Watercolor Flowers and Very Versailles Sentiment ~ A Stampin' Up! Card

Back in March I posted a card that had some watercolor flowers on it that were painted instead of stamped. I was asked how I made them and thought I'd share another card with the same flowers using Stampin' Up! Stampin' Write Markers to paint with instead of DiVinci watercolors (no, I did not know what I had used on the previous card since I painted the flowers sometime last year. When I started experimenting the other day I found out rather quickly it was not SU! ink!).

The flowers are brighter than what I painted on my last card, but I love how they turned out! I made it into a little note card because all I had were small pieces of Stampin' Up! fluid 100 watercolor paper left to work with and when I cut it down it looked too small on a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card.

Here are a few tips when using SU! ink to watercolor these...

Practice a few flowers to see how the colors blend together and how the ink soaks into the paper. When SU! inks separate (break down) you can see the various colors used to create that specific color. If you want to see what they look like after they separate just dab the color onto a damp paper towel and wait a bit. I used Stampin' Up! watercolor paper for this card and it works great! I did try some hot pressed paper and those did not turn out well for me. I haven't tried any other cold pressed paper. So if you have Stampin' Up! paper use that!

I used Stampin' Write markers, scribbled the color onto one of my blocks and grabbed the color and painted with aqua painters. Add a touch of water to the ink. How much depends on how light or dark you want the color to be. Make sure that your aqua painter is not saturated with water when you pick up ink to add it to the flower. I wipe mine with a paper towel quite a bit so it's barely damp.

Start with the lightest color you're going to use first and add darker color in as you continue, working quickly. Make sure the petals stay slightly damp so the colors can bleed together. I don't recommend mixing many colors. All of the flowers on this card only have two colors each and I only added various shades of those colors 3 times, then I was done.

Let it dry thoroughly before finishing the middle. I used the writing tip from my Stampin' Write markers. I just gently tapped the tip around the center. For the pink flower I darkened the middle using the thicker end of my Stampin' Write marker, then used the writing tip to add in smaller spots. 

 

Here is where my inspiration came from...creationsceecee. No it is not SU!, but I watch various watercolor videos so I can learn and paint along. She has a soothing voice and laughs a lot especially at herself (at least she does in the recent videos I've watched of her) and she's a great painter too! I happened to find this video randomly and thought to myself, "That looks easy enough. I think I'll give it a try." One thing you'll notice is that my flowers look nothing like hers, but that's ok! I have my own style and so will you if you give them a try. 

These are the colors I used on the top flower.

Calypso Coral

Poppy Parade

These are the colors for my yellow orange flower.

So Saffron

Flirty Flamingo

These are the colors used on the blue flower.

Balmy Blue

Pacific Point

These are the colors for the leaves and stems.

Garden Green

Shaded Spruce

Most of the time I like to add shimmer to my cards and this one is no exception! I pour a couple drops of Frost White Shimmer paint into a spritzer, fill it the rest of the way with 70% rubbing alcohol, put the lid on, shake it well, then spritz a few times. Let it dry then add it to your card base.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

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