Lovely Legs Get Well Soon: Part 1

Hello there, Tallie here.

I'm celebrating the new to SHC brand, Colorado Craft Company, with a two-part post featuring the Lovely Legs Get Well Soon stamp set. This week I'm using watercolours and next week I'll be using my alcohol markers. These lovely legs stamps are perfect for practicing your colouring in any medium and create some simple but gorgeous cards!

I have two different cards for you today, though both started off with me stamping out the sofa scene from the Lovely Legs Get Well Soon stamp set onto some watercolour cardstock using some MFT Extreme Black Ink.

You may have seen from my last few cards that I'm trying to experiment and find my style with watercolours, so I tried out two different techniques for the cards. The first is more detailed, with me controlling the paint (or trying to!) more like I would with alcohol markers. The second is more lose, with me building up layers of washes to get the depth of colour.

I stuck to a simple, bright colour scheme to help cheer up a recipient that is feeling under the weather. When the paint was dry, I stamped out two different sentiments from the set above the scenes.

One I adhered directly to a card base, the other I used a Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle to cut out the panel and mount on a kraft card base.

Catch me next week for a different take on the scene with my alcohol markers.

Tallie

Watercolour Florals

Hello! Tallie here with some bright and cheerful watercolour inspiration.

The Grateful for Everything set from Concord & 9th is perfect for stamping out in multiples and just playing with the colour!

I started out by stamping the main floral stamp from the set onto some watercolour paper with some Versafine Black Onyx ink. This is actually quite a large stamp so I knew I would eventually be cutting down the panel. Once it had dried, I took out my watercolour paints and had some fun!

I think the secret to getting dimension is layers, building up the colour intensity to get the feeling of depth. I used bright, bold yellows, greens and reds with a cerulean blue wash for the background. Once dried, I added a few paint splatters to help bring the flat background to life.

I die cut this panel out with an MFT Stitched Wonky Rectangle and mounted it onto a side folding A2 card base made of Lawn Fawn Sunflower cardstock. To finish off the card, I stamped a simple sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Simply Sentiments set.

I made a bunch of these in different colours using different sentiments for a variety of occasions!

Thanks for reading, catch you next week.

Tallie

Floating Watercolour Wishes

Hello, Tallie here, with some watercolour inspiration!

When I saw that Avery Elle had released this Floating Wishes set, I immediately thought of watercolour and metallics!

I started with an A2 watercolour cardstock panel die cut with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle. I arranged the celebrate sentiment and balloon from the Floating Wishes set to the right hand side, stamping it with some Versamark ink and silver heat embossing. I also used a couple of stars from some of the new Christmas sets to balance out the white space. Once cool, I taped the panel to a board and let a wash of clean water soak into the paper for a minute before dabbing on some purple and pinks from my Kuretaki Gansai Tambi watercolour paints. I built up the colour in layers, avoiding the centre of the balloon and stars. I also splattered on some paint spatters with a paintbrush.

Once the background was dry, I used my metallic Kuretaki Gansai Tambi watercolour paints in silver to highlight the balloon and stars. A few splatters of the silver over the background helped to pull the metallic in across the panel.

A simple card design that is fun to create and customise in any colour. I created another card using the 'thank you' sentiment with some turquoise blues!

Thanks for reading, catch you next week.

Tallie

Hmmmmm..

Hello, it's Tallie here. I've been waiting to share this card for a while and the good news is that the Hero Arts Hummingbirds set is now back in stock! My Nan loves hummingbirds so this was a special card designed for her. It's such a versatile set for any medium!

I started off by stamping out a bunch of the hummingbirds from the Hero Arts Hummingbirds set in some Versafine Black Onyx ink onto some watercolour card. After heat setting the ink to make sure it was dry, I used my watercolours (Gansai Tambi) to colour them in. I had to use several layers to build up the depth of colour, making sure there were no water blooms in odd places. I set this aside to dry naturally before cutting them out with my Scan N Cut, though there are coordinating dies available.

On a separate A6 panel of watercolour card that I taped down to a board, I created a simple burst of colour using three shades of blue. I added some more layers and a few ink splatters to give more interest. Once dry, I cut the panel down so I could mount it on a black top-folding A6 card base. I then used some foam tape to mount the birds and flowers onto the background panel.

I kept the sentiment simple, clear heat embossing the 'hmmmmmm...' sentiment I stamped in black ink in the bottom right corner.

I had so much fun making this that I made another one in some warmer colours. It's interesting how the colours pop!

Change up the sentiment and you have a card for all occasions.

Thanks for reading, catch you next week.

Tallie