Do you enjoy watercoloring? Did you know that July is World Watercoloring Month?
I can’t let this month go by without sharing some watercoloring tips. In the next few posts, we’ll look into some of the ways we can watercolor with a few Stampin’ Up! tools. Today we will focus on Watercolor Wash.
I made this card a few months ago before the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog went live so two of the In Colors and the sentiment I used are retired. You can easily substitute other colors to create a similar card. My focal point was the sunflower from the Celebrate Sunflowers set. You can see more cards with this set here and here. The background gave this sunflower card a wow look and it also softened the look of the sunflower.
How To: Watercolor Wash
You need a few items to create a Watercolor Wash.
- Watercolor Paper or Shimmery Cardstock
- Water Painters or soft brush with bowl of water
- Ink
- Water
Here’s how:
- Fill your water painter with water.
- Wet your watercolor paper with the brush.
- Once it’s wet where you want it, pick up some ink with your brush (you can squeeze a drop or two of refill ink on a clear block or squeeze ink onto inside of ink pad lid) and apply color to cardstock by dabbing and/or moving brush in whatever direction you desire.
- Apply ink while cardstock is still wet. Add more water if necessary.
- If you want the color darker, just add ink. Want it lighter? Add water.
- You can add more than one color and allow them to blend. Pick colors that won’t create a mud look unless that’s what you’re going for!
You can make lines or splotches of color. If your cardstock is too wet and is dripping, move cardstock around or you can dab gently with a paper towel. Let paper dry before stamping. Each one you make will look different.
Card Details
- Thick basic white cardstock 4-1/4″ x 11″
- Fluid 100 Watercolor paper 5-1/4″ x 4″
- Watercolor wash background done with Bumblebee (retired) & Calypso Coral ink refills. For the top I added a little bit of ink and bottom of card, I added more ink to darken the color.
- Center of flower was water colored with Cinnamon Cider ink (retired)
- Sunflower was stamped with Bumblebee ink; Added white cardstock die cut from Sunflower dies over stamped sunflower.
- Leaves were stamped with Mossy Meadow ink; colored inside with old olive watercolor pencil and blender pen.
- Mossy Meadow cardstock Sprigs die cut from Sunflower dies
- Sunflower adhered with dimensionals
- Sentiment from retired Butterfly Wishes set stamped with Early Espresso ink
Thanks for stopping by . . . till next time . . . happy watercoloring!
Card Supplies
Retired supplies used: Butterfly Wishes stamp, Bumblee Bee & Cinnamon Cider ink
Below are the Stampin’ Up! supplies used for today’s project. If you would like to purchase any of the supplies, click on the Add All to Cart button below it will take you to my online store. From there, you can see your cart and remove or add any products you like.
