Welcome! Thank you for visiting Theresa’s Treasures Paper Crafts to see my Thoughtful Expressions Watercolor Card! I am Theresa, a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator in Arizona, USA. Today is the monthly Inspirations in Ink Blog Hop! I am excited to be hopping with talented demonstrators from around the world. Be sure to check out everyone’s Thoughtful Expressions Bundle projects. The Thoughtful Expressions Bundle is in the 2024 January to April Mini Catalog. If you want your own, order before February 29,2024 so you can get Sale-a-bration Rewards! You may order from my Online Store HERE.
Why did I make this Thoughtful Expressions Watercolor Card? I am interested in learning to watercolor. The Stampin’ Up!® Inks are so vivid and work very well. I have been using a Nylon Round 1 paintbrush. If you would like to try watercoloring, there is a lot of trial and error. Don’t be afraid to try. There are many happy accidents that turn out well!
Measurements
- Wild Wheat cardstock card base: 4 1/4″ x 11″ scored 5 1/2″
- Wild Wheat cardstock: 2 3/4″ x 6″ (to die cut the center panel and inside panel), and 5/8″ x 2 5/8″ to put behind sentiment
- Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper: one sheet
- Basic White cardstock: 2 1/2″ x 3 3/4″ (to die cut inside) and
1/2″ x 2 1/2″ for sentiment - Poetic Expressions 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (DSP):
4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ and two 1 5/8″ x 4 1/4″
Supplies
- Stamp Set: Thoughtful Expressions
- Dies: Thoughtful Expressions
- Ink refills: Lemon Lolly, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wheat, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Old Olive and Mossy Meadow
- Ink Pad: Stazon Saddle Brown
- Embellishments: 2023-2025 In Color Dots and Wink of Stella
Instructions
- Fold the card base at the scoreline. Cut 1 3/4″ to the right of the scoreline. Then cut a 1 3/4″ x 4 1/4″off the piece that you cut off. This is the bottom of the card front.
- Die cut 2 labels from the Wild Wheat cardstock with the largest label die in the Thoughtful Expressions Dies. Set aside.
- Die cut the Basic White cardstock with the 2nd largest label die.
- Use the Stazon Saddle Brown Ink to stamp the bunch of flowers on the Basic White cardstock in the upper left and lower right corner for the inside of the card. (see photo of inside below).
- Adhere the stamped Basic White cardstock to one of the Wild Wheat cardstock labels.
- Adhere the Poetic Expressions DSP to the inside of the Wild Wheat cardstock card base. Then adhere the Basic White cardstock/Wild Wheat cardstock card piece to the center of the inside panel.
- Stamp the images of the hummingbird and flowers onto the Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper with the Stazon Saddle Brown Ink.
- Put one drop of each color onto a palette, acrylic block or the glass mat. Wet the paint brush and squeeze out the excess water.
- Start with the Lemon Lolly Ink and take up a small amount of ink with the paint brush and color the body of the hummingbird, the center of each of the large flowers and the small flowers in the bunch of flowers.
- Use the Pumpkin Pie Ink for the center of the small flowers.
- For the Hummingbird, use the Daffodil Delight ink, then progressively darker inks to color the wings and tail. Use a bit of Cajun Craze Ink for the base of the neck.
- The leaves are done in Old Olive Ink then Mossy Meadow Ink.
- Die cut the watercolored images.
- Adhere the Poetic Expressions DSP to the front flap of the Wild Wheat cardstock card base. Adhere the second piece of DSP to the 1 3/4″ x 4 1/4″ piece you cut off.
- Position this second piece on the bottom of the card front. Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to connect the top flap and bottom card piece together with the die cut Wild Wheat cardstock label.
- Glue the bunch of small flowers to the Wild Wheat cardstock label allowing space to adhere the larger flowers. Adhere the larger flowers with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere the hummingbird.
- Stamp the sentiment “enjoy your day” into the strip of Basic White cs. Adhere this to the strip of Wild Wheat cardstock. Use Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere the sentiment to the card front.
- Embellish with the In Color Dots in Wild Wheat and Wink of Stella.
Voila!
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Theresa
Yup, the water coloring on this card is perfection. So nice
You are so kind Julie! Thank you!