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**VIDEO** Happy Birthday To You! (Watercolor Background)

May 9, 2014

Welcome to this week’s brand-new Fresh Take Friday episode! (This is my 3rd post today – For special 20% discount codes on SSS and Ellen Hutson, please click HERE / For my 1st post, click HERE)

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I was inspired by this week’s challenge over at Case Study. If you have a chance to do some cardmaking this weekend, make sure to participate in the challenge! For my card, I decided to focus on the color scheme.

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I don’t know about you, but I am really digging watercoloring at the moment and having so much fun experimenting with different products. I do not own too many watercolor products but I will expand my “collection” as I go on. If you are just starting with watercolor and don’t want to invest in it with too much money, I highly recommend trying out the Lowe Cornell Watercolor Set – I got it only for $7 and it works great!! You can always move on to the higher quality products when you feel comfortable with it.

The background color has two different shades of yellow. I always like to start with lighter color and add few areas of darker color when creating a watercolor background. It seems to be easier for me when I blend the shades.

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Another tip, really important tip, if you want a really well blended look, make sure to saturate your watercolor paper with clean water first, then add your colors. They will blend nicely with minimal effort.

I love this bold and lovely sentiment from the Make A Wish Stamp Set by Mama Elephant. I stamped it in Versafine Onyx Black Ink and added few stars using the Hero Arts Charcoal Ink Pad. Then I went in with my Wink of Stella Glitter Pen to add nice shimmer on those cute stars.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and the tutorial! Let me know if you have any questions – I’d be happy to answer!!

Have a great weekend!

Distress Watercolor Cardstock
*Tim Holtz DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger Ink TDA39549
*SSS WHITE CARDSTOCK 120 LB Base Weight
Loew Cornell 1021095 Simply Art Watercolor Cakes
*Loew Cornell WATERCOLOR CAKES Simply Art Paint 1021095
Mama Elephant Make A Wish Stamp Set
*RESERVE Mama Elephant Clear Stamp MAKE A WISH Set ME1403-065
VersaFine, Onyx Black
*VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad Pigment
Shadow Ink: Mid-Tone, Charcoal
*Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad CHARCOAL Black Mid-Tone 2013 af236
3M Foam Tape
*3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent
*Fiskars Compact STAMPING PRESS Stamp Entire Project at Once! 02958
Fiskars Compact Stamp Press
Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Tip Marker, Clear
*ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER SILVER Brush Tip Marker 025313
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Nicole
Cardmaker, stamper, watercolor enthusiast, and planner lover

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4 Comments


Cindy
May 11, 2014 at 2:16 pm
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Such a beautiful card!! Love the background and the big sentiment!!



~amy~
May 12, 2014 at 4:44 am
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gorgeous…lovin’ that sentiment!



Jeanne J.
May 13, 2014 at 12:40 pm
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Your water color background is gorgeous. Perfect with the stars!



Wida
May 15, 2014 at 9:36 am
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you made a video of this beatufil card?!?! sheesh, you are pretty amazing! I loved the technique



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