Looking to add new mediums to your card making this year? Try this no-line watercolor technique to add a touch of elegance to your cards.
Today we have a stunning card from our new designer, Kassi Hulet! Her talent with watercolors just blows our mind and we adore what she’s been able to create with our products. Kassi said, “I love the soft elegance of no line watercolor florals! This little bouquet of Hellebores made the perfect birthday card for my friend’s birthday!” We just love the sweet softness of this card, and are eager to hit the craft room to try our hand at no-line watercoloring to make a birthday card of our own!
- Stamp the flowers from the 37014 Hellebore Floral- 4×6 stamp set onto watercolor paper using a waterproof light grey ink. I like to use Arches Cold Press watercolor paper when I paint.
- Paint the flowers using your favorite watercolors. I painted mine purple, but you can paint your flowers any color you like!
- Die cut the painted watercolor paper using the second largest die from the 5013D Nested Rectangle Small Stitch die set.
- Die cut a piece of dark green paper using the largest die from the 5624D Nested Rectangle with Small/Large Holes die set.
- Stamp the “sending you a birthday wish” sentiment from the 37014 Hellebore Floral-4×6 stamp set on to white cardstock using Tsukineko- VersaFine Clair Nocturne- ink pad- Nocturne.
- Die cut the sentiment using one of the tag dies from 5704D Nested Tag dies set. After cutting the tag, but before removing it from the die, trace around the inside of the die using a black pen to create a border.
- Smoosh an ink pad in a color that coordinates with your flowers onto a non porous surface. Spritz the ink with water, then drag some white string through the puddle to custom dye the string. Allow the string to dry completely (you can speed up the drying process by using a heat tool). I used Magenta from the Color Fuse set #6 for mine.
- Tie the colored string around the watercolor panel.
- Adhere the watercolor panel to the dark green die cut panel
- Adhere the stacked panels to an A2 card base using foam tape for dimension.
- Adhere the tag over the string using foam tape.
Just, WOW! This is so elegant and beautiful and is worthy of a frame. Great job Kassi, your florals are superb!