Gouache painted stencil design handmade card tutorial by Debby Hughes using supplies from Simon Says Stamp. Click to find out more. #handmadecard #homemade #watercolor

You may have guessed by now but if I can paint it I will! So when I saw the stunningly beautiful Peony Bouquet stencil from the new Simon Says Stamp Hey Bestie release I took to thinking of how to get my paints in there somewhere! I’ll jump into the details of the card in a moment, but first, let me say that this post is part of a blog hop celebrating the Hey Bestie release more details of which are below. I’ve linked all supplies at the end of this post. Compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

PAINTING WITH A STENCIL

Gouache painted stencil design handmade card tutorial by Debby Hughes using supplies from Simon Says Stamp. Click to find out more. #handmadecard #homemade #watercolor

OK, back to the card and the design for this card was inspired by a blouse I have. It has a muted khaki green background with little white daisies painted on it with blue centres and black leaves. I dug around in my card stock and found this Olive card from Simon Says Stamp but which I don’t believe is stocked anymore. However, you could ink blend to get a lovely background colour too. I stamped the card with the You Are Background set in clear embossing ink for a tone on tone effect and then rubbed Black Soot Distress Oxide ink around the edges for a vignette effect.

Gouache painted stencil design handmade card tutorial by Debby Hughes using supplies from Simon Says Stamp. Click to find out more. #handmadecard #homemade #watercolor

I laid the Peony Bouquet stencil over the background and dabbed White Pigment ink gently through to transfer the design to the card. I then painted the flowers with Winsor & Newton Permanent White Gouache following the design left by the pigment ink. I kept the gouache mix concentrated, only adding a touch of water to keep the white as opaque as possible. I mixed a light teal blue for the flower centres and used a black for the leaves. I then went in with a light and medium grey to add definition to the petals and dotted in more of the teal blue too. I added a few swipes of other colours on the leaves also – deep green and chartreuse but those colours haven’t come across so well in the photos.

Gouache painted stencil design handmade card tutorial by Debby Hughes using supplies from Simon Says Stamp. Click to find out more. #handmadecard #homemade #watercolor

For the sentiment, I took the Miss You dies and cut them from Bazzill Marshmallow card before popping them up with foam adhesive as I adhered them to the front panel.

Gouache painted stencil design handmade card tutorial by Debby Hughes using supplies from Simon Says Stamp. Click to find out more. #handmadecard #homemade #watercolor

I accented around the sentiment with a trio of Hero Arts enamel dots.

Gouache painted stencil design handmade card tutorial by Debby Hughes using supplies from Simon Says Stamp. Click to find out more. #handmadecard #homemade #watercolor

Finally, I foam mounted the finished card front and a base cut and scored from Marshmallow card.

MORE INSPIRATION

Muted watercolour Valentine's handmade card tutorial by Debby Hughes using supplies from Simon Says Stamp. Click to find out more. #handmadecard #homemade #watercolor

I posted about this card the other day. I had great fun with this multimedia background and paired it with leaves from the Be Kind set, a Nested Tag stamped with a greeting from the Like You Words set and paired with the Like You Dies.

BLOG HOP

As mentioned above, this blog post is part of a hop to celebrate the Hey Bestie release from Simon Says Stamp. Hopefully, you’ve arrived here from Simon’s blog but if not then that is a good place to start. As with all good hops, there are offers and giveaways!

  • use code BFF489 with a purchase of $50 or more for a free Friend Outline die.
  • Simon are giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from the comment section. They’ll choose winners over the weekend and post on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 15th of January.

Now it’s time to hop on over to …

Laura Bassen!

Simon Says Stamp Blog
Debby Hughes
Laura Bassen
Yana Smakula
Yoonsun Hur
Amanda Korotkova
Amy Rysavy
Bibi Cameron
Gayatri Murali
Marge Yoon
Vicky Papaioannou
Emma Williams
Crystal Thompson
Preeti Chandran

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 PEONY BOUQUET Stencil
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* CZ Design MISS YOU Dies
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* SSS YOU ARE BACKGROUND
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Winsor Newton PERMANENT WHITE GOUACHE
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American Crafts Paper Fashion SET 2…
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American Crafts Paper Fashion SET 1…
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Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad…
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SSS Clear Embossing Ink
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* SSS WHITE Pigment Ink
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Bazzill MARSHMALLOW Card
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* Hero Arts Hues AQUAS Enamel Dots
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* Picket Fence Studios LIFE CHANGING…
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MINI MISTI
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MISTI MINI MOUSE PAD INSERT
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MAGNETIC BLOCK FOR MISTI
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3M DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE
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SSS SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER
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Gina K Designs CONNECT GLUE
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Tim Holtz Tonic GLASS MEDIA MAT
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Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE
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Scor-Pal Mini Scoring Board
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EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors
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TWEEZERS
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T SQUARE RULER
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Crafter’s Companion GEMINI JUNIOR…
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Gouache painted stencil design handmade card tutorial by Debby Hughes using supplies from Simon Says Stamp. Click to find out more. #handmadecard #homemade #watercolor

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