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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Polychromatic Watercolor Layers on Cards


There have been many blog posts here about watercolors and cardmaking. However, they usually discuss specific media and techniques to achieve pleasing results. Today's post is a little different because the focus is on polychromatic watercolor layers on cards. Polychromatic means multiple colors. The inspiration for this card and a variation of this technique is from the Altenew Academy course: Polychromatic. 

Steps for background:

Scribble watercolor pencils on watercolor paper
Spritz with water
Move paint and water with a paintbrush
Let Dry
Scribble a little more watercolor pencil onto paper
Spritz with water
Move paint and water with a paintbrush
Let Dry
Randomly stamp floral outline image from Altenew's Build-a-Flower: Primrose set with Versamark
Heat emboss with a thick, clear embossing powder such as Amazing Glaze
Roughly color the stamped/embossed images with watercolor pencils
Wet the images with a thin watercolor brush or refillable watercolor brush
Let Dry
Touch up the images with additional color if needed
Cut panel with the smaller rectangle of the Master Layouts die cutting set from Gina K. Designs
Glue to a piece of teal blue cardstock that was cut with the larger rectangle die from the same Master Layouts set
Glue fun foam to the back of the layered panel and adhere to a top-folding A4 card base


Steps for Sentiment Strip:

Cut a piece of cardstock at least 4" x 13/16"  or cut it to that size after stamping and embossing
Treat with anti-static powder
Stamp sentiment - this is three separate stamps from the same Primrose set
Heat emboss with white embossing powder
Adhere foam tape to the back and pop it up onto the background piece which has already been attached to the card base

Steps for Blue Floral Images:

Stamp floral outline image from Altenew's Build-a-Flower: Primrose set with Versamark onto watercolor paper
Heat emboss with gold embossing powder
Roughly color the stamped/embossed images with watercolor pencils
Wet the images with a thin watercolor brush or refillable watercolor brush
Let Dry
Touch up the images with additional color if needed
Let Dry
Die cut images
Pop-up flowers with foam tape, one or two layers depending on the desired depth
Dot the centers of the flowers with a white gel pen or white paint

I like that there is a lot of depth and texture to the water coloring on this card. It also works well because of the high contrast in colors on the card. Please let me know if you enjoy using watercolors, too. Have a wonderful day!

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