White Heat Embossing with Watercolor
Hi friends! Happy Thursday! Where has the week gone? I’m so pleased to welcome first time special guest Amy Lee to our blog today! Please give her a warm “Simon” welcome in the comments below, and read on to find out tips and tricks to recreate these cool cards!
Hello friends! Amy here! I am so excited to guest for Simon Says Stamp! I will be playing with my favorite style today, i.e. white heat embossing with watercolor. I am in love with the Sketch Ranunculus and Wild Beauty stamp sets designed by my sweet friend Yoonsun Hur. So, I am experimenting with different ways to use them.
Here is my first watercolor card. Scene card is my favorite style and I love combining different stamp sets to build the scene I have in mind. I used Lila from Hearts for Lila stamp set. She looks like she is looking at something beautiful. So, I made an arch of flowers for her. I positioned the flowers so they look like they are falling slowly from the sky. Her hair also helps with the movement of the flowers. It almost feels like there’s a breeze blowing in there!
Here is my step-by- step:
1. White heat emboss the flowers from Sketch Ranunculus and Wild Beauty on watercolor paper. Stamp Lila and the sentiment with MFT Milk Chocolate hybrid ink. Loosely color the flowers and Lila with Gansai Tambi watercolor.
2. To ground my scene, I have drawn in some grasses using my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and softly brushed them with a damp paint brush. I also blended in some Peacock Feathers distress ink at the bottom. To add more texture, I splattered some water and pink watercolor onto the whole scene
3. Die cut the panel with MFT Die-namics Blueprints 25 to finish My second card features a faux watercolor technique. Here is how I did it.
1. First, die cut an opening with MFT Peek A Boo Circle Windows Die-namics. Then, white heat emboss the flowers around it.
2. Blend Evergreen Bough, Dried Marigold, Tattered Rose and Shaded Lilac distress inks. Then, I use a wet paint brush to paint the same colors randomly. This gives a textured watercolor look.
3. For the sentiment background, I blended some Spiced Marmalade and added some splatters. I heat embossed the sentiment in Rose Gold. Then, mount the floral panel with foam tape.
4. Finally, I embellished with some Pretty Pink Posh Clear Sparkling and Rose Gold sequins. That’s all for today. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!!!
Lovely cards!
These cards are so
pretty and love the
way they were
watercolored.
Carla from Utah
So happy Amy is on your blog as a special guest….she makes the most beautiful cards!!! Please have more often ;))))
The birthday card is absolutely gorgeous! So very pretty!
I love this technique, too. You’ve done a wonderful job!!
Beautiful! I love the look of white heat embossing with watercolour – and the darling little girl image is a wonderful touch on the first card!
I love both cards–stunning watercolor effects & fabulous designs! You’ve made me add to my wishlist!
Such sweet cards! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the watercoloring tips – love your pretty cards !!!
I love this technique myself. Works well with blended colours too for a rainbow effect.
The rainbow card is so pretty!
Exitremlly awesome. Love these colors and the layout. Perfect card.
Adorable cards! I love the colors you used!
Wonderful cards. Love the white embossing with watercolors.
Super cute card. tfs!
Beautiful cards. Love the watercoloring.
Both cards are absolutely beautiful and very lovely!!
Both these cards are so pretty. This water coloring looks doable for me. Thanks, Amy.
Simply lovely! The Lila card is truly magnificent!
Love the flowers in the sky!
Awesome cards. I like the soft colors.
Such beautiful cards! Love the watercoloring and white embossing!!! I can see my wish list growing quickly now.. thanks for sharing! :)
beautiful!!
welcome Amy Lee! thank you for making these beautiful cards and sharing them with us!
These cards are beautiful! I love how she’s looking up at the flowers!
the 1st card is my fave!
LOVE these cards VERY much!! Epecially the first one!!!
Love using this technique, you know your projects will turn out as lovely as these.
So pretty. I enjoy this look.
Love the dreamy look of these beautiful cards.
Beautiful cards — really love that second one!
Thanks for sharing!
Lovely cards:-)
The white embossing is so pretty!
Love the water color look and the colors of the cards! Thanks
Love watercolour cards. Very pretty ?
Beautiful cards, the second one is my favourite! I love the look of white heat embossing and watercolor, I use this technique every now and again myself and am always pleased with the results!
Beautiful cards…I love the delicate colors.
I love the white embossing with watercolor background. These cards make my heart sing.
A big, warm welcome to Amy! Your white embossed images with watercoloring are gorgeous on both cards. Sweet Lila looks so happy seeing the beauty nature provides. Great cards, Amy!
Totally Fabulous! I love this! TFS
Oooh–these are so pretty!
Grat cards! :)
The colors are beautiful on both cards!
Great bright colours on your first card, but that second is the one that stands out for me; looks so subtile…
Very pretty cards!
Both cards are lovely. I like the technique.
Your cards are gorgeous Amy,thanks for sharing!
What beautiful cards. I will need to try this
Gorgeous cards. :o) Love!!