water splatter technique - nataliegramleystamps

creativity now sneak peak card

by nataliegramleystamps | Jul 22, 2026 | card samples, Designer Series Paper, die cutting, embossing folders, masculine cards, online exclusives, sneak peak, stamps ink paper, techniques

One of the coolest things about being a demonstrator is the friendships we make not only with new friends and customers but with other demonstrators!

On August 8th, demonstrators have the opportunity to gather virtually for a day of learning and papercrafting. We also were able to pre-order an upcoming November Online Exclusive suite called Painted Collage.

It is a fun whimsical collage style set with very fun and different Designer Series Paper with Painted images and drawn lines. it is modern and funky and different from anything in our current inventory and I was excited to try and create with the Notes of Collage Bundle.

I made two cards today for you:

Measurements:

Card #1:
BASE: Lemon Lime Twist CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
Basic White CS: 4″ x 5 1/4″, 1/2″ and 3/4″ strips,
scraps for die

Card #2
BASE: Lemon Lime Twist CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″, scraps for die
Basic White CS: 4″ x 5 1/4″, 1/2″ and 3/4″ strips,
scraps for die

For card #1 base I stamped the irregular whimsical circle image in Lemon Lime Twist ink all over the card front.

I used the 4″ x 5 1/4″ Basic white layer and stamped the large leafy sprig in Lemon Lime Twist ink twice (one for each card) and die cut them out.

On July 2nd I posted a card that had a sentiment piece that was blended with a blending brush and Lemon Lime Twist ink and then water splattered with a water painter and tapped against a bone folder to spray water droplets over the surface of the paper. The water droplets “lift” the ink off the paper and make lighter spots everywhere the water touches the card stock.

I used all of the extra paper from those cards and cut strips from the die negative pieces.

I placed them long edge to long edge and stamped the artistic flourish in Hybrid Black ink. Keep them in order and eventually adhere them to the card front.

Die cut the leaf sprig from the Notes of Collage die set in Basic WhIte cardstock and adhere to the left-hand side of the card front.

I adhered the black inked flourish image alternating height: top strip adhered directly to the card and then the next strip underneath the top one adhere with Stampin’ Dimensionals – continuing to alternate every other strip – flat and popped up.

Take an extra strip and stamp a sentiment from the Notes of Collage stamp set in Hybrid Black ink and pop it up with STampin’ Dimensionals on the top left-hand side of the card front.

Adhere embellishments and this first card is complete!

For card #2 I embossed the 4″ x 5 1/4″ Basic White layer with the 3D Fern & Flora embossing folder.

Adhere to the card front of card #2.

Adhere the leaf stamped die to the bottom right-hand side of the embossed layer and the strips to the upper left-hand corner.

Stamp a sentiment onto one of the extra strips and pop up on the bottom of the card.

Embellish and complete!

Reminder this is a SNEAK PEAK of the Painted Collage Suite which will not be available until the November Online Exclusives release so it will not appear below in the photo links!

Now it’s your turn to create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144245]

$14.00

Basic Black Hybrid Stampin' Pad

[166648]

$12.00

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

[147145]

$9.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$9.00

Stampin' Seal+

[149699]

$13.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$7.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$17.00

Water Painters

[168253]

$13.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[154031]

$7.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$12.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$140.00

Fern & Flora 3 D Embossing Folder

[167744]

$11.00

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$6.00

← more color mondays - misty moonlight, night of navy and cloud cover splash and relax water card →

watercolor watermelon card

by nataliegramleystamps | Jun 24, 2026 | card samples, die cutting, embossing folders, techniques

Today’s card uses Blending brushes to color the Basic White cardstock and then apply splatters of water with Water Painters to achieve a wonderful watercolor background to create a watermelon for my summer card!

Measurements:
BASE: Granny Apple Green CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4
Basic White CS: 4″ x 5 1/4″, (2) 3″ x 4″
Basic Black CS: 1 1/2″ x 3 1/2″

Take the first 3″ x 4″ Basic White layer and blend the Granny Apple Green ink onto the CS.

Take the Water Painter and squeeze excess water into the brush, tap the water painter over a bone folder to splatter the surface of the blended cardstock.

Do the same process of blending and water splattering to the second piece of 3″ x 4″ with Strawberry Slush ink.

Emboss the 4″ x 5 1/4″ Basic white CS layer with the Paradise Garden Hybrid embossing folder.

Adhere the embossed layer onto the Granny Apple Green base.

Cut the water splattered layers with consecutive Everyday Arches dies.

Adhere the Strawberry Slush layer onto the Granny Apple Green layer.

Die the Basic Black CS with the six petal die from the Scalloped Blooms. Adhere them to the Strawberry Slush layer as watermelon seeds.

Adhere the watermelon piece to the left-hand side of the embossed layer.

Stamp the sentiment in Strawberry Slush ink onto a sentiment piece from the Scalloped Blooms die set. Add a “seed” to the sentiment piece.

Add three embellishments from the Strawberries and Dots to finish the cards.

What a fun summer card – now it’s your turn to create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time.

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Product List

Scalloped Blooms Bundle (English)

[167647]

$53.00

Words Of Beauty Bundle (English)

[167090]

$45.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146990]

$14.00

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$9.00

Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' Pad

[165286]

$11.00

Stampin' Glass Mat Studio (Imperial)

[163987]

$60.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$9.00

Stampin' Seal+

[149699]

$13.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$7.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$17.00

Water Painters

[168253]

$13.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[154031]

$7.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$12.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$140.00

Everyday Arches Dies

[164629]

$29.00

Paradise Garden Hybrid Embossing Folder

[167120]

$44.00

Scalloped Blooms Dies

[167646]

$39.00

Strawberries & Dots

[167479]

$9.00

← more color mondays - golden glow, hydrangea hue and crumb cake fern & flora torn edge card - card sketch #125 →

more color mondays – golden glow, hydrangea hue and crisp cantaloupe

by nataliegramleystamps | Jun 8, 2026 | card samples, card sketches, color challenge, Designer Series Paper, die cutting, In Colors, product reviews, stamps ink paper, techniques

Today’s color challenge features three of the five NEW 2026-2028 In Color collection – Golden Glow, Hydrangea Hue and Crisp Cantaloupe.

This easy card uses a blended water splatter technique background.

Measurements:
BASE: Hydrangea Hue CS 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
Basic White CS: 4″ x 5 1/4″ scrap for banner die
DSP: 3″ x 3″, (2) 2″ x 2″

Take the Basic White layer and a blending brush and color the top third with Golden Glow ink.

Color the middle third with a new blending brush and the Hydrangea Hue ink pad.

Color the bottom third with a new blending brush and the Crisp Cantaloupe ink pad.

Take the large water painter brush and squeeze out a large puddle of water onto the glass matte studio surface – tap the end of the brush to drop water sprinkles over the surface of the blended background layer. The water sprinkled on the surface will lift the ink and create a splattered background technique. This distresses the paper layer in a unique way – different every time you do it!

Adhere the splattered blended layer to the Hydrangea hue card base.

Die cut the banner dies in three sizes with each of the colors – Golden Glow, Hydrangea Hue and Crsip Cantaloupe from the 2026-2028 In Color 12″ x 12″ DSP pack. Pick different patterns in the three different colors and die cut.

Adhere them with the largest banner in the upper center of the card base. Then adhere the two other smaller banners to the left and the right side overlapping and matching up the top edge to be even with the center banner.

Punch out two of the butterfly images from the NEW Floral Flight Accents embellishments and adhere them over the banners.

Die cut the shorter, thicker banner from the Stylish Shapes die set and stamp the “fluttering by to say hi” sentiment from the All Aflutter stamp set in Hydrangea Hue ink. Blend the edges with a blending brush.
Pop up the sentiment piece on Stampin’ Dimensionals and place in the bottom center of the card front.

Add three 2026-2028 In Color Dots around the sentiment to complete this easy and fun card.

Try using this technique to make a background and create some artwork of your very own using this background and the stamps you have at home – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’
Natalie

Product List

All Aflutter Bundle (English)

[167570]

$41.25

All Aflutter Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[167564]

$20.00

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[166780]

$14.00

Hydrangea Hue 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[167687]

$14.00

2026–2028 In Color™ Painted Patterns 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[167755]

$19.00

Floral Flight Accents

[167558]

$6.50

Hydrangea Hue Classic Stampin' Pad

[167677]

$14.00

Stampin' Glass Mat Studio (Imperial)

[163987]

$60.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$28.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$9.00

Stampin' Seal+

[149699]

$13.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[138995]

$7.00

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$6.00

Mini Glue Dots

[103683]

$7.25

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.25

Paper Snips

[103579]

$12.00

Blending Brushes

[153611]

$17.00

Water Painters

[168253]

$13.00

Tear & Tape Adhesive

[154031]

$7.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$140.00

2026–2028 In Color™ Dots

[167546]

$9.00

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more color mondays – pretty peacock, blackberry bliss and crumb cake

by nataliegramleystamps | Jan 12, 2026 | card samples, color challenge, die cutting, embossing folders, new catalog, online exclusives, stamps ink paper, techniques

I wanted to create some fun background papers for this card so I took each of the challenge colors and did the same technique with each (I only have pictures of the Pretty Peacock version)

The first thing I did was blend color onto a 4″ x 5 1/4″ layer of Basic White CS with a Blending Brush.

Next I placed a drop of Ink refill in the lid of the ink pad and dipped the wide Water Painter into the ink and liquified it with extra water.

I splattered the ink onto the layer that was set on my glass mat.

Do not disturb the over splatter it will be used in the next step of the technique!

I then moved the layer and sprayed the over splatter with a Stampin’ Spritzer filled with water.

I turned the layer blended color side down on the glass matte surface over the water and patted the layer down to absorb the water – I moved the layer around to wet different portions of the layer in the over splattered water.

Allow the layer to dry.

I repeated this step with the other two colors of ink – Blackberry Bliss and Crumb Cake.

I cut the Crumb Cake layer into 1 1/2″ x 4″ strips and added it to the Crumb Cake card front.

I forgot to take pictures of the next steps – so sorry! I stamped the large leaf image from the Nature’s Symphony stamp set in Pretty Peacock ink and then cut them out with the corresponding die.

I cut the large leaf die from the Blackberry Bliss colored layer.

I cut a circle die from the Spotlight on Nature dies in Crumb Cake CS and stamped the “you make me smile” sentiment in Pretty Peacock ink.

I arranged the Blackberry bliss dies and the stamped Pretty Peacock leaves under the sentiment circle. I popped the circle up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and finished arranging the leaves in a loose cluster around the card!

I added 5 Faceted Snowflakes in the pretty Peacock hue to finish the card with a sweet color coordination – I think the snowflakes look like stars and loved the faceted look it gave this card!