It’s that time of year when most, if not all, the cards I create now through mid December will be Christmas cards.
There maybe a birthday or thank you card thrown in, but mostly it’ll be Christmas.
I’m sure you understand!
For this card, I did a watercolor wash for the background.
It’s simple. Here’s how:
1. Spritz watercolor card front with water. Create watercolor wash background by creating palettes of color by dropping color from reinkers onto the lids of Misty Moonlight, Seaside Spray, and Gorgeous Grape ink pads. Pick up the colors using a Water Painter and swipe onto the wet card front. Add more color and or water as desired. Set aside to dry completely.
2. Stamp snowflakes from Snowflake Wishes using Night of Navy ink. I used my Stamparatus to get dark, stamped images.
3. Add a pool of Whisper White craft ink in the lid of the ink pad and mix with a small amount of water. Pick up the color with a paint brush, then tap the brush on your index finger over the card front to get little splotches/dots of white. Add a dot to the center of the snowflakes. Set aside to allow the ink to dry.
4. Apply the watercolor wash onto a scrap piece of watercolor paper. Stamp greeting from Snowflake Wishes using Night of Navy ink. Again, I used my Stamparatus. Attach to Night of Navy mat.
5. Attach card front to Night of Navy mat. Attach to Gorgeous Grape card base. Attach greeting using Dimensionals to pop it up.
I had fun using this color combination, making several cards using different designs and stamp sets including Tree of Life and Mountain Air. Be sure to check back over the next few days to see my creations!
