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
its such a fun card and so cheerful and happy
thanks for brightening up my morning with this summer card
This card is truly expressive!
What a fun card and fun sets of stamps!
Love the watercolors…so bright and cheery! Hugs, Robin
What a fabulous composition! Your watercoloring is beautiful.
Really fun card! Awesome colouring too!
Marvelous card. Always look forward to creative uses of auxiliary stamps.
Cheers.
Very cool how you use stamps in
a different way than intended!
These are a great cards and so fun to color.. I know…..I have some
So dang cute! Awesome coloring and AWESOME stamps!
A fun card, Debby. I find your coloring fascinating; well done.
This card is adorable.
Very cute–makes me want to go on vacation.
Big fan of Debby’s creative style!! Cute card!
This is wonderful! Beautifully colored. LOVE these panels ♥
Wonderful card so bright n fun n cheerful
Such a fun card! Reminds me of vacation time!
Love the card and I never would have thought to mix the watercolors with my colored pencils, awesome idea. Something I will have to try :) Great card!!
Fabulous card and the coloring is fantastic !!!
Loved the card because the colors were pastel and soft! Thanks for a chance to win!
Great card. Love the stamps used.
What a bright, cheery card!
Great summery card, I love this image! :-)
I love this card and how you stole the shorts from getting bear to put them on the washing line!
Such a happy and cheerful card!
Adorable summer scene!!!
Cristina
thehouseoftheblackbirds.blogspot.it
very summery and bright and cheerful, weel done
Those flip flop stamps and dies a are adorable and perfect for summer
The way you balanced the items on the clothesline looks great, as well as the color balance. This is so cute and turned out great . You’re right, the colored pencils make the images pop.
Love your beautiful summer card, and the washing line design, awesome!
Looks so sunny; know I really look forward of sunny days!
Debby’s cards are always so cheerful. This one makes me smile!
What a fun card Debby! Great summer scene and colouring.
wonderful watercolouring.
Such a darling card!!!!
Love this fun scene. I love the idea watercolor paper gives a texture like a beach towel!
This card creation just had me smiling out loud !
Perfect card for summer – beautifully colored too:)
super fun card!!
I love the scene you created, Debbie! Love that you added colored pencil! TFS
This is absolutely lovely!! Love the watercoloring!!
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
Delightful!
Adorable card. TFS.
Wonderful scene! I love the watercoloring!
Awesome card, love your watercoloring!!! So many scenes and pictures to choose from…love it! Thanks for sharing :)
I really LOVE how this turned out – so fabulous!! Debby did a wonderful job!!
so summery!! fun way to mix and match stamp sets.
I love Debbie’s videos, she’s such a great artist!
Get out the flipflops…so sweet.
Such a super fun scene! Adorable card!!