Watercolor Poppies
Hi readers! Happy Thursday! I’m happy to bring you some cheery & floral inspiration from our pal Lisa Spangler, who is our guest on the blog today! I don’t know about you, but I’ve really gotten into watercolor stamping! I love the soft subtle color, not to mention it’s just FUN! Lisa brings a trio of beauty to us today featuring the new Poppy in the Wind stamp from Hero Arts! Enjoy!
Hello hello! I am so happy to be joining you today! I’m sharing a fast and simple notecard set that I made using one of my favorite techniques: painting watercolors on stamps. It’s so fun that once you get started you won’t want to stop! Plus, I love how each card is unique, even though it uses the same supplies.
Speaking of supplies, I should mention that my color scheme and the whole idea came from some awesome paper in the BasicGrey Fresh Cut 12×12 collection pack — it’s just so romantic and pretty!
To get started, use a water mist bottle and mist your watercolor set. Give it a really good mist, don’t be shy! Then wait about 5-10 minutes until the water has seeped in and activated the watercolors. It will kind of be the consistency of frosting. (Yum.)
Now that your paints are prepared, grab a brush, wet it with water so that it’s damp but not dripping wet and pick up some paint and apply it to the stamp. You may need to practice a bit to figure out the consistency, but once you get it it’s so worth it! It’s better to be on the dry side than have it be too wet, especially as you can always fix it later.
For this poppy, I applied yellow to the center and pinks and oranges to the petals. Then working fast I went ahead and stamped it on white cardstock.
If it doesn’t come out just grab your brush and add more color — or if there is a blob of solid color, add some water to move it around. Love how each flower comes out different!
Then once the flower has dried, add a darker color to the center. In this case I used a dark gray.
To finish off the cards, I stamped a message in Hero Arts charcoal ink, then after it was dry I painted on some watercolor blobs here and there. Then I added a strip of that gorgeous floral paper plus a thin strip (also from the pack) of pink. I sewed the strip with metallic gold thread, then added some gems and pearls. And that was that! Three cards done.
Can’t wait to give these to people — and can’t wait to make MORE! Thanks so much for joining me! xo
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Lisa, I like your watercolor flower card. thank you for the tips on watercoloring paints on the stamp.
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Your watercolour poppies and cards are GORGEOUS Lisa!!!
I have never tried watercolour stamping before but your fabulous tutorial has given me the confidence to give it a try => THANK YOU for sharing your tutorial and CREATIVE INSPIRATION!!!
PS – I have the Fresh Cut collection and now I KNOW that I NEED to get this DELIGHTFUL poppy stamp, it is a perfect match for these beautiful papers :)
Gorgeous! Thanks for the tutorial!
so very pretty I loved the tutorial I would never have thought of that! Thanks for jump starting my mojo!
This card, your ideas are just fantastic! Water coloring, here I come!
So pretty Lisa.
Love the beautiful set created Lisa, the poppy is perfect for water coloring, so artsy and gorgeous!!!
Beautifully done, Lisa! Love your pairing of this stamp with the Basic Grey paper!
The cards look gorgeous. Love the colors.
Gorgeous card, love the poppy in wind stamp :-)
I would never have thought to watercolor my stamps. Such a cool technique, and it looks so beautiful!
What a gorgeous card set. Love the paper you chose to go with the stamp.
Love this! What a great idea– and so simple.
Beautiful cards and so we’ll executed
Gorgeous card,love the poppy in Wind stamp :-)
Lovely card !
these are SO gorgeous! Must try this technique!
Lovely cards!
Beautiful work! thank you for sharing!
I love poppies and this card is just beautiful. I love the DSP you used on it. Tks for sharing your creation.
Your cards are beautiful!
What a pretty set of cards, Lisa! LOVE how your watercolor stamping turned out!
I’m totaling trying this watercolor technique!!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
Thanks for the great tutorial. I love how your poppies look and also that you made a set with different greetings. Feel the need to dig out the watercolours……..
I almost never watercolor because I can’t seem to achieve results like this – so pretty!
Can’t wait to try this technique out! Thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful watercolours and lovely cards! x
Beautiful! Love the watercolor look with the pretty floral paper!
Love the poppy cards Lisa. I have fallen in love with watercolors & this stamp works perfectly for this technique. Thanks for the inspiration. Theresa x
Very pretty. Love these cards.
Such pretty inspiration here. I love the watercolor look.
Gorgeous card!! Love it!!
Great idea! I may have to dig out my old water colors!
Love how you’ve matched the image to the paper, and I love watercolour stamping!
How cute!! It makes me want to try it! Thanks for the inspiration.
So pretty! Love this technique!
Gorgeous cards! I’m going to be trying this technique! Thanks for sharing the tutorial!
Love these. Can’t wait to try this! I need some birthday cards pronto and think this technique will be perfect! You always inspire!!!! :)
WOW, am definitely giving this a try!! Love the paper you created with this stamp!
How pretty! This technique is one I’m going to have to try.
Really beautiful! I am going to give this a try! Thanks for the inspiration.
OMG!! LOVING your SWEET Projects!! Such a FUN Design with all the Details and I LOVE the Different colors!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Lovely! Great tutorial with great result.
Eveline.
Beautiful cards! Thanks for the idea– time to go buy some watercolor paints!
I just bought a cheap set of watercolors–I’ll have to give it a try!!!
Great card. TFS!
what a beautiful card, I love watercolors!
Love this! I love the watercolor on this card–it’s gorgeous. It’s one of my favorite things to do with stamp designs. Thanks for the tutorial.
What a gorgeous card created with such a clever technique!! Love it!
Thanks a lot for this technical !!!
Hugs from France
Lunéa
Very interesting technique with the watercolour. Might have to try it out myself one day.