Birds & Branches Frame

Hello Everyone! I am back with one more card to share with you today. We've been seeing lots of watercolor trends on different blogs lately.

So for today...I thought I would show you a quick step-by-step overview of how I made this card. By watercoloring my die cut, I can transform this from a silhouette and bring attention to certain areas of the resulting image if I want to.

Watercolored Die Cuts:

1. Gather Supplies: You'll need a die cut image cut from heavy weight card stock or watercolor paper, Distress Inks or Markers, and a paint or aqua brush. I've used, the Birds & Branches Frame die, Wplus9 White card stock, and the Heartfelt Holiday and Strictly Sentiments 4 stamps sets to create this card.
2. Press ink onto acrylic block, dilute with water and brush onto tree branches with paint brush. I've used Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo Distress Inks.
3. Repeat the same process for the leaves. I've used the Crushed Olive Distress Marker.
4. Keep repeating this process to paint the remaining areas. I've used the Tumbled Glass Distress Marker to color the blooms on the trees.

Once the Birds & Branches Die was dry, I adhered the frame to the front of my card base and stamped the sentiment from Strictly Sentiments 4.

At the bottom of the card I adhered the fussy cut foliage image from Heartfelt Holiday and stamped the sentiment from the Strictly Sentiments 4 to finish off my card.

I hope I have inspired you in using the new April Release products.
Have a Fabulous weekend creating :)