No-Line Watercoloring Modern Petunias with Dawn

Hello everyone! Today I wanted to share a couple of cards with you featuring our Modern Petunias stamps and dies. This set was definitely one of my favorites from our last release. It is so much fun to watercolor! Whether you are going for more detailed realistic watercoloring or a washy loose look, the images are perfect.

For my cards, I just stamped a bunch of the images from the set onto Fabriano Artistico hot pressed watercolor paper using Antique Linen Tim Holtz Distress Ink and started painting.

I used traditional watercolors as they are what I am most comfortable with, but you could also achieve similar looks with other watercolor mediums you may have on hand. I used the same technique as I shared in a video in this post using the Kind Soul stamp set.

Once I had all of my elements painted and they were dry, I die cut them and arranged them with a banner die cut using the Bold Banner Die.

I still had a bunch of flowers left over, so I decided to create another card.

This time I decided to create a wreath to encase my greeting.

I masked off the word "friend" in my sentiment from Kind Soul before stamping. Then I filled in the rest of the sentiment using the Simon Says Stamp Pained Friend Die that I heat embossed in gold. I stacked a few of the die cuts on top of each other to give it a little heft and dimension.

And, you know I love me some florals and stripes...so I used the Simon Says Stamp Wide Stripes Background cling stamp to add some bold black stripes in the background.

Speaking of Simon Says Stamp, I am super excited to be getting ready to head out to teach watercolor stamping at Simon Says Create!

Although the class portion is sold out, did you know that there will also be a Pop-Up Shop as well? Yep that means you can still participate in some of the fun. In addition to the store, there are 24 sponsors participating in CREATE IT, TAKE IT activities and Tim Holtz will be doing live demos! If you are in the area, or would like to know more, you can find additional information here. I hope to see you there!

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.

Modern Petunias 4x6" Clear Stamp Set Modern Petunias Companion Die Kind Soul 4x6" Stamp Set Bold Banner Die 4 Bar Stitched Rectangles Die Wplus9 PURE COLOR Black Dye Ink Wplus9 PURE COLOR Hayride Dye Ink Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad ANTIQUE LINEN Ranger TIM19497 Wplus9 White Premium Cardstock Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER GOLD Ultrafine Fine Detail GoldEP4 Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001 Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200 Wagner Arches HOT PRESS WATERCOLOR PAD 9x12 inches 012890 Da Vinci Kolinsky Sable Round #5 M. Graham Artists' Watercolor Indian Yellow Winsor & Newton Quinacridone Gold Watercolor Da Vinci Watercolor's Perylene Green Grumbacher Artists' Watercolor - Sap Green Da Vinci Artists' Watercolors Rose Red Deep Simon Says Stamp PAINTED FRIEND Wafer Dies SSSD111575 My Favorite *Simon Says Cling Rubber Stamp WIDE STRIPES BACKGROUND SSS101383 Simon Says Stamp STITCHED CIRCLES Wafer Dies sssd111456 In Stitches 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Glue Adhesive Paint INK41511 Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White 660425 Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM FOR WAFER-THIN DIES Accessory 656499

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