Messy Watercolor Background Card with May Sukyong Park

Hi, crafty friends! It's May here sharing a fun watercolor card featuring the Starry Flowers Stamp Set. I stepped out of my comfort zone and created a MESSY controlled background.

I started by stamping the floral images from the Starry Flowers Stamp Set along the border with embossing ink on an A2-sized watercolor paper.

Then I sprinkled some Pure White Embossing Powder over the stamped images and heat set the images with a heat tool.

Next, I created a messy watercolor background using a wet paintbrush and several watercolor-based inks over the entire panel while I was watercoloring each flower loosely.

After my watercolor panel was dry, I added some splatters using watercolor-based inks. Then I cut the panel into 4″ x 5.25″ and mounted it onto an A2-sized top folding white card base with 3M foam tape to give dimension.

I stamped the sentiment from the Rustic Linen Stamp Set on a piece of black cardstock with embossing ink and heat embossed it with Pure White Embossing Powder.

I then trimmed my sentiment into a thin strip and mounted my sentiment strip banner on the card front using 3M foam tape after adding some dash lines with a white gel pen.

To add some interest to my watercolor background, I added a bunch of small dots using Tonic Nuvo Crystal Drops. I ended up adding too many dots – I just couldn’t stop!

That's all for today. I hope my card inspired you to give a messy watercolor background a try.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Happy crafting!

SUPPLIES USED:

Starry Flowers Stamp Set [ ALTN ] Rustic Linen Stamp Set [ ALTN ] Embossing Ink [ ALTN ] Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder [ ALTN ] Classic Crest Solar White (25… [ ALTN ] Jet Black Cardstock (25 sheets/set) [ ALTN ]