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Watercolour Pencils With No Water

March 31, 2020 Leave a Comment

This morning I decided to revisit the Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set with a different technique. I wanted soft to create a soft and delicate look and thought watercolour pencils might be perfect. Of course that was after I’d stamped the image using Stampin’ Up! Classic Stampin’ Ink! This ink is not waterproof so I had to change my plans slightly. I still used watercolour pencils, I simply left out the water part.

Delicate "Thinking of you" card created using dry watercolour pencils and Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

DRY WATERCOLOUR PENCILS

To create today’s project I began with two layers of Very Vanilla Card and a Sahara Sand ink pad. First I stamped almost the whole of the large flower image from the Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set onto one of the pieces. Then I reinked the stamp and stamped-off onto scrap paper before stamping a portion of the image in the bottom right corner of the other layer.

Finally I reinked the stamp and stamped it across the bottom left corner on the front of a Very Vanilla Medium Envelope.

Then I pulled out the Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2 and chose a few colours for my images.

I started with the main image using Granny Apple Green on the leaves then adding some shading in Garden Green. On the stalk I used Cajun Craze, and in the flower centre it was Crushed Curry. For the petals I used Flirty Flamingo, building up the colour gradually where I wanted it to be darker.

Once the main image was done I turned to the lighter partial flower on the other Very Vanilla Layer. This would line the inside of the card and so I wanted the colouring to be very light. That would mean it could be written over if needed.

Finally I turned to the image on the envelope. This time I only used Granny Apple Green and Crushed Curry pencils, leaving the petals untouched.

SIMPLE LAYERS

Once the colouring was complete I decided to keep everything else really simple.

Delicate "Thinking of you" card created using dry watercolour pencils and Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

I chose the “Thinking of You” sentiment from the Good Morning Magnolia Stamp Set and stamped it directly onto the main layer using Cajun Craze ink.

Then I cut some Cajun Craze Card and mounted the layer onto it with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow).

Using my Paper Trimmer I cut and scored some Thick Very Vanilla Card. Then I folded it along the scored line and sharpened the crease with a Bone Folder to create a card base.

To complete the project I used Stampin’ Dimensionals to add the main panel to the front of the card base. Then with liquid glue I fixed the other layer to the inside. Job done.

Despite the fact that I’d originally planned to use water with my watercolour pencils, I love how my card turned out. What do you think?

PRODUCT LIST

Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes
Very Vanilla Medium Envelopes
Good Morning Magnolia Cling Stamp Set
Good Morning Magnolia Cling Stamp Set
Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad
Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad
Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2
Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2
Paper Trimmer
Paper Trimmer
Bone Folder
Bone Folder
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Stampin' Dimensionals
Stampin' Dimensionals

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Filed Under: Cards, Simple Cards, Thinking of You Cards Tagged With: #simplestamping, flower, Good Morning Magnolia, leaf, Magnolia Lane Suite, simple, stamping-off technique, Watercolor Pencils

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