A Rainbow of Watercolors
Hi there, Simon friends! So happy to see you all again and bring a simple technique and a few cards your way.
I don’t know about you, but I sure dig the look of stamps that are more on artsy collage side, I’m not a super artsy stamper though so I’m always in the hunt for not-so-intimidating ways to use them.
Enter: The Watercolor Background technique.
This is such an easy way to get some mileage out of those more artsy stamps.
All you need is watercolor pencils, some watercolor paper, a couple artsy stamps and a good black ink pad.
Cut a few strips of paper and scribble some color onto them with watercolor pencils. Don’t be too fussy. Just regular old scribbles will do.
Spread the color with water. Use either a waterbrush or good old paint brush.
After the colors dry, you’ll get a whole pile of pretty papers that look kinda like this.
I took those papers you see and made cards with them.
For my first three cards, I used a couple artsy looking stamps from Technique Tuesday. I simply inked up with black ink and stamped right on top of the watercolored panels.
It’s such an easy technique, but the results are really stunning.And to finish each of these cards, I added a few gems and stamped a sentiment with Technique Tuesday’s Sending Smiles stamp set.
I lived a bit on the edge when I made fourth card.
For this one, I used Technique Tuesday’s Scritch Scratch stamp to repeatedly stamp a pattern onto one of my watercolor papers. Then I used die-cut the awesome word out of it of a couple times to use on it on my card.
Got to admit that I think the awesome words look pretty cool with the color and Scritch Scratch pattern on it.
Thanks for having me today! See you again soon!
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Thanks for reading today and thanks to Teri for this rainbow of fun inspiration!
Giveaway!!!
The kind folks at Technique Tuesday are giving away the Pens & Brushes stamp featured in this blog post today to a lucky commenter! Comment on this blog post and subscribe to our blog for a chance to win! Good luck!
love how easy the cards are with super beautiful results! I love the stamp set.
Beautiful Cards!! Love these colors and stamps :)
Gorgeous cards with that set. Love watercoloring!
Love this technique; great cards! I love those paintbrushes and pens!
These look fabulous, must get my watercolours out and give it a try.
Looks easy and fun to do; a clever way to make a card. Thanks.
This has got to be one of my favorite techniques!!!
Love those pretty backgrounds!
I’m definitely going to give this a try- gorgeous results!
Beautiful samples! I’d love to win that stamp.
Cool new technique and a fun stamp for a very artsy friend.
Wonderful water color look. Thanks for giveaway chance.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Gorgeous cards and such a super simple technique. Thanks for the idea!
Awesome artsy stamp by Technique Tuesday, love the variety of paint brushes and tubes, and love the way it was used as a background with a rainbow of bright color!
What good timing! I just made some watercolor strips like this and was wondering how to use them…now I have great ideas!! THANKS!
Super fun cards! Love the stamp set too!!
Thanks for showing the watercolored paper before you stamped or die cut it. This shows what interesting things can be done with what might have been tossed aside!
Very cute cards!
I LOVE this technique! GREAT cards! So inspiring! The stamp set is fabulous, too! Thanks for a chance to win! Happy New Year! XX
Love these—can’t wait to give it a whirl.
Teri I love your cards, thanks for the technique instructions! I would love this Technique Tuesday stamp!!!!
Awesome coloring & stamping! Love this card series!!
wow, super fun techniques. i love my watercolors and want to try this!
Such a do-able technique! And I love that give away stamp set! Thanks for the chance to win it!
I love anything using watercolors! Thank you for inspiring me to get them back out.
Teri,
I love this technique! The art panels look as if one labored over them for ages, and yet so simple to do. I will be giving this a try. Thanks for sharing with us.
Elaine Allen
I love to watercolor my cards so thank you for another technique using watercolors. I am definitely going to try this. Great cards!
Such an effective technique, and one I ‘think’ I could do! The results are incredible!
~c
this stamp set is a must have and Teri has showcased it wonderfully
what a clever technique and fun too,
I just recently picked up some watercolors to play with for cardmaking and I agree, super fun and easy!
I love this technique! I can really see myself playing with it, so fun! Looks easy to boot! Thanks so much for inspiring!~kim
Love your cards…technique looks so easy…even I can do it…THANKS!!!
That is an amazing stamp. I think you could do lots with that!
Lovely technique. The results look amazing. I already am a subscriber to your blog. Thank you for the chance to win.
Beautiful colorful cards! Love the black and white backgrounds, just perfect! And very cool new line of stamps by technique Tuesday :).
Wow Teri has me so inspired. Got go create NOW.
Great card! interesting stamps!
A fast, fun way to get lots of colors. Very pretty.
Love the watercolor look and love this easier way to create that look. All the cards are fabulous but the awesome card is…. AWESOME! :)
That is such a wonderful idea to always have colored paper! I have tons of color pencils and this is one project that I’m gonna have to try!
Fun!
Awesome cards!! And super cool stamps!!
love that
Love this technique, and the stamp set. Thanks.
Wow Terri, love how you did this, makes it look so easy! Love your cards and love that you die cut the word out of watercolor paper. I need to try this!
Wow! This is DEFINITELY something that I will try.
Fantastic watercolouring inspiration.
Great technique! Can’t wait to get off work. Go home and try it!
Great cards!!! Thank you for the tutorial:)
To tell you the truth, I didn’t like the colored paperstrips that much. But in combination with the black stamps, wow, the cards are beautiful. Love them. Thanks for the inspiration.