Thursday, April 30, 2015

Watercolouring {Yippee!}


Happy Friday eve! I am so excited because I tried something different! I have dabbled before but usually I do not like what I create. Usually I stick to my style but I love all of the watercoloured cards and floral images I have been seeing. I needed to give it a whirl! I have all the product to make this style of card and so the WPLUS9-Throwback Thursday challenge was the perfect way to be inspired...especially the watercoloured backgrounds of Maureen's cards. This is my first real attempt at this technique but I hope to explore some more. You probably have tried this before but I thought I would share my steps.


  1. I stamped my image in Versamark ink onto watercolour paper.
  2. Then I heat set it with white embossing powder.
  3. Then I got the paper wet with my water pen...in the areas I wanted to add ink.
  4. Then I used some distress inks and allowed the ink to flow into those wet areas.
  5. Then I heat dried my panel with my heat gun.
Keeping the design simple, I added a strip of vellum washi tape across the card base and matted the image with black paper. I stamped the sentiment in black ink. I added some twine at the bottom to tie in the watercolour paper tone.

I am playing along with the following challenges:


Simon Wednesday Challenge Blog


11 comments:

  1. I ADORE this, SMITTEN, and LOVE your watercoloring!!!!!

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  2. You should do this more, such a soft and pretty look and great to see you at TO x

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  3. beautiful watercoloring and love the layout of your card!

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  4. So pretty - love the watercoloring!

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  5. ooo, this is a show-stopper, Lesley!

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  6. I'm so honoured to be commenting on your design, such a huge fan!!! I've only just started water colouring myself, so know what its like giving this a whirl. It looks gorgeous and love the stamps you used. I had completely forgotten about wetting the water colour paper first, so must try that next time. Its a stunning card and I'm so excited to have you join us at TIME OUT!!

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  7. OMGosh this is absolutely gorgeous! And your first attempt? You go girl! Thanks for taking the Time Out to play with us!

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  8. Very pretty colouring! Love your card!

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  9. So pretty, love your design.
    Thanks for playing along with us at Simon Says Stamp this week.
    Hugs,
    Caryn xxx

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  10. Wow! This is beautiful. I really like it a lo and I can't wait to try this technique :) Thanks for the inspiration.

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  11. This is beautiful, Lesley, and you make it sound achievable. I would love to give it a try. I'll have to see if I have some stamps that would work for this technique.

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Thank you for stopping by! I appreciate the time you took to leave me a little stamping love!!
Lesley :)