Doodling with Debby: Watercolored Leaf Background
Hi friends! Happy Sunday! Thanks for stopping by today! Please welcome the always amazing Debby Hughes to the blog in her monthly Doodling with Debby series for a special holiday card! Be sure to watch the video and enjoy!
Hi, this is Debby and for my Doodling With Debby feature this month I’m using a small leaf image from the One With Nature set to create a watercoloured background pattern.
On Arches Hot Pressed watercolour card I repeatedly stamped the small leaf from the One With Nature set in clear embossing ink, sprinkled with Antique Gold embossing powder and heat set.
With the pattern now complete, I attached the watercolour card to a board and using Daniel Smith watercolours I painted over each leaf using a palette of green, red, pale pink and pale aqua. The watercolours I used were:
- Green – Undersea Green mixed with Ultramarine Blue to give a beautiful Hunters Green
- Red – Pyrrol Scarlet combined with a little Undersea Green to mute the tone of the red slightly
- Pale Pink – dilute mix of Quinacridone Coral
- Pale Aqua – dilute mix of Ultramarine Turquoise
I dried the panel with a heat tool before I splattered Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine over the top and then set it aside to dry.
For the sentiment, I used the Stained Glass Greetings set and stamped the ‘Merry’ in clear embossing ink on Black card, sprinkled with White embossing powder and heat set. I used the matching die to die cut the sentiment. I also stamped, and white heat embossed a matching sentiment from the set on Lipstick Red card.
I added foam adhesive to the back of all of the elements and then attached them to a Neenah Desert Storm card base. As a finishing touch, I added a trio of Gold sequins held in place with Multi Medium Matte.
Thanks for joining me today and I will see you next time for Doodling With Debby!
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I love the simplicity of this card. Thanks for sharing.
I do love the organic feel you’ve given the leaves on this lovely Christmas card, yet there’s a perfect amount of sparkle and shine with the sequins and embossed sentiment. Thanks for the video with your design process details!
I love the watercoloring effect on the Fall leaves.
Absolutely gorgeous!!
With the lovely
embossing and the
watercoloring, this
made a very pretty
card!
Carla from Utah
This is very pretty, yet simple. I love how the watercoloring goes beyond the embossed lines.
I love Debby’s card. It is so bright and cheerful.
Beautiful coloring!!
You’re right, Debby is always so creative and talented !
Gorgeous look you created with this stamp set and watercolour.
Love the shabby-vintage look of this card! Great inspiration!
I love the details of this one with nature stamp and using it for a Christmas card with watercolors is just so pretty !