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 this stamp….as well as the samples using it!! Watercoloring is SO much fun!!! Thanks for the inspiration. (Oh. I already subscribe to your blog!!)
Teri did an AWESOME job with these cards and I’m anxious to try this technique. Die cutting the words out after stamping was a great idea and made the card pop. Good job, Teri!
Awesome results with this fun technique! Thanks for sharing , Teri!
Inspiration to pull those watercolor pencils out of the drawer and use them.
Owwwww so beautiful ….. thanks for the chance to win !!!!
Love the stamp and the background! This is going in my inspration book!
Wow, thanks for technique tip Teri! I don’t think to play with my watercolor pencils very often. I will be giving this a try! LOVE the various Technique Tuesday stamps that you’ve used. Thanks for the chance to win!
Great card examples–love the fun stamp, too.
What a easy and simple way to get gorgeous water color look. I love that you stamped on the back ground. And then after that, you used a die to cut out the words. How imaginative! It is AWESOME! Thanks for sharing.
Oh this is just what I needed to jump start me with my new Kuretake watercolors. Thank you – love ALL the stamps.
Great idea and could ‘ease’ some of us into trying to be artsy! Thanks for all the stunning examples.
Very fun and colorful!
Beautiful, fun, colourful, and such artsy cards! Thanks for the inspiration!
such a gorgeous card! Thank you so much for the chance to win!
Must give this technique a try…I do have watercolor pencils from my days as a teacher – somewhere! Thanks for the instructions and lovely examples. :) This prize stamp would be perfect.
I love the idea and am trying it today for my holiday thank you cards! Thank you for the inspiration!
What an awesome technique! It reminds me a little bit of those scratchaway designs.
beautiful technique!! thanks for sharing..
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
Very cool and easy technique! Love the vibrant colors!
WOW! I would have never tried that technique if I had not seen the finished cards! It is so fun, easy, and quick with great results!! Thanks so much for sharing!
Already a subscriber. Wow, the final result does not reflect how fun and easy this technique really is. Thanks for the chance to win.
Haven’t yet had a brush with water colouring but it’s next on my list. Thanks for the inspiration!
I’m going to give this one a try! I have quite a few stamps from Technique Tuesdays that I think are good for masculine cards and this stamp set fits the bill. I never thought to use those stamps with watercolor. Thank Terri!
great cards and stamp
Uhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, I hope to be the happy winner!
Love this technique and can’t wait to try it out, hopefully with that wonderful Techique Tuesday stamp. I love it!!
thanks for the reminder of this technique – so many good ideas on the blog today!
Wow what a great idea! I have water color pencils and don’t use them. Now I can try this.
Great cards. Thanks for sharing. This post really makes me feel like starting learning about the watercolor techniques. Thanks a lot.
I am already a blog subscriber and I LOVE what Teri has done with watercolors!! This is SO awesome!! Love TT’s Pens and Brushes stamp too! Will definitely be giving this the old college try!!! Thanks for the inspiration!
This technique makes me think of the KISS method! Keep It Simple Silly!
Teri certainly looks like an artist to me. Love this technique.
Fun technique to try and I love the arty stamp.
Love this stamp set. I already have a handful of ideas on how to use it! Thanks on the chance to win it!
Love this technique!
Great watercolor. I am going to pin these images to my watercolor Pinterest board.
Gail
This is a wonderful stamp set…so detailed and beautiful!
I love all of the examples of the cards today using watercolor pencils and the new Technique Tuesday stamp set.
Wow..these are really cool looking! Very artsy and happy!
Really love how these stamps set off Teri’s watercolor technique — very doable.
The TT die is quite frankly awesome (pun intended!). Great ideas – thanks.
Thanks for the giveaway.
I follow the blog by email.
I always seemed a little intimidated by artsy stamps! Thank you for giving my some inspiration on how to use them. :)
Love the colors. Great ideas!
Love watercolor. Your cards Teri, are really gorgeous.
Thanks for making it look so easy and the chance to win a great prize.
What a lovely and easy technique! Love the Technique Tuesdays’ stamps used. Thanks for a chance to win, would love that stampset!
Great cards…. Love the watercolor technique with arty, collage stamps. Thanks for sharing and the op to win a great stamp.. Happy New Year
Love these cards. Thanks for the chance to win this fab stamp set!
What a great idea! I
can do this for sure.
Love the way you
used the strips.
Carla from Utah
Fun technique!
I am seriously going to try this! Thank you! And thanks for the fun with prizes!