Hello, crafty friends! With all the cold, clouds, and rain we've had, I thought I'd make something colorful and cheery today. I came up with this clean and simple, watercolor background card. Follow along for the easy directions.
I started with an A2 sized piece of Distress Watercolor Cardstock. It's one of my favorites for watercolor and mixed-media because it's bright white and takes a lot of water.
I cut the paper down to 3 1/4 x 4 1/2" with a die from my stash. It leaves a cross stitch pattern for added interest. When cutting through thick cardstock like this, I need a metal shim to get a clean cut.
I made brushstrokes with a 1" flat, watercolor paintbrush. I chose light blue, plum, pink, and light green for my card. I just took a dye ink pad, smooshed it onto my glass mat, watered the ink down, and swiped the brush across the cardstock. Then, I splattered the panel with dark grey ink.
After watercoloring, I dried the wet paper with a heat tool. Once dry, I stamped the coneflower from the Heart Of Nature stamp set in dark grey ink. I imagine the blue is the sky, the plum and pink are the flower, and the green is the grass.
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