Watercoloring - Right as Rain

Penny Black Flower Cascade

Hello! Today I am sharing a watercolored card featuring Penny Black’s Flower Cascade stamp. I have been watercoloring recently and this image came immediately to mind as something with which to practice.

I stamped the image on Canson Montval watercolor paper with Versafine ink.
I watercolored the image with Zig markers.
Once dry I stamped the panel with a sentiment in the Penny Black Special Sentiments set (I’ve been using this set a lot lately).

Hope your week is off to a terrific start!

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Penny Black – Watercolored Flower Teddy

Hello! Today I am sharing two cards showcasing the Penny Black “Flower Teddy” stamp set. I recently had some time to watercolor (during a power outage) and decided to tackle this image.

On the first card:

I stamped the image on Cold Press paper with VersaFine ink.
I used a variety of Distress Inks to color the image (I have three storage tins full of the mini pads), as well as Kuretake watercolors.
Once dry, I fussy cut the image.
I used patterned paper for the 4 1/2″ square card base to which I added a dry-embossed 4″ circle. I added the teddy bear image with foam adhesive.
I heat-embossed the sentiment and cut it with a banner die.

On the second card:

I stamped the image on Hot Press paper with VersaFine ink.
I colored the image with Distress Ink and Kuretake watercolors.
Once dry, I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine ink and cut the image, on which I had added a blue wash background, to 4″ square.
I added the watercolored panel to a 4 1/4″ square dry-embossed background.

Ideally I would be practicing watercolor, Zig market coloring, and/or Copic coloring on a weekly basis!

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Taylored Expressions – Die-Cut Watercolor Scraps

Hello! I recently created a set of watercolor notecards, which were featured on the Taylored Expressions blog. I had a lot of leftover smooshed watercolor cardstock from which I cut flowers and greenery for a die-cut scene.

I created the scene using the Garden Arbor and Gate, the Arbor Fence, Bloomers Greenery, Mini Bloomers, and Mini Bloomers 2 dies.

I stamped a sentiment from the Simply Stamped – Wreath set on to a background brushed with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.

Newton’s Nook – Beach Days

We are having a record-breaking heat wave here in the Pacific Northwest. Lying in a hammock is about all I have the energy to do!

I stamped this adorable image from the Newton’s Nook Aloha Newton set with Versafine ink on Arches hot-press paper. I colored the image with a variety of watercolor mediums, including Distress Inks and portable palettes (no longer available). I used Taylored Expressions ink and cardstock for the Tropical Leaves stenciled background.

Newton’s Book Club – Colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brushes

Hello! Today, I am sharing a “just because” CAS card created with the Newton’s Nook Newton’s Book Club stamp set. You can see the other two cards I created with the same stamp set here (Copic-colored cat) and here (watercolored cat).

I stamped the cat with Intense Black ink on Mixed Media paper and colored him (her?) with a combination of Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens (list below). It is easy to blend the colors on this paper, and I did so with almost no water. For the background, and the accent strip, I used patterned paper from a Echo Park pad (from several seasons ago) that complemented the reading/book theme.

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