I’m still playing around with how to use more watercolour painting with my cards. It’s so much fun! And you can use a lot of the same stamping techniques. This week I’m keeping it simple though, with a simple watercolour background. I’ve always said that beautiful cards don’t have to be fancy and have a lot of layers. And this is a great way to do just that!
The card base is just a piece of Basic White cardstock. But on top of that is a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper that I used for my background. I started with a simple watercolour wash using Coastal Cabana and a Water Painter. Then I used my Water Painter to splatter some Berry Burst ink onto the watercolour paper. To keep it as flat as possible I put something relatively heavy on top of the watercolour paper while it dried.
On top of my simple watercolour background I created a Coastal Cabana frame using 2 of the square Stylish Shapes dies. The sentiment comes from the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set and is stamped in Berry Burst ink. This piece was also die cut using the Stylish Shapes dies. I just love how versatile this set of dies are! Then on top of that are some pieces from the Extraordinary Flora Washi tape. To make is easier to put on this project the washi tape was put onto vellum first and then die cut using the Extraordinary Flora die.
I debated about adding some Rhinestone Basic Jewels or Iridescent Foil Gems. But decided against it to help this simple watercolour background really be the star of the project.
If you like this card, then check out another similar card I crafted here.
And you can find just about everything you need in my online shop to try and recreate this card for yourself.
