I am always inspired by Kristina Werner, always have been and always will be. Recently she has been knocking it out the park with her watercoloring and I just had to have a go at this card.

Oh and I should probably have warned you to wear sunglasses for this post as this card is bright! The set I used is a Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember collaborative set with Wplus9 called Band Camp and has the sweetest marching band guys and girls. I love the ‘make some noise’ sentiment and visualised a watercolor rainbow of noisy fun coming from the band members!

Although this card hits you with all the colour it really is easy to do! I stamped the three band members with Versafine Onyx Black on Canson watercolor card and gave it a going over with my heat tool to make sure it was properly dry before covering the images with masking fluid and leaving to dry.

Once the masking fluid was dry I added a wash of water before bringing in a rainbow of colours with Gansai Tambi paints. I gave this a dry and then added another layer of colour. Dried again before adding a dark grey ground. Dried again and finally splattered with a solution of Perfect Pearls. Then dried one last time before peeling up the masking fluid.

As so much was going on with the background, I thought it best to keep the colouring of the band members simple and in a loose style. I took some Distress Markers, scribbled them on to an acrylic block and then picked up touches of colour to add just a little interest.

Finally, the sentiment is stamped in Versafine Onyx Black and trimmed to a banner and added to the panel with foam adhesive which in turn is added to a card base made with more of the Canson watercolour card.

Supplies

You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the picture or wording to get taken directly to the product. Where available I use affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support.

WPlus9 Stamptember BAND CAMP Set WPlus9 STAMPtember BAND CAMP Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi Distress Markers FULL SET Canson XL WATERCOLOR PAPER VersaFine ONYX BLACK MISTI Stamping Tool 3M DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Milwaukee Heat Tool Fineline MASKING FLUID PEN Ranger PERFECT PEARLS Martha Stewart MINI SCORING BOARD 3M MASKING PAINTER’S TAPE