Happy Wednesday!
For many, Mother’s Day is just around the corner… so here’s a classic watercolor floral card that’s just right for the day!
(I know, UK, I’m a bit too late for you!)
This technique is one that I taught last weekend at Studio 42 here in Hamburg, using Altenew stamps their dye-based inkpads. It’s super easy to do and works beautifully with any color combination you choose. I worked with pink and red inks, but this looks great in blues, peaches or yellows too.
Mother’s Day card, what you need—
Stamps: Wild Hibiscus (Altenew)
Inks: Frosty Pink, Coral Berry, Grapevine (Red Cosmos set); Frayed Leaf, Permanent Black (Altenew)
Cardstock: White, pink
Water mister
Small paintbrush or waterbrush
Sheer pink ribbon
Pearl embellishments
Craft sheet
Mother’s Day card, how to make it—
Use black ink to stamp the flower onto white cardstock. Trim it to 3 1/4″ x 4″, so the flower is partially off the edge. Stamp the sentiment with black.
Press the Frosty Pink ink onto the craft sheet and spritz with water. Load the small paintbrush or waterbrush and paint in the stamped flower.
Repeat the inking technique to add a bit more watery Coral Berry, then final accents with Grapevine.
Tip: When coloring in a flower, I generally use three shades of a color…light, medium and dark. I’ll paint the whole image with the lightest color, then use the medium tone along the lines of the image, then do a little more accenting with the darkest color along the darker or shadowy lines of the image.
Use the brush to spatter with the white cardstock piece with watery Coral Berry.
Paint the stem with watery Frayed Leaf.
Use the Coral Berry inkpad to ink the edges of the stamped piece.
Cut a 4 1/8″ x 5 1/2″ piece of white cardstock. Ink the edges with Coral Berry. Cut a 3/4″-wide strip of pink cardstock and glue it vertically to the white piece. Trim the ends and glue the piece to the card front.
Add the stamped flower on top.
Add pearls and pink bow as shown.
Thanks for joining me today! And if you’re local to the Hamburg area or an expat there, be sure to check out Studio 42 for all kinds of cool creative classes taught (mostly) in English.
