Welcome to week 23 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Just Jade a mid teal green from the 2020-22 InColour collection.
Do you enjoy watercolouring? I find it very relaxing and I love the way Stampin’ Up! products make me feel like an artist! If you feel nervous about watercolouring have a go at making this card – it’s actually very easy to do and I just love the way watercolour turns out different every single time.
To make this card I used Shimmery White Cardstock, which is excellent for watercolouring, however you can use the Fluid 100 Watercolour paper if you prefer. Remember to always stamp your images for watercolouring using the Jet Black StazOn Ink Pad NOT the Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad.
You’ll also need the Water Painters and I like to use the acrylic blocks as my ink palette or you can simply lift ink off the lid of the ink pads. These are the colours I used to watercolour my card.
Just Jade colour combination
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Using the two largest floral stamps from the Hand-Penned Petals Stamp Set I stamped around the edge of my Shimmery White Cardstock and then water coloured the flowers in Balmy Blue and Misty Moonlight, the leaves in Just Jade and the centre of the flowers in Mango Melody. I then used the Crumb Cake to watercolour the background space.
I didn’t want to cover up too much of my watercolour pattern so I kept the rest of the card quite simple, tying some linen thread around one side and into a bow and adding a small sentiment to the middle of the card. This sentiment is from the Art Gallery Stamp Set, stamped in Versamark Ink and heat embossed using white embossing powder.
It was only when writing this blog that I noticed my mistake – let’s just call it “artistic licence”! Can you see where I forgot to watercolour my card?
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Andrea Sargent – I can’t wait to see what Andrea has made this week!
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I’ll be back with another Christmas card next Monday. In the meantime, wherever you are in the world, stay safe, stay calm … and keep on crafting xxx
Catherine, your water colouring is just beautiful! The card is a piece of water colour art. I love the colour combination, the Crumb Cake background sets off the gorgeous blues and green. The sentiment and linen thread are perfect finishing touches.
I DON’T watercolour Catherine but I sure am inspired to now, after seeing your absolutely gorgeous card. The colour combination is fabulous.
Cathy your colouring is absolutely stunning and the colour combo you have chosen is beautiful
Lovely Water colouring Catherine, including the background. then Simplicity of the Happy Birthday banner is all that it needed for sure.
This is such a beautifully water coloured card, Cathy. I adore these colours; the blues, greens and crumb cake background is just perfect. This stamp set is perfect for this technique!
Oh, wow, just gorgeous! Your watercolouring is perfection, and I don’t blame you for keeping the rest of the card CAS to show it off to full advantage.
Just stunning water colouring on your card Cathy and your colour combos are perfect.
Oh my goodness, this is beautiful, Cathy! The finished art piece looks like a piece of linen. Your use of colour, and watercolouring technique, is stunning. It was only on the third pass that I could spot the “uncoloured” bit, and it looks like it’s meant to be that way!
Stunning card Catherine, I love the colouring, especially the background