Watercoloring Cards

Water coloring cards have been kind of popular in the cardmaking world for awhile. So we decided to jump on the bandwagon with it. And honestly, we just can't stop! We see what the big fuss is all about now. Once you start it's kind of hard to stop. There are so many techniques, tips and ideas out there. But it really comes down to what your preference is. Water coloring is very forgiving and you can't really go wrong with it. That's what makes it so fun.

Today we are using this Watercolor set from Target for only $9.99. 

This was our first watercolor paint set and we are by no means experts but this so far has been a big favorite. Ok, actually we LOVE it. For only $9.99, this came with the watercolor paint, paper and brushes. So all that is missing is the water. The quality of paint is good, even the brushes did the job but I found myself using other paint brushes I had on hand for coloring images. Its important to use watercolor paper because it will absorb the water and help with the colors. The possibilities are endless with this pallet of paint. So let's take a look at how easy it is.....

Using this clipboard helps with having something we can manuver the paper with. As you can see we just taped it down with some washi tape to prevent it from warping so much.. Using the watercolor paper that it came with, and some water we are to ready to start. 

Like no joke, we just literally started painting on the paper. We took the paintbrush dipped it in water first and then to our pallet and on to the paper. That's it. Just make sure to clean your brush in water before moving on to another color. You don't want to mix the colors in your pallet. It really does not matter where or how you start. 

So now that we finished our painting, let's be a bit more creative. We took our wet paint brush and grabbed some brown paint and just "flicked" it on the paper to give it this splattered look. Looks like a mess right? Well, that's what so great about this, that's the look we are going for!  Once it's dried we can start stamping on it. Once dried, slap some glue tape on the back and throw it on some cardstock and we now have our card.

So easy!!! Here are some other cards we made using this watercolor paint:

 

For this cute snake card we added some embossing paste to give it some texture. But notice how for this card we just painted the color on the paper. It gives it a different look while still looking like water coloring.

So like we said, the possibilities are endless. We hope you try water coloring and please share any projects with us. Don't forget to check out more of our watercolor projects on our Instagram!!

Thank you,

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