I used the adorable First Snow stamps and dies from Hello Bluebird, Snow Globe dies from Darice and shimmer watercolors to create this quick and easy Penguin Snow Globe Card. I filmed a video tutorial that you watch on … Read More...
Napkin Die Cutting
This technique from Dave Brethauer really blew me away! His die cut shapes have an amazing texture to them and the reason is he used napkins instead of cardstock! And when he adds watercolors to them them puff a bit … Read More...
Easy Watercolor with Arteza Pens
I love using the Arteza Real Brush Pens for water coloring. I find them easy to use, they blend nicely and have build-able color. I used them to color in this beautiful fall girl stamp from LDRS Creative for an … Read More...
Using Water Reactive Inks 3 Ways
Using Water-Reactive Ink Pads from Spectrum Noir I created this fun winter Yeti Card. These versatile inks can be used for lots of different stamping and coloring techniques. If you missed my review on them last week be sure to … Read More...
Fall Hedgehog Card
Kristina Werner added some fall leaves and a banner around this adorable hedgehog stamp to create a simple Fall wreath design. She used watercolors for her images and I love the shadow she added to each one, it adds a … Read More...
Mixed Media Planner Pages
Luciana created this beautiful mixed media page for her planner. She used stamps and a watercolor wash for the background, adding some die cut letters over top. She also used die cut shapes and stamped labels for extra embellishment. I … Read More...
Fall Swing Card
It’s the perfect time to sit outside and enjoy the leaves beginning to change color. Bonnie captured that look perfectly on this Autumn Swing Card. Changing up the colors of flowers and leaves is a great way to convey a … Read More...
Rainbow Watercolor Wash Layout
Stephanie got a wonderful splash of color on her layout by applying a rainbow of water colors starting at the top of her page. Adding extra flicks of paint help add to the trendy look. And the open cut file … Read More...
Mountain Cottage Water Color Card
Bonnie used stamps from Art Impressions with Tombow Markers to create this peaceful Mountain Cabin scene card. Because Tombow markers are water based they react with water and can be blended with a damp paint brush to create a soft … Read More...
Add Watercolor Techniques to a Layout
You can some terrific details to your scrapbook layouts with watercolors. You can use a rainbow of colors in splatters for a fun splash of color or make rows of color in the same color family for a striped … Read More...
Mixed Media Coloring
Try mixing your media to get some new coloring looks. Kathy used Tombow markers
with water for a watercoloring technique on this pretty rose stamp from Paper Smooches. To add extra depth and detail she then colored over top with … Read More...
Mermaid Vibes Page
Mermaids are a great style inspiration for beach or pool photos. In her Mermaid Vibes page Kathleen used a large face and hair die from Jane Davenport along with purple and blue watercolor washes, circles that look like bubbles and … Read More...
How to paint lovely minimalist flowers
This wonderful watercolor flower painting tutorial is featured on Easter eggs but I bet it would work on regular paper or other surfaces. Roll on over to the blog Dream A Little Bigger for the step by step tutorial on … Read More...
Frosty Treat Card Backgrounds
Lisa Spangler has some fun card background techniques for these yummy frosty treat cards. She used watercolors with salt, embossing powders and a straw blowing technique for a cool mix of textures, patterns and colors.
How to Watercolor with Ink Pads
Want the trendy watercolor look but don’t have any watercolors? No problem, use your dye based ink pads instead. I’ll show you how to watercolor with the Stampin’ Up Classic Ink Pads from Stampin Up using the new Free as … Read More...
Watercolor and Stamped Journal Page
I love how Carisa added her flowing handwritten journaling along the shape of the wavy watercolor background she painted on her art journal page. She also added stamped hearts and girls faces to finish it off. She’s sharing photos and … Read More...
Snail Mail Mailbox Card
Being card makers I think we all still appreciate good old fashioned snail mail, there’s nothing better than getting a hand made card in the mail! Sandy Allnock created this amazing mailbox card which opens up to show a snail … Read More...
Floral Card with Faux Watercolor Technique
Using more new stamps from the brand new Stampin Up catalog I created this pretty floral card with the Beautiful Friendship stamps. I did a faux watercolor technique using different ink pads colors spritzed with water on the solid stamps. … Read More...
Stencils and Watercolor
Lisa combines two popular card techniques, stencilling and watercolor to make these lovely card backgrounds. She’s got several different ways to get the look using ink pads or tube watercolors and all have really pretty results.
Watercolor Lighthouse Card with New Inks
The Hero Hues Reactive Ink Pads from Hero Arts react with water so there all sorts of fun techniques you can do with them. Emily smeared the ink pads onto a non-porous surface and used a wet paint brush to … Read More...