watercolored snowflakes 3 ways – horizontal flap card
This is the last of the three blog posts this week all started with the same technique and I showed you different ways to use the the finished product on three types of cards. I love to watercolor – it’s fluid and fun and looks great every time – even if you think it looks messy sometimes those make the best pieces of cardstock to use! I started with Shimmery White cardstock (#101910) not only does this cardstock have a glorious shimmer to it but it is thick enough to stand up to watercoloring on it! (and the finished product sparkles!!!) I smoosh the top of our Classic Stampin’ Ink Pads down onto the ink pad inside tranferring some ink to the case top making a palette inside the cover like a paint tray! I watercolored in two ink colors Pacific Point (#147098) and Starry Sky (#159212) adding extra water to the ink in the lid with a waterpainter brush (#151298) and applying it to prewettened Shimmery White cardstock – apply color until happy with the coverage and depth of color – add more color to make the hue darker and richer in tone.
Using the snowflake dies from the Chic Die Set (#158815) I cut multiple snowflakes from one 4″ x 5 1/2″ sheet of watercolored Shimmer White cardstock. This will be the same starting process for all the cards this week.
Wednesday’s card I needed a one inch strip of Orchid Oasis cardstock for the sentiment matte. I cut a one inch strip off the bottom of today’s card front and used the card in the horizontal position. This makes the front card flap shorter than the base of the card allowing you to see the inside of the card base and you can decorate that portion so it can be seen in the closed or opened position! This is a very easy way to make your card just a tad bit different and interesting from the standard A2 card base!
I added 3 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Snowflake Specialty Vellum and another 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ piece on the lower part of the inside base card using the same adhering technique as I mentioned in Wednesday’s post!
I added 3 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Snowflake Specialty Vellum and another 1/4″ x 5 1/4″ piece on the lower part of the inside base card using the same adhering technique as I mentioned in Wednesday’s post!
I added watercolored snowflake die cuts to the card on the vellum.
I used an extra sheet of Shimmery White cardstock that I watercolor washed and stamped a sentiment and stamped off twice and overstamped the sentiment with a faded out snowflake.
Then I die cut the sentiment piece and popped it up with mini Stampin’ Dimensionals over a knotted piece of Metallic Mesh ribbon to finish off the card!
Hope you enjoyed this trio of watercolored snowflake cards and I hope this blog inspires you to try one of the versions with your own stamps. Remember to find some joy in your day being creative and go out and create some art of your own to brighten yours and someone else’s day – one stamp at a time!
Happy Stampin’
Natalie
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