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!

Watercolor Thank You Card

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.

 
Watercolor Thank You Card
After the flower was all done, I decided to add a light wash of blue to the background using the Light Blue Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker and lots of water. I dried the background using my heat gun, but the whole piece just felt a little flat. I almost scrapped it at this point, but decided to take chance and see if a stenciled background would help it out. With my watercolor paper still taped to a hard surface I placed a mask over the flower and leaves and then used the Hero Arts Crossing Waves Stencil and Wendy Vecchi White Embossing Paste to create a textured background. I thought it might end up being too busy, but once I pulled off the stencil I loved it!
 
Watercolor Thank You Card
Once the embossing paste was dry, I adhered the panel to a Hero Arts Pool Notecard. Then I diecut the Simon Says Stamp Thanks Die from Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Cardstock three times and adhered all three pieces together using Ranger Multi Medium Matte Glue. When I have a diecut sentiment I love to pair a smaller message along with it, so I reached for the Hero Arts Thanks Stamp + Cut set for the rest of my sentiment. The smaller message was stamped with Hero Arts Cup O’ Joe Mid-Tone Shadow Ink. I adhered the sentiments to the card and for a finishing touch I added some Glossy Accents to the “thanks” word die.

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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  1. Lovely sunflower. Isnt it funny how it happens,, no idea what I’m gonna do, but bang, in the end.. its beautiful

  2. Great card, Kelly. Love how you kept adding until the final product was what you wanted. It encourages me! Thanks.

  3. Awesome stencil. Love how the background turned out. I’m glad you didn’t scrap it; it turned out gorgeous!

  4. Great idea to mask off a feature image in order to add background texture. Love the card and soft watercoloring.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Wow–what a unique & beautiful card! Never would have tried adding the embossing paste after finishing the flower–thank goodness you did!

  9. Gorgeous card! Love the colors and especially the stenciled background. Beautiful job! Thanks so much for the inspiration!

  10. 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!

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