Even as a seasoned card maker, I enjoy learning tips & tricks from other crafters. My favorite tip/trick is one that applies to all of us whether we are stampers, colorists, diecutters: create something every day. If all we do is look at our pretty crafty supplies, or run our hands through a cup of gorgeous sequins, but never use them….we’ll never learn our craft! So even on days when I make something totally ugly – I make sure I make something.
While wanting to do a comparison between the old and new Quinacridone Gold paints (the planet recently ran OUT of the pigment for the old one, and Daniel Smith engineered a replacement)….if you know me, I got bored just doing swatches. Let’s paint something! How about tulips, since Easter and Mother’s Day are around the corner?
Hope you found these tulips bringing a little sunshine to your spring – Easter and Mother’s Day are on the way!
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I haven’t added to my Watercolor Flowers Series in ages but with spring around the corner…maybe it’s time!
I bought these pretty roses from Penny Black and stamped them in a faded ink pad – and turned them into washy flowers. Enjoy!
It takes some practice to get loose and washy, but it’s so worth the effort!
Supplies
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Mother’s Day is around the corner – but this stamp could be used for the holiday, or combined with any stamp set to create a card for any time!
I used Avery Elle pigment inks to stamp with; if your stamp only has red flowers, you can use red to stamp with – mine had flowers and leaves, so a yellow made the most sense for mine.
I nearly discarded the outside frame – then realized I had actually centered it well (which is rare!) so I tossed some loose watercolor on it and adhered both down to the card. So simple and pretty – and no waste!
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Avery Elle Clear Stamps, Mother’s Day – no longer available
The Mondo Flowers series of stamp sets at Ellen Hutson – designed by the amazing Julie Ebersole – have a bunch of different flower shapes now. And guess what? They look like a beautiful garden when they’re together!
I decided to make a watercolor background out of them all, and deployed the MISTI to make it come together.
This technique would certainly work with other flowers – but these big Mondo stamps are particularly easy to paint with large open shapes. All are linked in the supply list below!
I made a set of cards made from these same sets, so you can see them more clearly as individual flowers…I cut 4-1/4″ square cards, with 4″ panels, fussycut the flowers and popped everything.
Supplies
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You ARE amazing. What better than a card to tell you that?
Recently I saw a piece of fabric with a vintage design on it – roses galore, that were all a vintage brown color with pops of green for leaves. The empty space between the clumps of flowers was a soft, watercolory, distressed area that got darker at the edge of the flowers. I totally should have taken a photo, because all I have for reference is what’s in my head! See it come to live by watching the video below or click HERE to see it in HD on YouTube.
Gotta love a sentiment like this too….so many amazing people out there we can send cards like this to!
I also colored a similar card with Copics – and black ink.
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I am delighted that I got my hands on Mondo Hydrangeas….because I was itching to watercolor some big flowers with my Daniel Smith tube paints…and this was the perfect excuse!
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The bigger the blooms, the better, right? Especially when working with watercolor – if you’re new to it, bigger blooms have more area for you to get used to pushing around the paint. If you’re new, don’t try that solid background though – yeesh, I was worried for a while that I might have to scrap it and start over!
Video
For the sentiment, I used the Totally Fabulous die set (no longer available) – I cut the totally from vellum and made it along a banner, and attached the fabulous – I put some Be Creative tape on the back before diecutting, which made it nice and sticky to attach to my card!
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