Water Colour Love Card

Posted on 1st February 2016 by Nicole Mullen
Filed under Card Making Ideas, Seasonal Crafts, Valentines Day Crafts, Projects And Cards By Type

Hi All,

Nicole here to show you how to create a fun valentines card using embossing powder resist and watercolour paints. The Craft and Card Supplies you will need are:

• Papermilldirect White card
• Watercolour Paints - I used Kuretake Gansai Tambi
• Heart Stamps -I Used Some From A Selection Of Sets
• Foam Tape
• Vellum
• Stickles
• Gold Thread
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Heat Gun

First I stamped hearts all over the white panel of card I cut down to 14.3cm by 9.9cm to be slightly smaller than the white card base I made also with the white Papermilldirect card.

I sprinkled embossing powder over the stamped hearts, and set them with the heat gun.

I continued this until the card was finished.

I applied two colours of water colour inks. I used lots of water to let the colours blend easily. These water colours are very pigmented so a little bit goes a very long way.

I also blended some of the colour onto another pice of card. You can see the finished piece below.

On the plain piece I stamped a heart and a sentiment over it and cut it out.

I stuck a vellum panel over the water colour pane. I put a nest of messy gold thread on this and used the heart on foam pads to keep this in place. I added some gold stickles on for some details. I then adhered the water coloured panel down onto the card base and it was finished. Quite a simple card, just a bit time consuming waiting for the watercolour to dry - unless you choose to speed this part up with the heat gun!

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