It’s time for my monthly video feature over at Simon Says Stamp – Doodling With Debby. Over the coming few days I’ll be sharing cards with easy watercolour backgrounds and today’s cards have a simple gradient watercolour wash which is great paired with the Tumbling Hearts stencil and Nuvo Glimmer Paste and provides the perfect backdrop to the You Are Loved dies. I’ve linked all supplies at the end of this post. Compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

I hope you will pop over to Simon’s Blog to see the details and video :D

BOOK REVIEW

The simple watercolour background I am sharing today and the ones I’ll be sharing over the next few days were inspired by working through the early chapters of the Modern Watercolor Botanicals book by Sarah Simon (USA and UK). I’ve been a long term fan of Sarah, following her on Instagram @themintgardener and was delighted to see her release a couple of books. I got this Modern Watercolor Botanicals book for Christmas and have been very impressed with Saran’s teaching style and attention to detail. If you have some Christmas pennies to spend or a book voucher I’d highly recommend this book. Sarah also has a colouring page style book, The Plant Lady which I don’t have yet but looks beautiful too.

SUPPLIES

You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the picture or shop icon to get taken directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you! Items marked with an asterisk (*) provided by a store or the manufacturer. You can read my affiliate and product disclosure here. I genuinely appreciate your support.

* SSS YOU ARE LOVED Wafer Die [ SSS ] * SSS TUMBLING HEARTS Stencil [ SSS ] Daniel Smith at Simon Says STAMP! [ SSS ] Arches COLD PRESSED WATERCOLOR PAD… [ SSS ] Tonic MOONSTONE Nuvo Glimmer Paste [ SSS ] * SSS VELLUM [ SSS ] Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100#… [ SSS ] SSS Clear Embossing Ink [ SSS ] * SSS ANTIQUE GOLD Embossing Powder [ SSS ] Little Things From Lucy’s Cards… [ SSS ] * Tonic FAIRY WINGS Nuvo Dream Drops [ SSS ] MISTI MINI MOUSE PAD INSERT [ SSS ] 3M DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE [ SSS ] SSS SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER [ SSS ] Gina K Designs CONNECT GLUE [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Tonic GLASS MEDIA MAT [ SSS ] Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE [ SSS ] Scor-Pal Mini Scoring Board [ SSS ] TWEEZERS [ SSS ] T SQUARE RULER [ SSS ] Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun [ SSS ] SSS Embossing Powder Storage [ SSS ] Crafter’s Companion GEMINI JUNIOR… [ SSS ]