Watercolor like a pro… it's easy with Faux Watercoloring!
You must trust me on this … these cards are 100x prettier in person than the photos convey.. these Faux Watercolor Fall Leaf cards are GORGEOUS! My friend Cindee taught me how to make these and they are wonderful! They are stamped with the Vintage Leaves stamp set from Stampin' Up!
This Faux Watercolor technique is really so simple..
1. Stamp your Vintage Leaves stamp images with Stampin' Up! classic ink pads on Watercolor paper
2. Use your Aquapainter to apply water to the stamped image
3. Paint over the wet leaves with the Clear Wink of Stella glimmer pen
4. Splatter some Gold Wink of Stella on finished project
It's best to do steps 1-3 quickly, or, do 1 leaf at a time.. don't let the stamped image completely dry before adding water.
You can also stamp off some of the images first, so that some are lighter and with less detail.
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Thank you Cindee for teaching me how to make these beautiful Faux Watercolored cards!! Click Here to see Cindee's blog post and video.
Above: Rich Razzleberry folded card, and a double scalloped 'medallion' die cut from the Layering Circles framelits, plus a Rich Razzleberry leaf die cut from the Flourish Thinlits package.
I really love this beautiful color combo.. I would not have thought of it for Fall but Cindee came up with it and I love it!
Above: Old Olive folded card, and Gold Natural ribbon, finished with the Give Thanks greeting from the Suite Seasons stamp set and die cut Pumpkin Pie Glimmer Paper leaves.
Above: Pumpkin Pie top folded card, finished off with Very Vanilla 1/2" Lace trim, Linen Thread, 1/2 of a gold metallic doily and a die cut Pumpkin Pie Glimmer Paper leaf.
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Just beautiful, Patty. They would make nice masculine birthday cards as well, minus the metallic dots. Thanks for sharing. I check your blog every day.
Patty,
these are gorgeous. i love your color combo.
Ang
Thanks for sharing. Going to have to run upstairs to my craft room now and try it. Love the color combination.
Good morning Patty,,,,, GORGEOUS……. I love these cards and I love the colors you picked….These would be wonderful masculine cards. Thanks for sharing and I will be trying this out. Have a great day
I love these cards!!! Thanks so much for sharing the technique and inspiration.
OH. MY. GOSH. !!! These water coloured leaf cards are stunning! What a gorjuss technique…note to self: try it! Just stunning!
I can’t do a lot of crafting at the moment as I have arthritis in my hip, and sitting, standing or lying down is very painful. I have a few Christmas cards I have made and will (hopefully!) get them posted on my blog soon!
But I must try the water colour technique – you have don it so beautifully!
Thanks for inspiring me:-)
Sunshine, New Zealand
ww.ihearttostamp.blogspot.com
Theses leaves are so inspiring. This project just went to the top of my list. Thank you and Cindee for the inspiration.