Watercoloring with Suzy’s Paintables!
Hi friends! Thanks for stopping by today! Please welcome our special bi-monthly guest Kelly Latevola back to the blog with this bright bold and blue card inspiration! Read on for more information and be sure to watch the video! Enjoy!
Hi guys It’s Kelly here and today we are going to be taking a different approach to Suzy’s Paintables! I think often times we look at Suzy’s paintables as a complete card, and they totally can be, but often we don’t really add anything to make them our own. You could add your own doodling, or die cutting, almost any technique you use when you start with blank cardstock can be used to change up the paintables.
Today I decided to do a bit of watercoloring before I started coloring with markers. Just creating the background makes such a huge difference! You can use any watercolor medium but I always love the bright pigments in Distress Ink so I opted for them. You can use just one layer for a soft look or multiple layers for bolder color. I’m a big fan of bold color so I went with two layers. After everything was good and dry I went in with my Copic markers to start adding some dimension to the flowers and leaves.
I hope you enjoy seeing the images come to life and are inspired to create something in your own style!
Watch the video:
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Love your cards and great way to use the coloring panel! I don’t have Copics but was wondering if I could get a similar effect with Distress markers on the watercoloring?
Oooh these are fabulous, LOVE your colour theme :)
Wonderful projects. I love how you used the cut outs for the second card. TFS
Beautiful cards! I thought they looked like Hawaiian shirts, too. You’ve encouraged me to try these paintables.
It’s a great idea to use the die cut and the negative, so not a single piece of this art work gets lost. I love the vibrant colors.
How fun to make two cards from one coloring project!
Congrats to all
the winners! Love
the bright and bold
colors on these cards.
Carla from Utah
Wonderful colours, and love how the cutouts became another lovely card!
These are GORGEOUS!!! Love the image and the colors. Stunning ♥
Love the colors!!
WOW!! I had no idea you could Copic color over distress inks! I love your cards!
the colors are so bright and vivid.
Beautiful.
thanks for sharing.
I just love this card, so tropical! After a New Engaldnd winter this card is so refreshing!
These are so bright and beautiful.
wow… look at those gorgeous colors!
Kelly, these cards are gorgeous! I loved how you’ve colored the flowers, they’re so vibrant. Thank you for sharing. ?
WOW!!! These cards are amazing! I just love the colors and style – your cards are always wonderful!
Beautiful two cards. I love the colors. Stunning.
Wow, never thought about using my markers along with watercoloring!! Thanks for sharing.
Wonderful coloring.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
awesome card and lovely vibrant colors, congrats to the blog winners too
OMGee! These are AMAZING!
Love the colors you used
Wow! Watercolor and Copics!! Beautiful!
They turned out beautifully!
Kelly, what a gorgeous background and what a fun idea to get more from the printables. Love your color combo. Thanks for the inspiration!
Love the cards!! I always learn something new from your Copic coloring! Thanks for sharing .
Pretty and a fun idea. I am going to dig through my stamps to try this. I already follow by email.
Your colors are gorgeous and I am so impressed with the dimension you were able to color in to make the flowers stand out. I am just learning to color and have a long way to go. Thanks for the video!
Wonderful colors.
Love your cards! So bright and colorful!
So very pretty
Great cards! :)
The coloring is so rich and vibrant. Love this!
What a bright and beautiful card!
Great way to get two pretty cards out of one panel!
I think that this card is just gorgeous., and I love the brilliant colors.
much Aloha! your nails are gorgeous, too . . .
What a neat card! Thank you for making the process video :)
AH-MAZ-ING!! I have never used my copics with watercolor. Mind blown!! Love it, thank you for the inspiration!!
Beautiful colors!
Wow!! This is Gorgeous!!!
Lovely bright water coloured card! Two cards from one piece is very economical.
These cards are stunning!! Love how you were able to make two cards from one, I love doing that! Thanks so much for sharing!
Love these cards! Bright, cheerful and beautiful designs! I must try this technique!
omg gorgeous water coloring
These are super cool!
Wow, love the colours! And such a bright card is one my mom would like too!!
Stunning cards!I love the color combination!Awesome!
Lovely contrast – I love the beautiful colours you chose.