Hello Crafters! When I started out with today's card my goal was to do really simple watercoloring to show you how easy it is to achieve beautiful results with minimal effort. The effort was so minimal in fact, I ended up with two cards. Ha!
The clean and simple card was where I started and it was just as simple as I envisioned it. I really just dropped color over my white heat embossing and let it dry. BAM. Beautiful card. It helps when you're starting out with such amazing stamps!
After I finished the first card, I had all this gorgeous Distress Ink that I was about to waste by just wiping it away. Sounds almost blasphemous right? I decided that I could at least swoop some water color paper through it and have a piece to practice my hand lettering.
Instead I ended up with a background that I really loved. Since I already had all the pieces and parts out, it took no time at all to do a bit more heat embossing to create my second card.
You can watch both cards from start to finish in the video below.
I love how both cards use all the same products but are two completely different styles. Versatile stamps are something we can all use.
Thanks so much for visiting!
Featured Supplies
For your convenience, here is a list of the featured supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list may contain some affiliate links.
 Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: Wplus9 |
 Wplus9 Modern Anemones Shop at: SSS | Wplus9 |
 Wplus9 Black Dye Ink Shop at: Wplus9 |
 Wplus9 Beautiful Bouquet: Ranunculus Shop at: Wplus9 |
 Wplus9 Flora & Fauna 2 Shop at: Wplus9 |
 Wplus9 Silver Lining Dye Ink Shop at: Wplus9 |
 Wplus9 Kind Soul Shop at: Wplus9 |
 Wplus9 Coal Mine Cardstock Shop at: Wplus9 |
 Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB REAM Smooth Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Shop at: SSS |
 Fiskars PREMIUM CUT LINE Paper Trimmer 12 Inches Shop at: SSS |
 Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Shop at: SSS |
 Martha Stewart SCORING BOARD Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad PEACOCK FEATHERS Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker C1 COOL GRAY Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch MARKER C3 COOL GRAY Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker BG11 MOON WHITE Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker BG45 NILE BLUE Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Sketch Marker BG49 DUCK BLUE Shop at: SSS |
 Canson MONTVAL WATERCOLOR 9x12 Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Large 2 oz MISTER BOTTLE Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp LARGE GRID PAPER Pack Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Shop at: SSS |
 Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Shop at: SSS |
 Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder Bag Shop at: SSS |
 Pretty Pink Posh 6MM SPARKLING CLEAR Cupped Sequins Shop at: SSS |
 Pretty Pink Posh 4MM SPARKLING CLEAR Cupped Sequins Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER WHITE Fine Detail Shop at: SSS |
 ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker Shop at: SSS |
 9 x 12 WHITE FUN FOAM 12 Pack Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad FOSSILIZED AMBER Shop at: SSS |
 MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Studio Paint ARTIST BRUSHES Shop at: SSS |
 Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 2 Round Shop at: SSS |
 Bazzill 40 LB VELLUM 8.5 x 11 Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad WORN LIPSTICK Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad RIPE PERSIMMON Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad BROKEN CHINA Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad PEELED PAINT Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad PINE NEEDLES Shop at: SSS |
Awesome cards. Really like the idea of coloring vellum with alcohol markers. I can't wait to try it. I don't quite understand the heat embossing effect with the markers, but I'm sure it will become apparent as soon as I try it. Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards !
ReplyDeleteWow love those cards!
ReplyDeleteStunning and so very eye catching...Thank you for the inspiration x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, you always make such stunning cards. Love it!
ReplyDeleteKelly, BOTH of your cards are GORGEOUS!!!! I LOOOOVE them BOTH!!! TOTALLY FABULOUS WORK!!! ;)
ReplyDeleteOh Kelly, I do love it when you DO soft and sweet, combining that with your fabulous style= a winning combination!
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Kelly, these are GORGEOUS! I love both of them and really enjoy your process and how you've made two great looks with the same stamps! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteLove both the cards and the floral stamps. Well done!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards. Especially love the blue butterflies!
ReplyDeleteWow Kelly, your cards are elegant and lovely, just stunning!! I love the colors and these absolutely gorgeous floral stamps!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards - I love them both! Thanks so much for your video - always fun!
ReplyDeleteI just fell in love with the card that you did with the squishing technique. The ranunculus bouquet is my FAVORITE floral stamp. I have to try this. I stamped the bouquet and embossed it and then pressed that into the spritzed ink; not really a fan. Now I'm going to try it your way and see how that turns out. Thanks for another great video!
ReplyDeleteThis is when I think watercolor is at it's prettiest - when you have multiple colors mixing together on a leaf for instance. Just dazzling :) LOVE both these cards, very inspiring Kelly!! TFS
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!! I can't wait for the Ranuculus set to get back in stock so I can try these techniques out.
ReplyDeleteWOW!! Both of these cards are just STUNNING!!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards Kathy. Love how one stamp can take on two different styles. Love your videos.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! So glad I could watch your progress and see how you helped your second card pop the flower a bit from all that color!
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