Hi, crafty friends! Today I have a (faux) watercolor card to share with you all! I used the watercolor stamping technique which was on my to-try list for a long time. It was fun creating the watercolor look of handpainted images using stamps and inks.
Video Tutorial
I made a video tutorial to show you how to create my faux watercolor card from start to finish. You can watch it above or in HD on YouTube.
This video includes:
- Where I get my inspiration and how I decide my supplies
- Alex Syberia‘s cards
- Techniques: watercolor stamping, watercolor wash, splattering
- How to get watercolor results with very little effort
- How to add interest and depth on your stamped images
- How to fix your watercolor stamping mistake
- 10″ video of my husband sharing his feedback on my project! (I’m sharing just for fun!)
- My craft desk after my project is done – I hope you relate to my messy desk!
To create my card, I inked up my stamps from the Wildflower Garden Stamp Set with Altenew inks, spritz the stamps with a water spray, and stamp the images on to my watercolor panel. I chose the toothy side of my watercolor paper as it helped me add more texture on the stamped images.
I used my Original MISTI Stamping Tool as I wanted to apply different colors for each stamping while I was stamping the images on the same position.
I repeated the same process until I created a field of wildflowers on the entire panel. FYI, here is the list of Altenew ink colors I used for stamping.
- Pink flower: Ruby Red, Coral Berry
- Orange flower: Rouge, Orange Cream
- Purple flowers: Lavender Fields, Deep Idris
- Stems and background: Forest Glades, Olive, Maple Yellow
To complete my background, I splattered the background with Altenew Inks. When you choose the colors for your splatter background, it’s safe to choose the colors from the color palette you used for your stamped images.
You can also flick the water onto the watercolor panel with your fingers or paintbrush and dab up water splatters with a paper towel to create some subtle texture.
Next, I stamped the sentiment from the Crafty Life Stamp Set and another sentiment from the Beautiful Inside Stamp Set with Altenew Permanent Black Ink onto the card front. I finished off my card by adding black lines along the edges to create a frame.
The watercolor stamping technique is a super easy stamping technique that gives you the look of watercolor. If you haven’t tried it yet, I strongly recommend you give it a go. Anyone can achieve the great watercolor look of handpainted images.
(By the way, this is the card I created using the Wildflower Garden Stamp Set last year. I used this card design as my stamping guide when I decided the placement of each image for today’s card. 😉
$15 Altenew Gift Certificate Giveaway
I just love to share! So I’m giving away a $15 gift certificate to the Altenew online store. Leave a comment below completing the following sentence. “Creating is________________________.” and I will announce one lucky winner on 2/7/2019. Good luck!
That’s all for today. Thanks so much for stopping by today. Happy crafting!
Supplies
I have listed the supplies I used below. I participate in several affiliate programs including Altenew(AN), Simon Says Stamp(SSS), and Ellen Hutson(EH). It means I get a small commission at no additional cost to you when products are purchased through links I share here. Thank you for your support.
 Altenew Wildflower Garden Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Crafty Life Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Beautiful Inside Stamp SetShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Canson Watercolor PaperShop at: SSS |
 Altenew Watercolor Palette BundleShop at: AN |
 Hero Arts Water Mist BottleShop at: SSS | HA |
 Tim Holtz Tonic Paper TrimmerShop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Wagner Embossing Heat ToolShop at: SSS | HA | EH |
 Original MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | HA | AN | AZ | EH |
 Neenah Solar White Cardstock 80LBShop at: SSS | EH |
 Altenew Ruby Red InkShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Coral Berry InkShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Forest Glades InkShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Rouge InkShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Lavender Fields InkShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Deep Iris InkShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Permanent Black InkShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Olive InkShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Maple Yellow InkShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Orange Cream InkShop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Dahle Self-Healing Cutting Mat 18×12Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Be Creative Double Sided TapeShop at: SSS | EH |
 Clamp Mount for SmartphoneShop at: AZ |
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