Hello there everyone! Lydia here. Today I'll be sharing an oldie but goodie technique – using salt on watercolor. I tried two different ways and finished the cards off using Pen Sketched Flowers Stamp Set and Mega Blessed Die.
To begin, I took two 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ panels of watercolor cardstock. I wet the panels. Then, using Purple Wine, Turquoise and Desert Night from Tropical Fiesta Watercolor Brush Markers Set, I added color to the two panels. I then moved this color around with a wet brush. Once I was happy, I then added some salt to both panels. I wanted to see if there was a difference with the way I used the salt, so for the first one, I ground it, and for the second I didn't. Then I left the panels to dry.
As you can see there was a difference. The one with the ground salt left a much more subtle effect than the one with the chunks of salt. I have to say I like both ways but I feel that the chunks of salt leave such a stunning background effect.
As I didn't want to take too much attention from the background panels, I chose to finish off quite simply. I stamped images from Pen Sketched Flowers Stamp Set onto a piece of vellum using Embossing Ink and then heat set using Rose Gold Embossing Powder. I cut these with the coordinating dies. Then I cut Mega Blessed Die from Gold Mirror Cardstock. I added the flowers behind the sentiment before adhering this to the watercolor panel.
To see how these cards came together please check out the video below or over on YouTube:
Thanks so much for stopping by!
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13 comments
Hello Lydia
I love the colours you have used as background and the brushmarkers you chose to make the card!
Love Marg
These are beautiful and a fun technique that I had forgotten about with watercolor. I like the simplicity of the design and thanks for the tips on adhering the vellum.
Love th card with chunky salt
I love this technique. The chunky salt is my favorite. What is the “watercolor board” you attached your watercolor paper to?
Great technique Lydia, love the backgrounds. Beautiful cards, thank you so much for showing. Have a great weekend.
Both cards turned out really nice but I like the effect with the chucky style….thanks for sharing the technique.
Who knew you could just go to your kitchen and make such a beautiful card. I love this technique and thanks for showing us how to do it.
Such a beautiful background…great tip. I’m crazy about the sketched flowers
Gorgeous backgrounds, I love the one with the whole seasalt crystals best! Thanks for the video!
I’ve got to try this technique. It’s been decades! Thanks for the reminder
You are always full of fun and surprises i love the inspiration that you provide
These cards are beautiful. Thanks for a great video tutorial on this technique. I didn’t see a link to the Blessed die here. It’s very nice. Thanks.
Both versions are so pretty and I just love the big bold sentiment with them!