Easy faux watercolour autumn background technique  - handmade card by Debby Hughes

Earlier this week, I posted a card using an easy watercolour technique – watercolouring over white heat embossed lines. Well, today, I’m back with another easy one, this time a faux watercolour autumn background technique which uses the sold surface of the Bold Leaves stamp set. 

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easy faux watercolour background

Easy faux watercolour autumn background technique  - handmade card by Debby Hughes

When I was playing with autumn colours of Distress Inks for these cards, I fell in love with the combination of Antique Linen, Speckled Egg, Rusty Hinge, Crackling Campfire and Frayed Burlap. I pulled these colours out again for this card. 

I inked the surface of the Bold Leaves stamp set with these inks and then spritzed with water before stamping onto a watercolour card. The water combines with the inks to give this wonderful and reliable faux watercolour look. 

Easy faux watercolour autumn background technique  - handmade card by Debby Hughes

I tore the edges of the card and added some wonky stitching to give detail to this otherwise very simple design.

Easy faux watercolour autumn background technique  - handmade card by Debby Hughes

For the sentiment, I used the Circle Sayings stamp set, and to tie in with the colour scheme, I stamped in Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink and sprinkled with clear embossing powder before heat setting. Next, I wrapped the card front with twine and added the greeting overlapping the edge.

Finally, I accented with Duck Egg droplets and Eggshell Pearls.

Todays STAMPtember new release is the always popular Simon Says Stamp Limited Edition Halloween Card Kit.

STAMPtember summary

STAMPtember is a very busy time of the month with new releases virtually every day of the month. To help keep you informed of what is going on and what has sold out, I will finish my emails in September with a list detailing each day’s events. I hope this helps keep you up to date. It certainly helps to keep me on track!

01 September – Simon Says Stamp release
02 September – STAMPtember Blog Party

03 September – Honey Bee – Sold Out
04 September – Lawn Fawn – Sold Out
05 September – Pink & Main – Sold Out
06 September – Gina K Designs – Sold Out

07 September – Altenew stamp and die set + stamp set
08 September – Brutus Monroe – Sold Out
09 September – Memory Box – Sold Out
10 September – Studio Katia + Kitchen Sink Stamps – Sold Out
11 September – Colorado Craft Company stamp and die set (sold out) + stamp set
12 September – Waffle Flower – Sold Out
13 September – PinkFresh stamp and die set + stamp set
14 September – Simon Says Stamp October Card Kit
15 September  – Whimsy Stamps stamp and die set + stamp set
16 September – Simon Says Stamp Halloween Card Kit

supplies

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* SSS BOLD LEAVES
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* SSS CIRCLE SAYINGS
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Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad...
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* Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SPECKLED...
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Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad RUSTY...
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* Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad...
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Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad...
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Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad...
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Gouache
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SSS CLEAR Fine Detail Embossing Powder
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Arches HOT PRESSED WATERCOLOR PAD
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* SSS IVORY Card
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Neenah Desert Storm 100lb Card
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Tonic DUCK EGG BLUE Nuvo Crystal Drops
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Little Things From Lucy's Cards...
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May Arts NATURAL Twine
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misti at Simon Says STAMP!
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Tim Holtz Tonic GLASS MEDIA MAT
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Dahle Self-Healing Cutting 9x12 Mat
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Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE
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METAL EDGE ACRYLIC RULER
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Crafter's Companion CRAFT KNIFE
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T SQUARE RULER
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Scor-Pal Mini Scoring Board
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SSS SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER
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* Tim Holtz MINI SNIPS Scissors
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* SSS FINE DETAIL SCISSORS
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Fiskars SPRING-ASSIST SCISSORS Micro-tip
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TWEEZERS
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3M DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE
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* SSS Perfect WHITE FOAM TAPE
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Gina K Designs CONNECT GLUE
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Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun
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Ranger ANTI STATIC POUCH
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SSS Embossing Powder Storage
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Crafter's Companion GEMINI JUNIOR...
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