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How to get a Watercolor Look on Cards

Hello! I’m excited today to share with you some watercolor looking cards. Now, I did not actually watercolor these, however I did do a technique where I inked up the stamp then misted it with water to get this dreamy look!

I was inspired by Nicole in her All About Layering 1 course, she liked to use colorful, inked florals with a black sentiment. I love that look, so I thought I’d give it a try with a variety of sentiments!

For this one I used a gold glitter frame to make it pop.

Watercolor spritz

I decided to make a whole bunch of cards using different colors of florals. Since I had the stamps all set up in my MISTI, why not?

To make it easy on myself, I usually set up the layers in my original MISTI so I have room enough to put two stamps on at a time. Then I stamp in assembly- line style, changing up the colors as I want. That’s how I made a whole bunch of these floral panels at the same sitting.

For the next cards, I went with a bold sentiment….just for fun! I really love how they turned out, and I’m always in need of thank you cards.

Big Thanks!

I just turned these onto the side/horizontal layout to fit that big thanks word on the card panel. For large sentiments like this I am sure to use my MISTI (or stamp positioner) just in case I need to stamp it twice to get that dark, crisp black sentiment. Love it! You can see I experimented with a lot of green inks on these…still need to find my perfect green combo.

a different color combo

This color combo was inspired by the current July Altenew Challenge!

Always thinking of you

The inking may not be perfect, but that is some of the joy of watercolor stamping (using a spritz of water)! Keep in mind that if you use Distress Oxides for this, they dry with a more chalky look (as one of those purple colors above…also on the yellow and dark blue flower in the very first picture).

Thanks for stopping by! I’m often asked what products I used, so I have a list for you below, using affiliate links when possible. When you purchase product using these links I may receive a small commission. These really help in keeping up with blog costs and allow me to bring more fun projects like this one! Thanks so much!

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Wonderful Watercolor

Hello! Today I’m participating in MFT Camp Create challenge! It’s Day 1 and that means watercolor cards!

It’s been a while since I’ve watercolored with Distress Inks, so I thought I’d give it a go today on my images. For the background I used Gansai Tambi so I could get a bright, vibrant sunset!

I spot someone who’s having a birthday!

I set the background first to dry before starting in on the images. That fence is a die from My Favorite Things that I’ve had in my stash for AGES!! I love that I got to use it on my cowboy card today.

Rootin’ Tootin’ Cowboy

Isn’t he cute! I originally watercolored his hat with brown (Vintage Photo), but I felt like it washed his face out too much, so I went over it with Black Soot Distress Ink.

Here’s my badge I earned for today!

Thanks for stopping by today! And wish me luck in the challenge!

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