Hello Crafters!
It’s Kelly here and I’m sharing a very simple watercolor card with you guys today.
I started by adding walnut stain distress ink to only the right and bottom edge of the pot stamp. I didn’t ink the top because I knew I wanted the flowers to over hang the front of the pot. I added in my flowers only inking the areas I wanted to add. One of the many wonderful things about stamping with distress markers. For the flowers I used spun sugar because it’s dark enough to give you a guide but light enough that it won’t show after the watercoloring.
Now for the fun part!
I scribbled some distress ink onto an acrylic block to use for painting. For the flowers I used worn lipstick, seedless preserves, broken china, and chipped sapphire. I added more water to some petals or laves than others. This is what gives the beautiful variation that watercolor has. I added a bit of ground under the pot and stamped a simple sentiment to finish it off.
Here’s the same card but with a butterfly added in.
I didn’t really “Love” the way the butterfly turned out but that’s okay. You can’t be head over heels for all of them!!
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Thanks for stopping by today
XoXo
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June 10, 2015 at 9:37 am
Love this Watercolor Card Kelly! A beauty! 🙂 Shared and Tweeted!!
June 10, 2015 at 2:57 pm
Oh Kelly but I am Head Over Heel for your water colour flowers!!!!! I’ve added to my To CASE pin board!!
June 11, 2015 at 6:20 am
fabulous Kelly. What a beautiful card.
June 11, 2015 at 7:39 am
Kelly this is just so ethereal and lovely… as perfect as it could be. Isn’t it just so scary stamping on that sentiment after it turns out so perfectly?
=] Michele
June 11, 2015 at 8:05 am
Oh my! You make is look so easy! I know it’s not (from experience). Absolutely beautiful!
June 11, 2015 at 1:50 pm
Such a beautiful card. Love the softness of the watercolor !
June 20, 2015 at 6:55 pm
Gorgeous!
June 26, 2015 at 5:45 pm
wow–these are so lovely!