Summer Fun In the Sun DIY Watercolor Single Layer Scene
Hi friends! Happy Sunday! If you’re in the USA, Happy Father’s Day to all you Dad’s out there! Be sure to give your Dad a hug or at least a call and tell him he’s loved! Please welcome back special guest Debby Hughes with her monthly Creative Uses post. I always love to see what she cooks up! Be sure to watch the video for the full tutorial, and enjoy!
Hello, Debby here. I was inspired by one of Suzy Plantamura’s watercolor card fronts for today’s post.
The fun ‘I want to hang out with you’ clothes line design on the bottom row just got me thinking about all the stamp sets I have with clothes, such as the new Summertime Animals set with the cute bear in his swim trunks. Well that got me thinking to how when we come back from the beach we wash and rinse everything down and hang them to dry ready for the next day. In the video below you can see how I stripped the bear of his trunks with a little partial stamping and turned a sentiment from the Summertime Animals set into a beach towel!
As I wanted to create a true one-layer card I found it helpful to plan the layout using printer paper first. I wanted to block out a couple of areas for clouds and a sun and so started the card by masking these areas with a Molotow masking pen. This protected those areas from the paints and allowed me come in later to paint the sun without having to worry about the sky background. While the masking fluid was drying I could then start on the rest of the design. I masked off an area for the towel before stamping the palm trees from Warm Christmas Wishes then used a waterproof pen and the A2 Card Curved Edge die to draw a washing line.
The flip-flops from Flip Flop Season were an easy addition to add, as was the beach ball from the Warm Christmas Wishes set. The only slightly tricky bit really was partially stamping the bears trunks and I used washi tape to cover up the areas I didn’t want ink; it is probably better if you watch the video to see how that is done. As for the towel, I drew the outline with the waterproof pen and then stamped a sentiment from Summertime Animals with Teeny Bikini ink. For once I liked the texture that stamping on watercolor card gave the letters as to me they have more of a look of a fluffy towel :D Once I’d got the design sorted it was simply a case of adding a little color and for this I used Gansai Tambi watercolors and then came in afterwards with some Prismacolor Pencils for extra depth and contrast.
Thanks for joining me today and I hope you give this washing line design a try; I’m sure most of us have stamp sets that would work :D
I’m in awe of the whole card. Beautiful layout, stunning coloring, great tips. Thank you.
Really great tutorial! Looking forward to trying some of your techniques!
Great card! :)
Nice card!
Very cute – perfect for summer!
Very cute Debby! TFS
Wow! Debby I love, love, love your video! What a fantastic tutorial! And I love the way you put pencil on top of the watercolor which creates very dramatic depth. Brilliant! Thanks so much for sharing this today. x
Love this summery card!!! Beautiful as always! :)
Love this fun scene created, sweet card design!!!
So cute!
Fabulous card Debby, and great video :-)
Such a darling summery card. Your skills are amazing!
Just the cutest! You are so clever.
Beautiful!
Love the card fronts. How fun to color!!!! Love how you did yours.
Super cute! Love me some watercoloring and this is a fantastic little scene!
A fantastic card and video Debby. As always, your work is wonderful, such a great scene.
Fun summer scene card. Going back in with the pencils to deepen the highlights was a great touch. Will have to try it. THanks for the video.
What a sweet scene! And no one wants to be put back into the stamp sleeve in wet trunks!
What a fun card!! Perfect for the hot days of Summer!! Your watercoloring is amazing! LOVELOVELOVE this!! TFS!
Water Color is always fun
Wonderful card, thanks for sharing!
What a fun card! thanks for the tutorial too!
Adorable card! Love it!
Lovely summer card. I’ve not done watercolor for years, but she makes me want to get them out again!
Love how you pulled everything together for a happy, carefree card! Thanks for the tips!
What a cute card. Summertime——-summertime, love it! Thanks for another fun and informative video!
Beautiful card! I find one-layer cards the hardest – Debby’s card looks awesome!
Love this idea and it’s so much fun to color your handmade cards.
Darn cute! Love the clothes line and how beautifully you create the whole design with summer feel!!! Absolutely amazing!
I love these cards.
You get the front of your card covered with little work.
You get to show off your coloring when you’ve colored
the card.
And the cards are such fun.
thanks.
Great card by Debby. Love the mix of stamp sets. A little bit of this and a little bit of that. Thanks.
Awesome watercolor one layer card, Thanks for the great video!
Wonderful watercoloring on the Summer scene. Have a Bee-utiful day!
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
This is absolutely adorable, I love how you used the water colours and the pencils together.
I absolutely love this card. I went to a card workshop yesterday and we made a beach scene card with flip flops on it and I am now in love with flip flops. I now have to have a flip flop stamp and die. They are so cute. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Love your work! You are so creative!!
I’m loving the flip flop themed cards! Nothing screams summer like flip flops!! In thinking I need to get a set to make some cards myself.
Awesome watercolor one layer card. Love the mix of stamp sets and coloring.Thanks for the video and tips!
I like how you created your scene.
These images to watercolor are so sweet.
WOW! Great card design and it is fantastic!! Thanks for the video and all the great tips!
Brilliant as always!!!!
Love the flip flops! Beautiful job. :0)
Such an outstanding card, always love seeing Debby’s creativity in action!!!
This card is so much fun!
Isn’t Debby’s card summertime fantastic??!! Such amazing colouring and so grateful to her for sharing her skill with all of us!
Debby’s card is a masterful work! Oh my gosh it’s amazing!
Such a fun and awesome card! I love the flip flops! Also fantastic video.
WOW! Isn’t that just fantastic!!!