A few cards...

Just having a look through my blog and it looks like I never got around to posting my cards for Simply Cards & Papercrafts, well this was the batch from a couple of months back....all have been watercoloured.

Card 1

A5 card blank

watercolour card

double sided tape

Zig Clean Color Brush Pens

Concord & 9th Hello Lovely Stamp set

Altenew Watercolor Stripes Cover Die

Altenew Label Love Stamp set

Black archival ink pad

sequins

sticky fixers

1. Cut a piece of watercolour card to size

2. Ink up the stamp with black archival ink, stamp onto watercolour card

3. Using the zig pens, add colour to the image and work the colour with a waterbrush

4.Once the image has been coloured, cut out ( I used my scan n cut for this), set aside

5. Die cut the cover die and layer onto the card blank

6. Layer the image onto the card using the sticky fixers

7. Stamp up the sentiment and layer onto the card using sticky fixers

8. Add some sequins to finish

Top Tips

1. Use a water based ink when using watercolours, the ink doesn't bleed

2. Let the colour dry before colouring adjoining sections of the image, the colours won't bleed then

 Card 2

A5 card blank

watercolour card

black cardstock

double sided tape

Zig Clean Color Brush Pens

Tim Holtz Garden flowers stamps

Altenew Label Love Stamp set

versamark ink pad

white embossing powder

sequins

sticky fixers

1. Cut a piece of watercolour card to size

2. Ink up the stamps with versamark ink, stamp onto watercolour card and white emboss

3. Using the zig pens, add colour to the image and work the colour with a waterbrush

4. Keep adding and layering up the colour until you get the required colour

5. Layer the image onto the black card using double sided tape and then layer onto the card blank

7. Stamp up the sentiment and layer onto the card using sticky fixers

8. Add some shadow around the flowers using grey

8. Add some sequins and little splodges to finish

card 3

6 x 6 card blank

watercolour card

black cardstock

double sided tape

Zig Clean Color Brush Pens

Altenew Beautiful Stamp Set

Versamark ink pad

white embossing powder

sequins

sticky fixers

1. Cut a piece of watercolour card to size

2. Ink up the stamp with versamark ink, stamp onto watercolour card

3. Mask the flower and stamp again to layer over the top

4. Using the zig pens, add colour to the edges and centres of the flowers and work the colour with a waterbrush

5. Gently add more colour until you get the required colour

6. Layer the coloured panel onto the card using double sided tape

7. Stamp up the sentiment and layer onto the card using sticky fixers

8. Add some sequins and splodges to finish

 Card 4

6 x 6 card blank

watercolour card

white cardstock

double sided tape

Zig Clean Color Brush Pens

Wplus9 Beautiful Bouquet Dahlia Stamp Set

Black archival ink pad

sequins

1. Cut a piece of watercolour card to size

2. Ink up the stamp with black archival ink, stamp onto watercolour card

3. Using the zig pens, add colour to the image and work the colour with a waterbrush

4.Keep layer up the colour until you get the required colour

5. Layer the image onto the card using the sticky fixers

7. Stamp up the sentiment and stamp onto the card

8. Add some sequins to finish

 Card 5

6 x 6 card blank

watercolour card

black cardstock

double sided tape

Zig Clean Color Brush Pens

Altenew Painted Poppies Stsmp Set

Black archival ink pad

sequins

1. Cut a piece of watercolour card to size

2. Ink up the stamp with black archival ink, stamp onto watercolour card

3. Using the zig pens, add colour to the image and work the colour with a waterbrush

4.Keep layer up the colour until you get the required colour

5.Paint some colour onto a piece of acetate and load up a brush with lots of water, lift up some colour and splash onto the card

6. Layer the image onto the card using double sided tape

7. Stamp up the sentiment and stamp onto the card

8. Add some sequins to finish

 Card 6

A5 card blank

watercolour card

black cardstock

double sided tape

Zig Clean Color Brush Pens

Altenew Painted Poppies Stamp Set

MFT Happy Birthday Background stamp

Versamark ink pad

white embossing powder

sequins

1. First cut a piece of card to size, white emboss the happy birthday wording and tape down

2. Scribble some zig colour on to acetate and lift the colour with a wet brush and randomly add some colour to the card

3. Repeat the previous step but with a different colour, blending as you go

4. Once the panel is dry, add some splashes of the same colours but don't add as much water as you want to see the splashes, leave to dry and then layer onto black card and then the card blank

5. White emboss the poppy, I actually embossed the centre in black and the rest in white and gradually add colour to the edges of the leaves, work the colour with a water brush

6. Now colour the flower head starting at the edges and work the colour around the petals

7. Keep adding colour until you get the colour you require, leave to dry

8. Once dry cut out the flower and layer onto the panel

9. Stamp up the sentiment and layer onto the card using sticky fixers

10. Add some sequins to finish

Hope you likey!!

Fi

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