Hello, friends! It's Laurie Willison here with a quick and easy card using a gorgeous leaf image from the stamp set called A Study in Watercolor.
I am not a pro when it comes to watercolor but I love the effects of a gorgeous stamped image with a little water-based dye ink and water mixed in.
Let me show you how I made this card!
First, I grabbed the largest image from the set and used my MISTI to stamp the image. I used 2 different water-based dye ink colors.
After I added the first ink color directly to the stamp, I used a dauber to add in some of the other ink. Next, I very lightly spritzed the image with water to get a soft watercolored look.
I played around with the amount of water and different color mix several times to see what type of look I wanted. In the end, the lightest spritz gave me a soft but still clear result. I think when it comes to watercolor, you can't go wrong with any watery, dreamy look though.
To finish off the card, I added a little black spritzing and then flicked on a little bit of white paint for a more distressed look. I heat embossed the sentiment on a black banner and popped that up with foam tape to get the final look.
I hope you have enjoyed today's card and I appreciate you stopping in! Have a great day!
9 comments
Laurie, thanks for sharing this technique and a glimpse at the results of using various amounts of water. Like the finished card results very much. tfs
What a pretty card. You used two of my favorite colors of Distress inks. How did you do the Copic sprtizing?
Lovely. Did you use water color paper?
Laurie… beautiful card!
Pretty card, Laurie!! Thanks for sharing your tips!!
Gorgeous clean and simple thank you cards with a huge nod to artsy ……I love it! So much I ordered the complete stamp and die set! Cannot wait to play!!!!!
Love that technique & the leaf image is perfect for it!
Wow neat technique and plan to try, so I appreciate your sharing. Blessings
This card is super simple, but SO beautiful, Laurie! Love the watercolor look and the spritzes!