing your CREATIVE INSPIRATION and tutorial … I really need to try my hand at watercolouring with Distress Inks, feeling much more confident about it now 🙂
Kindred spirits – I have really been into repetitive floral backgrounds and using gray as well. Would never have guessed that you were using Black Soot for your gray – beautiful! I really like this card and it definitely doesn’t look sad. I think it is very sophisticated.
LOVELY COLOR COMBO. Congrats to Simon- he is a natural.
I wouldn’t have thought to put these colors together. But I love how this turned out – it’s very elegant! Thanks for sharing in the hop-along fun!
Great colors! Good composition. TFS.
Nice dimension on your flowers. The sequins add an extra layer of special as well.
What a very pretty card.
I’m so glad you stepped out of your comfort zone! Such a beautiful and soothing color combination, and lovely card! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Nicole ~ All I can say is WOW!!!! This is such an elegant card you’ve created with the Distress Inks. Like I said on your YT channel, I probably wouldn’t have put those colors together but the results you attained are stunning!!! I got my goodies from W & W today so will try my hand at this technique later on. Thanks for sharing!!
Stunning card. I love color combo and flowers in grey is Amazing idea!!Thanks for sharing and super great blog hop!
I’m new to your blog and glad I found you! The gray flower is so unique, I really like the look!
What a unique color combo but it did turn our very pretty. Tfs!
Love the color combination!
A very daring colour combination and you nailed it! Really elegant!
Some lovely stamps and you have made such a lovely card with them. Just beautiful.
So glad you tried something outside your comfort zone! What a delightful color combo.
Great use of colour!
Lovely card! Thanks for sharing:)
This is indeed a very elegant card with that Color combination. Love it.
So pretty!
black flowers, I thought the same for moment – how sad…but your card turned out quite pretty! TFS
I would have never thought to use grey for flowers but the look stunning. The bright green for the leaves is a great accent. This is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Lovely card. I especially like the color combo.
I love your card, it’s very elegant and classy!
I would never have thought to do grey flowers, but they look terrific! Love the dimensional look, too.
Such a classic beautiful card! Thank you for sharing!
Elegant. Simple. Perfect.
Awesome card! You have my brain turning with inspiration. The use of color here is stunning!!
Definitely elegant, and I love the sequins. They just add that little extra sparkle of detail. Thank you for the inspiration!
What a super neat card – looks very crisp!
Love how the fresh green is lifting up the greys.
This is so beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Such a pretty card! Thanks for sharing.
Such a lovely card Nicole. Love the gray and green together… so elegant. Fantastic coloring!
Stunning card!! Thanks for sharing and being a part of Simon’s celebration!
A very elegant card with unusual coloured flowers, worked well.
Di B.
Wow that looks awesome. Never would have thought to use the color combination. Thanks.
Lovely choices for the card. Beautiful!
This is such a beautiful card, and I love the gray on the flower!
I love how you did this card
Who would have thought gray flowers would be so beautiful! Lovely card. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Wow, your flower background is stunning! I love the pops of green against the muted colors, thanks for the inspiration.
Love this gorgeous, elegant card. And the colors, my my!
Gray roses–just beautiful!
Nice color combination, very pretty card
WOW! Very pretty! Thanks for the great video!
Great color combination! I really like the flowers!
Such a nice and elegant card. Thanks for the tutorial.
Very elegant looking, the colors look great!
What a gorgeous card! Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful color combo and card. Love it
What a stunning card, love the colors
Lovely Card!! THANKS for sharing and have a Fabulous Week!! 😉
Totally different and cool card! Lovin’ it!
~God bless
Wow. What a striking card! I wouldn’t have thought of that color combination.
Beautiful color combo/card & enjoyed watching the tutorial!
Very pretty! I wouldn’t have thought to do grey flowers but I love how it turned out!
Loved the grey green color palate. sweet n simple background.. Loved it.
Loved seeing you watercolor this in your video! And I really like the out-of-your-comfort-zone color combo! 🙂
Beautifully done.
Your card is so
charming and
pretty.
Carla from Utah
I love flowers, and to see them painted in this unexpected color is different and quite pretty!
Your color scheme is very elegant and lovely. Thanks for supporting Simon.
It’s really gorgeous!!
Your card is lovely and very elegant with this color combination. I enjoyed watching your water color technique and learned some things that will help me in my water coloring. Thanks!
When you started coloring the flower grey, I thought, uh-oh…but it turned out so gorgeous! I love how you layered the colors and that big bold sentiment die.
Awesome watercolor video! Love the colors!
Love your pretty card with the soft gray flowers!
Nice stamp set and die. I am not familiar with that company, but am always interested in learning about new products.
Oh, I love the unique color combo
I love how you used only two ink pads for this beautiful watercolor card! Lovely!
Very pretty… never would have thought to colour a flower the way you did but it looks really nice!
Thanks for the video – I would not have guessed it was so easy to make. It turned out beautifully – love the stamps you chose!
That color combo is so sophisticated and elegant! Love it!
I love wearing gray with different colors but haven’t thought to use that combo on a card but this is so pretty.
I love grey! Beautiful card!
Love how you took two colors and shaded them to make a beautiful card.
thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous card, love the thanks die.
I absolutely love that color combination! I’m so glad you stepped out of your comfort zone! And I’m really happy to see you supporting such a fine, young talent as Simon. In addition, I also want you to know how much I really appreciate your videos. I really enjoyed the classes you did or Altenew !