When I got the supplies out that I wanted to create with for this card, I decided to channel the Pinkfresh Studio look as much as I could which for me included a soft fresh colour palette. I didn’t have the time to spend carefully colouring in this lovely wreath, so I decided to use a fun and easy technique by adding soft watercolouring with dye inks! This technique is perfect if you want that watercolour look but you don’t actually have watercolour paints! If you want a quick video tutorial on this, make sure you follow me on Instagram, as I will have a Reel up shortly showing you how!
PRODUCED AS PART OF MY DESIGN-TEAM WORK FOR BUMBLEBERRY PAPERCRAFTS - SEE END OF POST FOR MORE DETAILS
*** Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you ***
Soft watercolouring with dye inks: colouring the wreath
Start off by stamping the large wreath from the PinkFresh Studio Floral Elements stamp set in WOW! Clear Ultra Slow Drying embossing ink onto watercolour cardstock. If you don’t have this, you can use your normal cardstock, but you need to be careful to not overload with too much water/liquid as this card will not handle it as well and may pill. When you reduce the amount of water, you will get a more vibrant colour compared to the soft watercolouring seen here.
Cover your stamping with WOW! Metallic Gold Rich Pale embossing powder and heat set. Next, smoosh your ink colours of choosing down onto a palette or glass mat and spritz with water. In addition, spritz you stamping with water. Now using a paintbrush start applying colour over the areas you want over the stamp – just remember your colour wheel and try to prevent making a brown colour.
The colours used on this card are Catherine Pooler Inks in the following:
Soft watercolouring with dye inks: assembling the cards
Once the colours have dried, using the coordinating die to die-cut the image out. For the background, use the PinkFresh Studio Simply diamonds die with a white card panel and foam mount this onto a white card base. In addition, foam mount the wreath on the front.
For the sentiment, use the PinkFresh Studio Phrase Builder: Hello die set to die-cut the yellow 3 times out of black card and layer up. In addition, die-cut the shadow from vellum and layer with the word die-cut. To finish the card, add this to the front and embellish with Morning Dew Tonic Studios Crystal drops.
Supplies
Soft watercolouring with dye inks
Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you at these shops: Altenew (ALT), Scrapbook.com (SB), Hero Arts (HA), Picket Fence Studios (PF), My Favourite Things (MFT), Tonic Studios (TS UK/US), and Craft Stash UK/US (CS UK/US).
**When shopping at The Little Paper Tree (LPT), use the code TLPTVERITY to save £1 off your order**
**For 10% off at the WOW! Embossing Powder shop, use the code WOWDTVB **
All other shops are not affiliated links: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP) and WOW! UK/US (WOW UK/US).
 Floral Elements stamp – PinkFresh Studio Shop at: SB | BP |
 Phrase Builder: Hello – PinkFresh Studio Shop at: SB | BP | LPT |
 Floral Elements die- PinkFresh Studio Shop at: SB | BP |
 Simply Diamonds – PinkFresh Studio Shop at: SB | BP |
 Date Night Ink Pad Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |
 Date Night Reinker Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |
 Date Night Ink Pad & Reinker Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |
 Mardi Gras Ink Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |
 In The Park Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |
 In The Park Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |
 Catching Rays Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |
 Catching Rays Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |
 Catching Rays Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |
 Do-si-do Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |
 Do-si-do Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |
 Do-si-do Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |
 Serenade Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |
 Serenade Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |
 Serenade Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT |
 WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink refill Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad & refill Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) |
 Metallic Gold Rich Pale – WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops – Tonic Studios Shop at: CPD | SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
 Premium White Cardstock: 8.5″ x 11 – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |
 Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Cardstock Shop at: SB | BP | LPT |
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb Cardstock Shop at: BP |
 Original MISTI 2.0 – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | CPD | SB | HA | BP |
 Gina K Designs – Connect Glue Shop at: BP |
 Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 Powder Tool Aplicator – EK Success Shop at: CPD | SB |
 WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) |
WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: CPD | WOW (US) |
 Teflon Bone Folder – Lawn Fawn Shop at: CPD | BP |
 Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
 Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
 Jewel Picker – Marvy Shop at: CPD |
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