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Watercolouring with Christmas Greenery

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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.

Watercolouring with Christmas Greenery

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.

Watercolour Butterflies

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I’m looking for more and more ways to incorporate watercolour painting into my card making. At some point I want to get into more scenes, etc. that I paint, but for know I’m keeping it simple. Like with this week’s card. I’m using a watercolour wash background and I crafted a few watercolour butterflies.

The way I created these watercolour butterflies was by making a watercolour wash on a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper. I started with Blackberry Bliss. Then I splattered some Lost Lagoon on top while the paper was still wet. This way the two colours will blend together a little bit. Once the paper dried I die cut the watercolour paper with the small butterfly dies from the Beautiful Butterflies dies.

Behind my butterflies I have another piece of Fluid 100 Watercolour paper. I started with a Lost Lagoon watercolour wash. Then I added Blackberry Bliss in the lighter areas. Once this dried I stamped a sentiment from the Notes & Totes stamp set using Blackberry Bliss ink. Then I stamped a few speckle clusters, from the same stamp set, using Lost Lagoon ink. I popped up all the butterflies with some Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then to finish it off I added a Rhinestone Basic Jewel to each of them.

Watercolour Butterflies

This is such a simple way to create some pretty watercolour butterflies!

Check out another card I made using a watercolour wash background here.

And check out my online shop to grab whatever you need to make your own watercolour butterflies.

Watercolour Beach Landscape

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Last weekend the family and I were camping at Pinery Provincial Park. It was a short stay for us, so we maximized our time at the beach. And instead of bringing my crafting supplies, this time I brought along my watercolour painting supplies. A few weeks ago I bought a field kit of watercolour paints so I could take them wherever. And I’m so glad I did! While we were relaxing on the beach I was inkspired to create this watercolour beach landscape.

Watercolour Beach Landscape

Now while I didn’t use Stampin’ Up! colours to create my watercolour beach landscape, it would be fairly easy to do with them. And I probably wouldn’t have to worry about mixing paint to get the colours I want… depending on the colours in my craft stash of course. Slowly I want to add more colours to my craft stash so I can do just that!

Some of the Stampin’ Up! colours I would use to crate a similar watercolour beach landscape are Coastal Cabana, Crumb Cake, Garden Green and Lemon Lime Twist.

And remember, you don’t need ALL the colours! You can create so many different shades depending on how much, or how little, water you use with the ink.

Want to see how you can use watercolour painting with your stamping and card making? Check out this post for a card I crafted doing just that.

And you can grab Fluid 100 Watercolour paper and ink refills in my online shop.

Simple Watercolour Background

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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.

Simple Watercolour Background

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.

Slimline Watercolour

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My creative juices were a little slow with helping my figure out what I wanted to create this week. Eventually the idea of using the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set to create a slimline watercolour cards of sorts popped into my head. Some of my inkspiration also came from it being Pride month. And I thought a rainbow of butterflies would be fun. It ended up turning into a watercolour background with butterflies I coloured using Stampin Blends.

The card base is Basic Black. Then I used Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia and Pool Party ink and a Water Painter to create a watercolour background. Once it dried, I added some speckles from the same stamp set using the same ink colours to do a sort of tone on tone stamping. I also added a sentiment from the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set using Tuxedo Black Memento ink.

For the butterflies, I stamped them all with Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Then I coloured them different colours to create a rainbow. I used Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Shaded Spruce, Pool Party and Highland Heather. Next I die cut them with the coordinating die and popped them up with a few Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Slimline Watercolour

This card was fun to make and definitely fit my need to do some colouring this week! I hope you like the variation of a slimline watercolour card.

Check out another card I made using the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set here.

And don’t forget to head to my online shop for anything you need to make your own version! Be sure to post your card in the comments. I’d love to see it!

Watercolour Painting with Stampin’ Up! Inks

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I think I shared here that I recently started taking a watercolour painting class. Well, I’m 3 weeks in and I’m hooked! I love it! I’m loving it so much that I went straight down into my basement after class last weekend and did some more watercolour painting with Stampin’ Up! inks. This summer I’ll look into getting my own brushes and paints. But in the meantime the range of colours Stampin’ Up! has is pretty wide, so I don’t have to worry too much about mixing colours… as long as I have them.

This week we were sketching and painting birds and tree branches. (Check out my Facebook page to see my paintings) So when I got home I kind of kept going… at least with the branches anyway. I used Pecan Pie and a Water Painter to create a few branches on some watercolour paper. Then I added a few Lemon Lime Twist leaves. But instead of birds, I painted blossoms using Bubble Bath ink. At first I thought I’d add a bird. But my creativity didn’t want to flow that way.

To get the ink colours on your Water Painter there are a few different ways. The first is to put a drop of ink refill on an acrylic block or other flat surface. This is what I prefer to do whenever possible. Another way is to squish some ink onto the lid of your inkpad. And if you have a Stampin’ Spot, you can stamp the ink pad onto a block, etc.

Watercolour Painting with Stampin' Up! inks

I’m not quite sure what I’m going to do with this piece yet. Maybe I’ll turn it into a card. Who knows?! In the meantime though, I’m going to keep watercolour painting with Stampin’ Up! inks.

Check out a recent card I made using watercolouring here.

Easy Watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty

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So last weekend I started a watercolour painting class. It’s someting I’ve been thinking about for a while. I’m excited to see what we create over the next few weeks, but there were definitely some parts that were frustrating. So to ease some of my frustration I did some easy watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty.

The “easy” part is that I stamped my images first and then coloured them in using a Water Painter and some ink refills. To do this I placed a drop of ink refill on one of my acrylic blocks and then used a wet Water Painter to add the colours to the cardstock.

For the flowers I used Berry Burst, Calypso Coral and Daffodil Delight. I chose those colours because they’re some of the colours from the strips of Celebratory Sips Designer Series Paper I have on my Daffodil Delight card base and Old Olive card mat. For the leaves I used Old Olive.

The sentiment is from the retired Dahlia Days stamp set. This was one of my favourites from a couple of years ago. And I can’t bring myself to get rid of it! I stamped it using Old Olive ink and die cut it with one of the Something Fancy dies. Then I popped it up using some Stampin’ Dimensionals. I also added some white twine underneath and a couple of Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Easy Watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty

At some point I’ll share some of my creations from my class on social. So stay tuned! Come find me on Facebook and Instagram.

In the meantime I’ll keep doing some easy watercolouring with Flowers of Beauty and other stamp sets in my craft stash.

Check out another card I made using the Celebratory Designer Series Paper here.

Watercolour Wash Background

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Lately I’ve been doing a lot of colouring. First with my Stampin’ Blends and then more recently with my Watercolour Pencils. While I was crafting some of these cards, the idea popped in my head to create a watercolour wash background. Plus I thought it’d be a great background for all the butterflies I’ve been colouring!

I’ve been using the Sketched Butterflies stamp set with my Watercolour Pencils, so I used those to help me pick my colour combination. And in Assortment 2 there’s Night of Navy and Coastal Cabana, which I thought would work well together. I used Night of Navy for my card base. Then on top of that I used some Coastal Cabana ink to create my watercolour wash background. It’s really easy to do and it looks really nice!

All you need in some Watercolour Paper, the ink refill of your colour choice, some water and a paint brush. Add a drop of ink refill onto an acrylic block or something like that to start. Then with a wet paint brush, or Water Painter in my case, pick up a touch of the ink and start spreading it over the watercolour paper. Adding more water to spread out and lighten the colour. Or adding more ink for a darker colour. You really don’t need much ink at all.

Once that was dry I stamped using Night of Navy ink. Then on top of this I added some watercoloured Sketched Butterflies which I die cut with the coordinating dies and popped up with some Stampin’ Dimensionals. The sentiment is also from the Sketched Butterflies stamp set. And I die cut that with one of the smaller Stylish Shapes dies. Then to finish it off I added a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

Watercolour Wash Background

I love how easy it was to create this watercolour wash background! This is definitely a technique I’m going to use more often!

Check out another card I crafted using watercolour here.

And grab everything you need to recreate this card in my online shop. Make sure to post a pic of your card design. I’d love to see how yours turns out!