BEST DAY EVER WATERCOLOR WASH

Welcome to the Technique Squad blog hop. Today we are featuring the technique called Watercolor Wash. This is a fun and easy technique that I encourage you to try. No two backgrounds you create will ever be the same but I guarantee that you will feel like an artist and have fun creating them.

Here’s the card I created using the Country Birdhouse bundle. This bundle has images, sentiments and amazing flowers.

The bird, the cute leaves and the little flowers are all from the Country Birdhouse dies. The sentiment is my favorite from the Country Birdhouse stamp camp. It can pair with the other sentiments in the set so easily.

instructions for Best day Ever water color wash

Cut a Thick White card base 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ and score at 4 1/4″. Fold and burnish.
Adhere a Pool Party mat cut 5 1/4″ x 4″ to the front of the card base.
On a half sheet of Fluid 100 Watercolor paper ( 3 1/2″ x 5″), use the widest water painter to add a layer of water.
Pick up Azure Afternoon ink from a block or your reinker dipped onto a block and dilute it with water. With lots of water, spread it across the top half of the watercolor paper. Add more ink or more water to make the “wash” lighter or darker, respectively.
Use the same process to add Pool Party ink to the bottom half of the water color paper.
Let the watercolor paper dry completely or dry with your heat tool.
Adhere a strip of Country Woods DSP to the front- cutting it to the width of the Pool Party stripe and the gray wood.
Add two leaves cut from Shy Shamrock card stock, one leaf from Pool Party, and flowers from Azure Afternoon and Boho Blue.
Stamp the bird in Memento ink on a scrap of white and watercolor with Azure Afternoon and Pool Party.
On the inside of the card, stamp Hello Friend and a bird.
Add several Flat Adhesive backed pearls.

Want to see all the products used in this blog post? Scroll to the bottom. Click on any thumbnail at the end of this post for more information or to purchase.

Here’s a replay of a recent FaceBook Live that demonstrates how to make this card.

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The Country Birdhouse stamp bundle/suite has so much possibility and with Creativity Abounds Design Team on the job, you’ll be amazed at the cards & projects you can create with it. We have an incredible variety of designs for you…many of which do not include a birdhouse. You will love all of our creations.

Please take advantage of this opportunity to join us for our Country Birdhouse Stamp Camp. We have a fun filled weekend planned for you in our Exclusive FaceBook group on June 14-15, 2024. Don’t worry if you can’t make it, it’s all recorded and available to watch forever.

Purchase the Country Birdhouse Bundle (163401), Country Woods DSP (163393), Basic Gray & Smoky Slate Pearls (163416), Eyelet 3D Embossing Folder (163414) and Petal Pink & White Diagonal Trim Combo (163417) from me and you will automatically be registered for our Country Birdhouse Stamp Camp on June 14-15, 2024. IF ANY ITEM IS UNAVAILABLE SUBSTITUTE WHATEVER YOU’D LIKE BUT PLEASE ORDER AT LEAST $86.75 if you are participating in Stamp Camp. Please use this host code: 44NKQDDW.

This event is held live in an exclusive FaceBook group and will be available to watch forever. Included in the stamp camp are 13 “make and take” card kits. You will get all card stock needed (cut and prepped) along with video AND written instructions for these “Make & Takes.”

During the Stamp Camp we will present 13 additional projects “live” that you can make on your own at a later date. The only cost for the Stamp Camp is purchase of the Country Birdhouse products listed above. Please use the HOST CODE 44NKQDDW to ensure your registration. Just click here and it will be entered for you.

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Join Melva and me for our new Triple Your Creativity Club! We’re starting in June. Here’s how it works:

Each club lasts for 3 months – You MUST commit to ALL 3 months. BUT YOU CAN START AT ANY TIME during September, October or November.
Each month for 3 months you will receive a Stampin’ Up! products plus a Make and Take Kit (including everything you need to make 4 cards) with PDF tutorial.

The club starting in June will feature the Sketched Butterfly Bundle, Wildflower Designer Series Paper, Iridescent Striped Ribbon and 2022-2024 In Color Opaque Sparkle Dots.

Here’s how you will receive your products:

June – Sketched Butterfly Bundle (stamps & Dies) plus Make and Take Kit

July – 1/2 package of Wildflower Designer Series Paper plust Opaque Sparkle Dots plus Make and Take Kit

August – Iridescent Striped Ribbon plus Make and Take Kit

Cost is $45 per month (by mail) or $40 per month (local).

Want to make more cards? Order a double Make and Take Kit, add $6 to your order – $51 per month by mail and $46 per month local.

Payment is due by May 31st for the first month of the club and the kit will ship by the 3rd Friday of the month.

If you sign up and pay for all 3 months by May 31st, you will receive the Dashing Designs Embossing Folder FREE as a Bonus!

To sign up for this class, email me here: lorraine@chatncraftwithlorraine.com and let me know which option you would prefer.

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Anyone who shops with me and spends $50 before tax & shipping, and after applying any Stampin’ Rewards receives a free tutorial bundle packed with project ideas and details. Here’s a sneak peek at the Tutorial Bundle that I am currently giving away.

NEW!!! You can also purchase this tutorial from my tutorial store. You will also find many other tutorials available for sale as well! Please take a look!