I chose to try a watercolor background for my card today in order to join in on the Festive Friday Challenge for the week: Parent’s Day and/or Watercolor:
And my card was picked as a “Fave!”
I guess my inspiration came from some of the big, bold prints on the new Designer Series Papers, which I love! So I thought I’d make a backdrop for a Brown Eyed Susan.
Easy Watercolor Technique
To make this background I covered a piece of Watercolor Paper with plain water. To that, I dropped ink from my Ink Refill bottles. I used Old Olive, Mango Melody, and Cajun Craze. Once the drops were on and spreading with the wet paper, I tipped the paper in different directions to run the ink. It was a fun process and very easy. I would recommend taping your paper down to a flat board before wetting, though. It keeps the paper from warping with the moisture.
Once the paper was dry, I cut it down to 3-1/4″ x 4-1/2″, matted it with Very Vanilla, and glued it to a Mossy Meadow card base. To make the flower, I stamped one large and two medium daisies with 2nd generation Crushed Curry. Then I punched them out with their coordinating Daisy Punches. For the center, I used Early Espresso cardstock, punched a 3/4″ circle and a 1/2″ circle, pressed them in the middle with the back of my Piercing Tool, roughed up the edges and glued them together. I colored a Gold Faceted Gem with Dark Soft Suede Blends and added it to the center.
The stem and leaves are part of the Daisy Lane Stamp Set. I stamped them with Mossy Meadow onto Mossy Meadow cardstock and hand cut it out. “Smile” is also in that stamp set. It’s a very fine font though and got a bit lost on that dark background, so I beefed it up with my Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker.
The Real Thing
I found a photograph of Brown Eyed Susans and thought you might like to see the real thing ~
Such pretty flowers! They make me want to Smile!
You can view all of the cards that were inspired by this challenge at festivefridaychallenge.com. Do you have a card that fits this category? Go ahead and enter it. You might be a Festive Fave!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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Congratulations! Your project was selected as a Festive Fave over at the Festive Friday Challenge. As a reminder, you can hop over to the challenge to grab your winners badge for your blog. Thanks so much for joining us and I hope you will play along again really soon!
Anne and team, Thank you for picking my card as a Fave! I enjoy your challenges and will continue to play!
I love your watercolor technique, Karen! What a cute card! Thanks for joining us at Festive Friday!
Thank you, Beth! I appreciate that!
Beautiful background! I am going to have to try it. Thank you for stamping along with the Festive Friday challenge
Thank you, Sharon!
This is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for the tutorial. Your cards are amazing!
Thanks, Lorna! I always think of you when I get out my Daisy Punch! <3
Such a fun technique, Karen! Love your results!!
Thank you so much, Katy!
Stunning card, Karen. It really made ME smile, for sure. Have a great weekend!
Thanks, Linda! You have a great weekend too!
Oh this is another beauty, Karen! You do make the watercolor background sound so, so easy. I’m getting closer and closer to trying it. Maybe today.
Have a blessed day.
It was easy! The easiest! Just drip and tip!!! Lol! Give it a try – you’ll see. Have a great weekend, Nancy!