This week I wanted to make something very simple and there is nothing more simple than doing the messy watercolouring technique. Also I have finally got the rest of my crafting stash back, which includes a die-cutting machine, so you will see me adding a few die-cut elements here and there. I will try to keep it at low, especially for those cards that I make from scratch.
I used an older stamp set from Clearly Besotted, it's called "Poppy Petals" and at the time of writing this blog post it is still available. This is literally - wow moment for me! I haven't been shopping for stamps for over a year and the stamps I do buy are already old. Having a stamp set that is still available, especially by Clearly Besotted makes me very happy. The stamp set has a bunch of poppies and it is similar to two other stamp sets I used last year, those were with tulips and daffodils. If you would like to see those, just click on the links below this blog post.
âI started by stamping the image with the poppies in the right hand corner of my panel. I used the Versafine ink in Onyx black, this is a waterproof ink - very important if you are using a watercolouring medium. The card stock I'm using is the Bristol paper and while it is a thicker paper, it is not meant to be used with watercolours that means I had to be careful about how much water I'm using.
After the ink was dry I started applying the colours. I only needed red, green and later also black, but that is optional. For the red I used the Cadmium Red Deep Hue from Winsor & Newton. I added a few drops of clean water into the pan, mixed it with my brush and started painting. As I mentioned earlier, I'm doing the messy watercolouring technique and the general idea behind this technique is to be messy and go outside of the lines. So I did just that, I applied the red across the flowers going outside of the lines and the same I did with the stems and the unopened poppies, which I painted the Hooker's Green Dark, also from Winsor & Newton.
âYou can leave as it is, however I wanted the red flowers to be more prominent, therefore I carefully added another layer of the red paint.
I waited till the piece is a little bit dry and then I added a splatter, mainly across the white space on the left. I not only used the red and green paints, I also added black. Next I die-cut the panel using a stitched rectangular die from Create A Smile and I also die-cut the greeting. I picked a die that says thanks, simply because the size was perfect. I die-cut three of the words and I glued them on top of each other, which makes the greeting more interesting.
Lastly I adhered the panel on top of a card base made out of a craft card stock. I used a simple double-sided tape to adhere it. You can add some embellishments such as sequins, but for me the splatter was enough.
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