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!
Great coloring technique – TFS
thanks for the great tutorial! am going to give this a try. Happy 2015!
Love these cards & this stamp set. Thanks for the chance!
Thanks! I am drawn to the artsy stamps but usually talk myself out of them because I don’t know what I’d do with them. Now I have some ideas!
So easy! So vibrant! Thanks for inspiring us to keep things simple.
Such a lovely easy yet effectfull technique. Thanks for reminding us. Guess most of us knew this watercolor background technique. But we tend to forget about it. What a shame !! On the examples above it looks awesome..
Thanks for sharing this and for the option to get this lovely stamp for free.
Hugs from Monica… Spain
I’m so in love with watercolors lately. The forgiveness they give to creating gives a beginner, like me, feel I’ve created something beautiful. I really like the paintbrush stamp set…I can think of so many uses for this one! Thanks Technique Tuesday and SSS for this great giveaway! TFS : )
wonderful, love the watercolor with pencils and the stamp set. TFS.
Teri is one of my favorite designers of all times. This watercolor technique is fabulous. Cheers!
I LOOOOOOVE this technique! AND what a FABULOUS PRIZE!!!!!!!!!!! ;) SUPER CREATIONS for us today! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
This is great technique! Gonna try out soon!
I’ve never tired watercolor, but I am inspired to do it now. Love the cards, and how easy it is to create the watercolor panels.
Wow! Great works with this technique! Gorgous! And fabulous stamps!
I really like this technique…. and the stamp is perfect to go with it!
Love the stamp set and the technique is fabulous!
Love this technique.
It’s so great to be reminded of how to do this. Thanks for the reminder!!
Beautiful cards! I love the watercolor look — that stamp is so perfect!
I just love the colorful designs on these cards!! I really need to try this out!! I would love to win this set to make cards for my mom, she’s a painter!! :) Thank you for the chance!!
Love this technique – looks easy enough for me to handle
What a cool technique! And there were some great stamps in there. Thanks, Teri. I love your work.
Very pretty cards Teri. I like this watercolor technique and the awesome stamps that you used to make them.
I love the inktense pencils. The colors are so vibrant and fun to use.
Pens and Brushes set! This has been on my wish list a long time. Thanks for showing me the watercolor background technique. All those projects are great lookin’ .
I can’t wait to try this technique. Love the stamp!
I’ve tried this technique following Teri’s tutorial. Didn’t get quite the same gorgeous effect, but will definitely try it again. Thanks for a chance to win.
Beautiful backgrounds! I never know exactly what to do with my watercolor pencils, so a great idea. And this stamp is just perfect!
What an awesomely cool way to watercolor backgrounds – I most definitely will give this a try!! Thanks for the idea!!! Teri is really cool!!
I have been a rainbow fanatic for as far back as I can remember. The bursts of color jst make me so happy. I have also been an art supply-pen and mechanical pencils since I was tall enough to “borrow” them rom my dad’s dresser drawer. Love the pen pencil stamp much!!!
What a great idea! Love this quick & easy way to make backgrounds. I especially love the word die cuts with the great rainbow colors!
Really love this water coloring. Can’t wait to try it!
Just got watercolors for Xmas, must try these out soon
This looks so fun. I have watercolor crayons, so I might try it with them.
So clever, Teri! Sometimes I don’t feel like coloring all the fussy spots in a collage stamp. This technique is easy and looks great, too!
What a fun, easy and colorful watercolored technique. TFS
So cool and artsy! Love the Inktense pencils!
I love the artsy look of all of Teri’s cards.
Loving this technique. Definitely one I will be trying! Thanks!
Wow what bright beautiful and colorful cards. Each in itself is unique. Thanks
I am loving watercolor. I use the watercolor paper and a wet brush, it works really well! Thanks for sharing and I would put that stamp to good use.
I love these stamps and so many wonderful creations! Fab work everybody!
Such a great idea for those artsy stamps…. I buy them because I like them, but then can’t figure out what to do with them! :D
Fun and simple to make a great card set. Thanks!
Beautiful stamps and fantastic uses of them on the cards!
Cute those rainbow cards
What a fabulous tutorial and fabulous cards to boot!!! I am definitely going to have to do this. It just looks like so much fun!!
great technique and love the stamp set, perfect for the techniques!
I love learning new watercolor techniques. Thanks for the special cards and inspiration.
I love this technique, and I love this stamp set!!! Thanks for the chance to win it!
Fun technique with great results! Hoping to have some time to play later this week!