Watercolor Thank You Card
Hi Friends! Please join me in a big welcome back to Kelly Rasmussen as a especial guest on our blog today! Be sure to read on to learn more about this fun card and enjoy!
Hello, crafters! I’m so happy to be back as a guest on the Simon Says Stamp blog! Today I’ve got a card to share that use lots of Simon Says Stamp and Hero Arts goodies! I didn’t have a plan in mind when starting this card, so I wasn’t sure exactly where it was going, but in the end everything fell into place. :)
I started out with a piece of watercolor paper that I taped to a solid surface. One of my favorite watercolor papers is the Canson Montval — it seems to work so well with any watercolor mediums! I stamped the sunflower image from the Simon Says Stamp Summer Flowers set using Antique Linen Distress ink. Then I used various colors of Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to color in the image. To avoid any colors bleeding together on the petals, I jumped around and colored petals that weren’t touching. Then once a petal was dry, I could go in a color the next petal. Once the flower was done, I created a mask of the flower using Inkadinkadoo Stamping Mask Paper, placed it over the flower and then stamped and colored my green leaves.
This card showed me that I don’t always have to have a plan in mind before starting a card, just grab one product to start and then go from there! :)
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My favorite colors! ?
I love sunflowers. And the colors were beaut9ful!
That is just a beautiful sunflower card!
Great card! :)
Very beautiful card!!!
Lovely sunflower. Isnt it funny how it happens,, no idea what I’m gonna do, but bang, in the end.. its beautiful
The stenciling added the right touch
to the card.
It is fantastic. the recipient will
be thrilled to get such a beautiful
card.
thanks for sharing.
Beautiful, and I love the effect of embossing paste :-)
What a gorgeous and delicate card, love it!
Love the stenciled background! It does add a lot of interest. Beautiful sunflower. :)
Beautiful colours!!! Love it!!!
I love this!
Lovely card, I thought it was embossed with a folder, until I read the post.
Great card, Kelly. Love how you kept adding until the final product was what you wanted. It encourages me! Thanks.
I need to try this as soon as my stamps arrive!
A very pretty card. The watercolor is gorgeous.
Awesome stencil. Love how the background turned out. I’m glad you didn’t scrap it; it turned out gorgeous!
Beautiful colors, beautiful texture, love it!
Love how you did this!
Great idea to mask off a feature image in order to add background texture. Love the card and soft watercoloring.
Thank goodness you did not trash this card half way through. It turned out to be beautiful.
That stencil is wonderful. It really made your awesome flower sing! Love it.
Beautiful card, love it!
Very pretty card!I always start out without a plan, it usually ends up being my best work or a disaster, but I like the process.
Such a beautiful card.
Your card turned out wonderfully. I especially love the Crossing Waves stencil. So pretty!
Gorgeous! The stenciled background is a great touch. The flower is so lovely, too.
I hate the worry when the stencil is in place and you can only hope it looks good, especially when the other element of the card is already in place. I love the magic when you take the stencil off and it exceeds your expectation.
This card is beautiful! So glad you kept going. The stenciled embossing paste background gives so much depth and texture to it and fills all the white space around the gorgeous flower! This is incredible.
Beautifully done!
love the watercolor and the stencil was just right!
Pretty colors for the wonderful watercoloring.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Pretty card!
Such a lovely card. The texture on the cad is so inspirational – LOVE IT:)
Beautiful. Love the sunflower and the background.
The stencilled background turned out beautifully. So delicate. A lovely card.
Beautiful card
Your card makes me think of Fall and Thanksgiving.
Wow–what a unique & beautiful card! Never would have tried adding the embossing paste after finishing the flower–thank goodness you did!
Beautiful! Love sunflowers!
Beautiful card! I absolutely love how the stenciling turned out.
Love that gorgeous sunflower!
Gorgeous card! Love the colors and especially the stenciled background. Beautiful job! Thanks so much for the inspiration!
I love the backround.
So pretty. Love that flower & the stencil behind it looks great!
Just goes to prove our art work is never a mistake just a beginning of a new adventure. Loved your card!!!!
So glad you did not scrap this, it turned out so Beautifully! I love the idea of adding the embossing paste after watercoloring the flower – so creative. Well done!
I like the dimension with the die-cut sentiment and the beautiful sunflower stamp.
Beautiful card!!!
Love this card- Beautiful! Thanks for sharing
Such a sunny card.
And I thought the background was embossed!