Don’t you just love heat embossing resist as a technique? Heat embossing a sentiment such as this beautiful one from, appropriately, the Hello Beautiful set (included in the February Card Kit) allows you to watercolor over the top to give a lovely background while still letting the sentiment take centre stage. Oh and if you’ve not seen the new February Card Kit, here’s a look :D

Fun right? In addition to the Hello Beautiful stamp set is a die, lots of lovely Crate papers, cardstock stickers, epoxy stickers, heart sequins and of course matching cardstock.

I concentrated on just the stamp set from the kit and there’s a video below of the watercoloring on this card for you to watch. I’ve been using this layered watercolor wash a lot recently; it’s such a lovely way to add color in a loose, simple and yet oh so pretty way. I struggle to call this a technique as it’s so easy to do! After stamping the sentiment and hearts in Versamark on watercolor card and white heat embossing I pulled out a few paint samples I’d picked up by Daniel Smith; there’s some really pretty colors and what a great way to try them out to see if you like them. I applied a wash of water and then bought in the teal color (Amazonite Genuine); adding a few washes and drying in between. I also used a couple of hot pinks (Quinacridone Pink & Quinacridone Magenta) to add color to the hearts. Although the embossed hearts should’ve provided a well for the color and kept them separate from the teal background, I had a small break in the wall of the top right heart and the pink leaked out into the teal. My first reaction was ‘uh oh!’ but then really liked the effect so went with it :D

I couldn’t quiet get a deep enough turquoise to really show off the sentiment and there wasn’t a deeper shade in the sampler so I pulled out my Winsor & Newton paints to add the final wash (Phthalo Turquoise). I also added splatters of paint and perfect pearls solution before mounting the panel on a Fog card base and adding a few sequins to finish.

VIDEO

ONLINE CARD CLASSES

Do you love watercoloring too? Well this card is just one of three I’ve got planned for this week which is appropriate as Online Card Classes Watercolor For Card Makers Intermediate Techniques starts today. The amazing Dawn Woleslagle is putting watercolors through their paces and having had a peek in the class you are going to be blown away with the tips, tricks and knowledge that Dawn has to share :D

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.

SSS February 2016 Card Kit SSS HELLO BEAUTIFUL SSS MINI HEARTS OUTLINE Die Crate Paper HELLO LOVE 6 x 6 Paper Pad Crate Paper HELLO LOVE Epoxy Stickers Crate Paper HELLO LOVE Stickers Arches COLD PRESS WATERCOLOR PAD 9×12 SSS FOG Card Daniel Smith Watercolors UK Daniel Smith Watercolors USA UK Winsor & Newton Professional Water Color Tubes USA Winsor & Newton Professional Water Color Tubes Versamark WATERMARK INK SSS WHITE Embossing Powder EK Success POWDER TOOL Milwaukee Heat Tool Ranger PERFECT PEARLS PPP 4mm SPARKLING CLEAR Sequins PPP 6mm SPARKLING CLEAR Sequins Ranger MULTI MEDIUM MATTE MINI MISTI Martha Stewart MINI SCORING BOARD SSS SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER 3M MASKING PAINTER’S TAPE 3M DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE