Hi, crafty friends! Today I have a messy(!) floral watercolor card to share with you all using the Watercolor Brush Markers and the Engraved Flowers Stamp Set from Altenew.
When it comes to watercoloring, I love to create a light and transparent look of watercolors by letting the water do most of the work. So I usually use lots of water and fewer pigments and try not to go over the same areas over and over to avoid heavy layers. (Check out my 10 Floral Watercolor Card Ideas post.)
For today’s card, my inspiration came from the one layer watercolor card that I created for the 5th-anniversary blog hop earlier this month. (To learn more about this card, click HERE.) This time I wanted to create a messy watercolor card with lots of layers and details.
Video Tutorial
I made a video tutorial to show you how to create a messy controlled watercolor card from start to finish. You can watch it above or in HD on YouTube.
This video includes:
- Introduction to Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers
- An easy way to watercolor stamped floral images
- Techniques: watercoloring, masking, splattering
- How to choose the right sentiment stamp that goes with your card design
- How to add splatters on the background including a quick tip for a watercolor beginner
- How to add interest and depth to your watercolored images by adding small dots and fine lines
- My craft desk after my project is done – I hope you can relate to my messy desk.
- And more!
I started by stamping the sentiments from the Smile More Stamp Set with black ink on the A2-sized Canson cold press watercolor paper. I chose this sentiment because I’m going to send this card to one of my friends who is going through tough times in her life.
Then I stamped the images from the Engraved Flowers Stamp Set with Permanent Black Crisp Ink which is waterproof. I masked off some of my images along the way so that my large flower is in the foreground while having small flowers and leaves partially behind the large flower. Masking technique is a great way to create an illusion of depth on a one layer card.
Next, I colored my images with Watercolor Brush Markers: Spring Garden, Winter Wonderland, and Tropical Fiesta. You can find detailed instruction on how to watercolor your images in my video.
FYI, here is the list of marker colors I used for my watercoloring:
- Flowers: Rouge, Crimson, Rubelite, Purple Wine, Midnight Violet, Warm Sunshine, Evening Gray, Lava Rock
- Leaves: Moss, Emerald, Warm Sunshine, Evening Gray, Paper Bag, Lava Rock
Usually, you can get a better result for light and transparent look of watercolors when you stay away from adding too many layers on your watercolor images. But I didn’t afraid of adding more layers and details this time as I really wanted to go crazy and get messy with my watercolors.
To add interest on my background, I splattered the background with some of the ink colors I used on my flowers and leaves. If you are not good at creating splatters, you could use a tip of your colored pen to add tiny dots. I finished off my card by adding some tiny dots and fine lines on my flowers using white watercolor paint.
That is it for today. Thank you so much for stopping by. Happy crafting!
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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 Watercolor Brush Markers – Tropical Fiesta Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers – Spring Garden Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers – Winter Wonderland Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Engraved Flowers Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Altenew Smile More Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36 Color Set Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Canson Montval Watercolor Paper Shop at: SSS |
 Altenew Permanent Black Ink Shop at: SSS | AN | EH |
 EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Tim Holtz Tonic Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS | AZ | EH |
 Dahle Self-Healing Cutting Mat 18×12 Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Be Creative Double Sided Tape Shop at: SSS | EH |
 3M Post It Notes Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Neenah Solar White Cardstock 80LB Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Uni-Ball White Gel Pen Shop at: SSS | PS | EH |
 Clamp Mount for Smartphone Shop at: AZ |
 Waffle Flower Water Media Mat Shop at: SSS | EH |
 Original MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | HA | AN | AZ | EH |
 MISTI Cut-Align Tool Shop at: SSS | EH |
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