Watercolor Leaves for Spring!
Hello everyone! How is your week going?! I am still in a watercolor mood and I have a card to share today that I made using more great products from the latest Simon Says Stamp collection – Reason to Smile. I am still making projects with all the great stuff! I inked up the Spring Flowers Stamp Set with pretty white heat embossing. Then I watercolored in shades of greens and teals. Don’t you love that technique? That never gets old!
To start with, I took the leaves image from the stamp set and randomly stamped it all over a sheet of watercolor paper. I used Versamark Ink and Simon Says Stamp White Embossing Powder to heat emboss the leaves. The raised lines from the embossing make it really easy to control your watercolors.
I colored my leaves images using Distress Ink pads, water, and a paint brush. I dried the leaves with my heat tool. After the leaves were dry, I went back with more water and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and did a pretty light wash over the white background areas. I put more color next to the leaves and faded out the color.
I love the look of a crisp white sentiment on black paper. I heat embossed the words onto Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock. I used my Embossing Magic Bag to eliminate stray bits of powder on the black.
Lastly, I mounted my watercolor panel onto beautiful Simon Says Stamp Fog Cardstock and added some Clear Drops from Pretty Pink Posh.
This card is nice and flat for easy mailing. Whenever I have gems or drops attached to a card I will put a piece of cardstock over the card when I put it into the envelope. That way it arrives all intact still!
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I’ll be back on Saturday with a really cool project made with Tim Holtz and Ranger supplies! Hope all is well in your corner of the world. Thank you for stopping by today!
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Love your card!
Cristina
thehouseoftheblackbirds.blogspot.it
WOW! Your water coloring is so beautiful, love those leaves!
Like the wonderful watercoloring & heat embossing. Have a BEE-utiful day!
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Beautiful card, Wanda. I’ve been doing a lot of white embossing lately, which I just love the look of. Now I need to try water coloring …
I got notice yesterday that my order with this stamp in shipped. Another wonderful example of why I want this stamp.
Oh my goodness, how beautiful is that soft look.
What a stunning card!
What a beautiful card – love the soft colors…
So very lovely … love her technique on heat embossing the leaves!!
Beautiful card Wanda
What a soft & pretty card-love it! Love how you offset the black sentiment block with the pop of color behind it.
very springlike, we had wet sow this orning now the sunis out, i think the waether can”t decide what to be, winter or spring ;-) i vote for spring
Great use of stamp set with soft watercolor look! Totally inspired!
AWESOME watercolored leaves background! Beautiful card!
Really beautiful yet simple card !
I love your card Wanda. The stamp set and the colors you chose are so pretty.
Such a pretty card. This stamp from the set makes a very nice background.
Just love it. Am trying to get the hang of the watercolor effects, but it’s just not my thing. More practice!
Such a soft and lovely card. That is my favorite watercolor technique. I love that it’s so easy and provides such beautiful results.
Gorgeously painted card – love the delicate background colors and bold sentiment panel:)
The white embossing on the watercolour paper really produce some beautiful results!
Love the repeated stamped image, colours and sentiment!
This is so prettY!
Oh How very pretty! Love the soft fresh greens for spring. That simple line drawing stamp is making some gorgeous art!
So pretty! This is a technique that yields great results.
So pretty!!!
your card is gorgeous
So pretty.
Gorgeous colors – I love the softenss! Sweet little bits of bling too :)
Beautiful colors!
Wow this is brilliant I NEED to try this!!x
Beautiful card! I love those colors and that new stamp set!
Gorgeous card! LOVE IT! TFS!
Beautiful! Love this stamp set
I just love this fun card – the watercoloring is so beautiful – I like that sentiment as well – nice layout – and thanks for sharing your art -have a blessed week!
I really need to get the watercolor paper out and start playing
with these techniques.
Very pretty card.
thanks for sharing.
This is beautiful, Wanda. Great technique!
Perfect idea for mailing, beautiful card!
Pretty card! Love the soft colors!
I’m trying this technique today! I’ve seen a few videos with it, and I just got some clear embossing powder! Love the stamps, I’ve wanted the springtime flowers set since I saw the release!
I love water colors. This is a perfect example of what can be done, Wanda. Beautiful!!!
Great card! Thanks for the inspiration!
Your card is beautiful. Love the colours you used. Thanks for sharing.
I love blog hops because they are so inspirational and usually make me want to try (or retry) a fun technique. This card is no exception. Thanks for the chance to win!
Love the color combo and the softness of the watercolors.
So soft and pretty. I really want to try this. I like simple cards without a whole lot of gewgaws. Thanks for sharing!
what a great card, the colors are great together
This is so pretty. Greens and Blues are my favorite color combo. Thanks for the step-by-step.
BEAUTIFUL colorful card. Love the water coloring.
Gorgeous colors & card! I’ve never done a wash around my wc images, but now I want to try it!