Over the summer I took a break from my watercolour painting class. While I did miss the classes, I did paint a couple of pieces. I’ve also been looking for more ways to use watercolour painting with my cards. So when I was getting ready for Kathryn’s Krop 4 a Kure a few weeks ago, I thought it’d be fun to do some watercolouring with Christmas Greenery for my Make & Take.
When I first saw the Christmas Greenery stamp set in the September-December mini catalogue, I knew it’d be perfect for watercolouring! I tend to like the look of stamps with thin lines for this kind of project.
So to start I stamped the large floral image using Gray Granite ink on Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper, stamping off first onto a scrap piece of paper. Most of the time people use Tuxedo Black Memento ink. But I’ve found that as long as you give the ink enough time to dry, you can use almost any ink. I like the Gray Granite ink colour because it’s more subtle and there’s a bit of a brown/green tint to it… my painter husband would be so proud to hear me say that, lol!!
As for other ink colours, I used a few. For the leaves and ribbon I used Lost Lagoon. Then for the wheat I used Crumb Cake. And for the flowers I used Real Red and Crushed Curry. Once it all dried, I added another layer of colour to the flowers and leaves. I used the same idea as when I colour with Stampin’ Blends… adding more ink where I thought there would be shadow or wanted a bit more depth of colour.
Behind the bouquet there’s a piece of Country Woods Designer Series Paper, a Lost Lagoon card mat and Crumb Cake card base. And around the piece of watercolour paper is a piece of Linen Thread.
So pretty right?!
I can’t wait to do more watercolouring with Christmas Greenery. And maybe even some colouring with my Stampin’ Blends.
Check out another card I did using watercolouring here.
And you can find everything you need to do your own watercolouring with Christmas Greenery in my online shop.