I am so excitedĀ to be doing a collaboration with Justine Hovey again! When we decided to do water coloring projects, and I knew immediately that I wanted to play with my new Heartfelt Creations “Feathery Peacock” stamp and some Tim Holtz Distress Inks.
I started with my go-to Strathmore Cold Press 140-Pound (15-Sheet) Watercolor Paper
Ā as the base. Ā Then I had some fun with 3 different water coloring techniques.
The first involves inking some crinkled tin foil and transferring the ink to wet watercolor paper. This creates a beautiful fractured look, which is unique to each pressing (as you can see, the 3 cards I made each have unique backgrounds). Ā I created the backgrounds usingĀ Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers
.
The second technique is to use aĀ Clear Wink of Stella Glitter BrushĀ like a water brush to watercolorĀ in an understated shimmery color. I usedĀ this technique on the head, neck and breast of the peacock with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Chipped Sapphire
and achieved a really gorgeous regal look. It’s hard to capture the shimmer in photos or in a video but in person, you can really see the shimmer.
The third technique is to simply smoosh out color from the ink pads onto a craft mat to create a palette to use with water and a paint brush (or in my case a Medium Pentel Waterbrush
). Ā I used all of the above colors as well as Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Picked Raspberry
and Mustard Seed
to watercolor in the stamped image. To addĀ even more shimmer to the peacock’s feathers, I also used a Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen
, which gives a stronger, moreĀ opaque sparkleĀ than Clear Wink of Stella to all the areas I wanted to glow.
Lastly I mounted this card on a textured dark blue card stock mat to coordinate with the dark blue of the peacock’s body and layered the whole thing on a silver glittered card stock base, which seemed to bring out the Clear Wink of Stella and Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen sparkle even more.
Ok, I couldn’t leave it at that. On two of the cards that I am sending to crafty female friends, I had to add some coordinated sequins in dark blue, teal, silver and iridescent shades to add a blingy sparkle. A girl can’t have too much bling, right? Ā š The one card going to the father of a crafty friend turning 92 years old is sans sequins. LOL
The following is a watercoloring tutorial video that demonstrates all the techniques and card assembly:
These cards are being entered into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday SparkleĀ and Shine Challenge
Through The Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes Challenge
Card Mania Anything Goes Challenge
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful crafty day! WOOF
These cards turn out so lovely. Love the image. Sincerely, Elaine Rico
Thanks so much Elaine! I LOVE your new avatar picture by the way! TF stopping by! Big hugs, Kristina
Such a lovely card! I do a lot of watercolor backgrounds too lately. I love it. š
Thanks for playing along in the 613 Avenue Create Challenge.
Hugs,
Natalie
Thanks so much Natalie! I loved playing with watercolors with these different techniques. š TF stopping by! Hugs, Kristina
hello! wow, these are stunning…gorgeous technique and design! So glad you played along with us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge! I am having one last giveaway this week on my blog to celebrate my birthday, stop by and comment for your chance at winning!
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sparkle & shine *~*
Thanks so much Teresa! I loved doing these watercolored cards. TF stopping by! Big hugs, Kristina
I love your beautiful card and cannot wait to try out the foil transfer technique. I have not had much success with water coloring and that may be because I have a very cheap set. I also don’t have many distress inks. I think my go to techniques are dry and heat embossing. I just love the look.
Oh I hope you enjoy the foil transfer technique when you give it a go (please let me know when you do so that I can check it out). I also use a very inexpensive water coloring paint set ($3 at Tuesday Morning), and I find that the key to using them is just keeping my water clean throughout the process and letting layers dry a bit before adding additional layers because otherwise they can easily get a muddied look. I hope this helps a bit for your watercoloring endeavors. š I LOVE dry and heat embossing too–it’s like magic the way they transform the look of a project! TF stopping by and big hugs, Kristina
Amazing work and gorgeous techniques. Your card is stunning. Thanks for joining us at Card Mania Challenges. Good luck and hope you’ll join us again.
These cards are amazing!
Aww thanks Michelle! They were really fun to make and dig into with these watercolors. š
Wonderful creation! I love this image! Colouring is gorgeous! Beautiful tutorial!
Thanks for playing at Card Mania Challenge.
Ileanaxx
Thank you so much Ileana! I really enjoyed trying out these various watercoloring techniques and this beautiful peacock stamp. š tf stopping by! Hugs, Kristina
Your card is lovely and your video is very helpful and informative. I have only tried water coloring once or twice, and I wasn’t very good at it……….but I just might give it a go again using these techniques! Thanks for sharing!
These cards are truly stunning. I just bought this stamp set from Heartfelt Creations at the July Stampfest in Florida. I’ve been pining for since I saw it. Now you’ve inspired me to ink it up and play with inks!
Thanks for sharing.
Vicki
Oh it’s an absolutely gorgeous stamp set! I’m so glad to nudge you along to use yours. Hope you have loads of fun! Big hugs, Kristina