As soon as I saw the pretty little layering die set, I knew I needed to paint a beautiful poinsettia Christmas Card, and with a special color that you might like: Cascade Green!
You may know I have a palette that I work with — I updated it at the start of 2019, so that I could use some consistent colors that you could follow along with. I’m not into trying to make you feel you need to constantly buy new colors, and I also want to really use the ones I have enough to know what I do and don’t use regularly!
Some product may be provided by manufacturers for review and use. Compensated affiliate links are here at no cost to you. If you choose to shop using my EH (Ellen Hutson) links, please accept cookies on that site in order to retain the link to my blog, or that compensation does not happen for me. I appreciate your support of my work with your purchases! Full affiliate and product disclosure | My trusted partners in art
For this project I got out a tube that hasn’t seen much love; I was at a store event and the “Christmas tree green” tube was out to play with. It was interesting in how it broke out into other colors and I was fascinated! (Turned off by the stink of it, some bad form of mint?) I was then told the color is the same as Cascade Green so I of course had to pick up a tube.
When I pull out a specialty color like this, though, I’ve stopped putting them all in half pans and filling yet more palettes. But I just squeeze a little out on a tile, and play! No commitment to “keeping” that color in my palette, but I can try it here and there. So I just keep all my paints in a big box and only have a couple palettes set up. (More on that in the near future.)
The layering on this pretty card just made my lil heart happy. I might not be as happy when I need to mail it but….boy do I love some pretty dimension!
In the video I promised to show you my little painting with Cascade green…..this was a little quickie but it was fun watching the colors break out in blues and greens – I made it into a sweet little meme:
Supplies
Some product may be provided by manufacturers for review and use. Compensated affiliate links are here at no cost to you. If you choose to shop using my EH (Ellen Hutson) links, please accept cookies on that site in order to retain the link to my blog, or that compensation does not happen for me. I appreciate your support of my work with your purchases! Full affiliate and product disclosure | My trusted partners in art
- Sunny Studios, Season’s Greetings Stamps
- Sunny Studios, Layered Poinsettia Dies
- Daniel Smith Watercolor Cascade Green: EH – Blick
- Silver Brush Black Velvet Round #8 EH – BLICK – AMZ
- Silver Brush Black Velvet Round #12 EH – BLICK – AMZ
- Arches Cold Press Paper: EH – BLICK
- QuickStik, We R Memory Keepers
- Connect Glue, Gina K Designs
- Tim Holtz Tonic Retractable Craft Pick
- Embossing:
- Scotch Foam Mounting Tape
- MISTI – Mini MISTI
Beautiful card. Love the color.
stunning water coloring – so magical!!
Beautiful Christmas card. Thanks for the tutorial.
Beautiful card!
What beautiful and inspiring work. Thank you for sharing. I am new to your blog and hope I can come back and learn more.
Thank you,
Rachel
Sandy, I enjoy your posts and videos, you have a lovely speaking voice, always so upbeat and inspirational. Your art work is spectacular, thank you for sharing your creativity with us all.
Lovely card! Nice take on a non traditional look.
Cascade Green is an amazing color. I have it my pallette because it’s so fun to use. It makes it me look like I’m a really good watercolorist when it’s just the color doing it “magic”.
This is just stunning!
Such a perfect card! I love the color scheme. Beautiful work!!
I love your color pallet. Such a pretty card!
Love that cascade green! I also love your beautiful card!
Gorgeous card, Sandy! I love the colors!
So beautiful. That color is incredible!
I loved this card. I love greens/blues mixed together. I am not bid on water coloring because I make such a mess but I am going to try this one. This card turned out
very elegant. Thank you for sharing.
I love blog hops and Sunny Studios for they inspire me to create! Thank you for sharing your beautiful work.
Sandy, you said it…the poinsettias/card are BEAUTIFUL!!! Love your work!
Beautiful depth and colors.
This is a beautiful Christmas card!
Love the card and your painting, especially the background…so much so that I just ordered a tube!!
Thanks for sharing.
Stunning card!
Love the card but especially the background and your painting…so much that I just ordered a tube!!
Thanks for sharing!
Sandy, you never disappoint!! This watercolor card is stunning!
Such a pretty card! The color is gorgeous! Love your creations!
Wow! I love the gorgeous “Cascade Green” you used! Beautiful cards!
Beautiful! I love the colors you used.
Lovely card! The moody greens are beautiful and so unexpected!
What a most beautiful card, thanks for sharing.
What a beautiful card Sandy!! Thanks for the inspiration!
WOW! Stunning card!! Love it!
I like the use of non traditional color on your card!
Oh so pretty and soft. Love it
Gorgeous!!! Love those poinsettias and the colors you used.
Lynn
You do beautiful watercolor. Love this design.
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Gorgeous coloring and I LOVE that color choice!
WOW!!!! This is such a beautiful card! Simply AMAZING!
Stunning color! What a beautiful card.
Very pretty Sandy! Different and elegant!
Beautiful work with such a pretty color!
This is such a beautiful card! 🙂
I love Cascade green . This is beautiful Sandy.
Dear Sandy
Love your card and the color palette that has made it majestic and elegant. blessings
Beautiful as always!
That’s stunning watercoloring, love it
Wow! I never would have thought to use this color pallet. You are an inspiration. Plus I really like sunny studios and their stamps.
Love the card, Sandy and your thoughts on not filling up a pan right away. I like that you swatch your color, as well!
I love the thinking out of the box color. Beautiful!
Beautiful! I never would have thought to do something like this.
Beautiful card but I’m having trouble watching the video?
Beautiful card, Sandy! I love the dark green color and the flowers are gorgeous!
Your card is beautiful and very elegant !