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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It turned out amazing. I never have a plan….oops! Stencil paste is the best!
Kelly did an amazing job with this beauty! Love the colors she chose.
Amazing card – I love it!
I love it! Did you add color to the paste or sponge the blue over it-it looks so neat! I have not used any EP yet, but hope to get my hands on some soon. TFS
Really Beautiful coloring!!! Love the textured background!!!
Wow that’s gorgeous! Love the colors and especially the textures!
Love the subtle textured background! Such a happy card! TFS
So stunning!! Love the use of the embossed stenciling with the watercoloring!
I love the stenciled background with your water colored flower! Beautiful!!
What a great card!
Lovely background. I really love the combo of soft colored water color background and the embossing paste on top.
Paste and stencils to the rescue…..love the watercolor flower. Would’ve been a shame to toss it out.
Pretty card! Love the interest the stenciled background gives!
Love how it came out.
Lovely card and reminds me to get out my jar of paste~
I wondered how you got the embossing paste so close to your watercoloured image! Thanks for the great tip!
Beautiful card! And the flower looks so real! Great job!
Beautiful Card!
Beautiful coloring!
From flat to fabulous! I love the way you rescued this beautiful card!
This turned out amazing. I’m going to try this technique!
This is AMAZING!! I love your watercolor of the flower and that background you did is just STUNNING!! Beautiful design!
I’m so glad that you did not scrap this card, it is gorgeous! I love that you masked around the flower and leaves to add the embossing paste with the stencil, great idea!
Such a happy and sweet card!
Lovely card. That stencil really added to the overall look of your project. Thanks for sharing.
I love that the background is textured but it doesn’t feel busy at all!Nice color combo!Beautifully done!Thank you for sharing.
Love zig markers! Gorgeous card!
the texture in the background just makes the card. . . perfect!
Beautiful! Love it!
Fabulous card it turned out great!!
Pretty card. Great tip for coloring the sunflower.
What a pretty card! Love the texture.
Love the textured background.
Kelly’s card is sensational. The sunflower looks completely different from stamping it in black ink or by embossing it. Great way to stretch a stamp set!
I really, really love this card!
Lovely. Sunflowers always put a smile on the face.
Wow Kelly, what a beautiful job on your sunflower. I love this!
I love how you put the sunflower in the corner then did the stencil with embossing paste around it. Very smart!! The sunflower is just beautiful! The card is so pretty and I love that you matched the “thanks” to the colors in the sunflower :) . Thanks for sharing!
This is a lovely card. Thanks for saying that sometimes we don’t need a set plan. It can change.
Beautiful card.TFS.
Very pretty–I love sunflowers. I like the stenciled background too.
Beautiful. I love the dimension on this card.
very pretty!
Love these no line watercolor card! You make it look so easy!
Thanks for the inspiration! Love the stenciled and embossed background.
Beautiful card. I love the embossing paste and the sentiment is lovely.
Great idea about adding stencilling and embossing paste after creating the focal image.
BEAUTIFUL Card!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Card Design!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Your watercoloured card is really pretty.
Beautiful card. Love the texture, design and colours. So cheery and summery.