It is such a pleasure to welcome our guest today to the CLASSroom. Julie has been up to the gills as she feverishly works to complete designs for our Holiday Release! She needed just a little breathing room and so we went in search of a guest who would be able to share their passion with all of you! May has helped us in the past and is so incredibly talented. For her to jump in last minute and help us to celebrate Concord & 9th's anniversary... May, THANK YOU so very much!!!
You can see more of May's amazing work on her blog Mayholic Design. Trust me when I tell you that it is worth your time to do so because her work is so very beautiful - but I am going to entice you to head over and leave her some comment love by sharing a little $50 shopping spree with one lucky random winner. You have until this Friday to do so, but don't delay because if you are anything like me you will forget and then out goes the chance of meeting someone new and exploring their blog for fabulous new ideas!
May, I can't thank you enough for your willingness to help us and to share your creativity with all of us here in the CLASSroom. As Jules would say - MONDO hugs to you! -Ellen
Hi, everyone. My name is May Park. Today I’m so excited to share my watercolor card featuring the gorgeous stamps from Concord & 9th and Essentials by Ellen.
I love to create my own stamped background using images from different stamp sets. It's a great way to get more out of your stamps. Depending on how you place your images and what coloring medium you use, you can achieve a totally different look. If you are not good at coloring, you could just stamp the solid images instead in various colors.
The masking technique is a wonderful way to add some dimension to your images especially when you make a one layer card. I love how the sentiment fits perfectly inside the circle. Don't they look like the stamps are designed to be used together?
If you want to achieve a more subtle look on your card, you could heat emboss your images with white embossing powder. However, I love stamping with black ink to make the colors pop once I watercolor. I didn't color my flowers in detail, but I left some white spaces here and there.
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How to Make a Watercolor Card with Floral Stamped Background
- Cut down watercolor paper out of Arches cold pressed watercolor paper using the Tim Holtz Paper Trimmer.
- Stamp the circle image from the Bokeh dots stamp set from Essentials by Ellen with Versafine Onyx Black Ink.
- Stamp the sentiment from the Love You Mean It stamp set by Concord & 9th inside the circle.
- Mask off the circle frame and stamp the floral images from the Wild Flower Stamp Set and Love You Mean It stamp set by Concord & 9th with Versafine Onyx Black Ink.
- Stamp the images on Post- It notes and cut them out with scissors to create masks. Mask off the stamped images using removable adhesive and fill in the gap by stamping the small images.
- Color the images with the Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36 watercolor set using a paintbrush size 4.
- Run the watercolor panel through Diecut machine to flatten it using the Rectangle Stitched Frame Die from Lawn Fawn.
- Mount the panel on an A2 sized top folding card using double sided tape.
- Finish off the card with some Clear Droplets from Pretty Pink Posh.
I created another card with the same design as I love how my first card turned out. Instead, I used Peerless watercolors to color my images and added some ink splatters. Which one do you like better?
Hope you've enjoyed my cards today and received some inspiration to create your own card using a stamped background. Thank you for stopping by! Happy crafting!
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