Hello, and welcome to the Simon Says Stamp Masterpiece Box blog hop. If you came from the amazing Kelly’s blog, you are right on track!
Today the design team girls and guests are sharing some fabulous projects to celebrate the release of Masterpiece Box and I’m so excited to be part of this special blog hop.
I created a watercolor birthday card using the Floral Frame stamp set from Altenew included in the Masterpiece Box. If you want to buy this stamp set separately, you need to wait until Altenew releases the stamp set in October.
“We’ve been working on coordinating this Masterpiece Box for about 8 months. It’s been a labor of love. The fact that so many companies were willing to release their product alongside other manufacturers shows the strength and cooperation in our industry. Aaron from Hero Arts has been known to say “The rising tide lifts all boats” and I totally see his point.
The Masterpiece box features 15 products from 10 different manufacturers and is about about bringing something super special and exciting to market. The Masterpiece Box features new releases from many of the industries finest brands!” – Heidi Crowl, founder of Simon Says Stamp
Celebrate, Smile, I Love You, Garden
These are a few watercolor cards that I created for the last few months. When I don’t have any ideas for my card design, I tend to go through my old cards and take some layout and colors from them. That’s exactly what I did for today’s card.
I went kind of messy for my card today. I’m still not sure if I should have left my background clean without ink splatters. What do you think?
It took me about 40 minutes to color entire images. I watercolored my images with patience and repeated the process of adding colors over and over to give them depth and interest.
● How to Make a Watercolor Card using Masking Technique ●
- Stamp the images from the Floral Frame stamp set from the Masterpiece Box on a piece of Arches cold pressed watercolor paper with Hero Arts black ink.
- Stamping the same image on a post it note and cut it out with scissors to create a mask.
- Mask off the images along the way you stamp the images until you finish your stamped background.
- Watercolor the images with Gansai Tambi 36 watercolor set.
- Add some ink splatters using watercolor paints, Perfect Pearl, and Hero Arts Unicorn white spray.
- Mount the watercolor panel on a foam sheet using Be Creative double sided tape and adhere the panel on a A2 sized top folding card.
- Finish off the card with some Sparkling Clear Mix sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.
I made a video tutorial to show you how to make this watercolor card from start to finish along with lots of tips. I also filmed a behind the scenes video you won’t want to miss. You can watch it below or on my YouTube channel. Hope you find it helpful.
● Giveaway ●
I’m giving away a $25 gift certificate to one lucky winner, sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Leave a comment below and tell me what your desk or craft space look like at the moment. If you watch my video above, you’ll know why I’m asking this question.
The winner will be picked randomly from the comments left on my blog and the winner will be announced on Monday, July 18th over on the Simon Says Stamp blog.
It is now time to head on over to the talented Nina’s blog to see what creation she has to inspire you all. I am sure she has something amazing made up. Thanks so much for stopping by. Happy hopping!
● Supplies ●
 Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Mix Shop at: SSS |
 Be Creative Double Sided Tape Shop at: SSS |
 Mini MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Masterpiece Box Shop at: SSS |
 Arches Cold Pressed Watercolor Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36 Color Set Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Unicorn White Spray Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Dye Ink Pad Black Shop at: SSS |
 Silver Black Velvet Brush Shop at: SSS |
 EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors Shop at: SSS |
 White Fun Foam Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Tonic Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS |
Joyce Soo Hoo
I love Altenew stamps! Your card was so lovely. I like how you explain what you use and the process of how you make your cards. Your craft space looks fine. My craft space is messy at the moment and there many projects going on. No I don’t clean up after project.
Jul . 17 . 2016Lynne in NI
Beautiful card, I love how you coloured your flowers 🙂
Jul . 17 . 2016raggiodiluce82
Wow! Gorgeous card!!! Really beautiful!!!
Jul . 17 . 2016Maggie B
Hi May ~ Your flowers are absolutely aMAYzing!! When you’re holding the paintbrush in your hand, you seem to work magic. I’ve been trying my hand at watercoloring more frequently so I’ve been making strides but I’m not where you are yet! ~HUGS~
Jul . 17 . 2016PS: I’m a messy crafter too!!! LOL
Connie MacFarlane
Love your fabulous card May! Beautifully coloured and designed. My craft space is a bit of a disaster right now as I have just been working on a card and have not had the chance to tidy up yet.
Jul . 17 . 2016theCook
Love your floral card, and I think those ink splatters add personality to it.
Jul . 17 . 2016My craft space at the time is littered with cardboard pieces that I’m using to create boxes to organize my craft space 😉
Mary Ellen
Beautiful card and I like the splatters. I usually clean when I don’t have any inspiration to create. After I start cleaning, I will find day stamp set or die or paper and i’ll feel inspired to stop cleaning and start creating.
Jul . 17 . 2016fitkitty1
Your card is beautiful! Love these floral stamps! This Masterpiece Box is a great collection – something for everyone’s tastes!
Jul . 17 . 2016Cheryl
Love your card and the spatters – I don’t think you have too many…just right.
Jul . 17 . 2016Denise L
Beautiful card. Love the colors.
Jul . 17 . 2016Cheryl Samdal
Love your flower card. Colors are brilliant.
Jul . 17 . 2016Tory E.
Beautiful water color card, thank you for sharing!
Jul . 17 . 2016Sandy S.
Oh, no, to your question…I think the spatters really finish the card!
Jul . 17 . 2016Verna Angerhofer
Gorgeous card and so well colored. I like your older ones as well. All are fantastic.
Jul . 17 . 2016DenaAnn Schaufele
beautiful cards
Jul . 17 . 2016Trudy P
Love, love, love the watercoloring! Stunning, gorgeous cards!!!
Jul . 17 . 2016Karen O'Reilly
My craft table is a mess again have stacks of new product that needs to get organized and put away. But instead I’m watching card videos and ohhing and ahhing.
Jul . 17 . 2016Judy B
Your card is lovely and I like the ink splatters on it. Thanks for sharing.
Jul . 17 . 2016j9rabbit
love the splatters especially on a birthday card. It looks like you’re throwing confetti. My work space is a mess. I’m trying to organize but just never get it done.
Jul . 17 . 2016Janj
Awesome card! Many thanks for sharing your watercoloring on the video!
Jul . 17 . 2016Laurie
Beautiful cards! I love the bright colors!!
Jul . 17 . 2016jeannie Ross
Beautiful card and you crafting table is beautiful also.
Jul . 17 . 2016Daisies Girl
May, you are such a talented card maker!! Love how beautiful this card is!! Love the tips you shared!! SO AWESOME!! As far as what my desk looks like right now – it looks super clean AND super lonely since I have been gone on a week long camping trip and have been unable to craft in there!!
Jul . 17 . 2016Christy Borfitz
Beautiful card! I love the watercolored floral images!
Jul . 17 . 2016cfhaselrick
Your masking tutorial enhances my desire to purchase this mega bundle and try to mimic your creation!! TFS!!
Jul . 17 . 2016