Dear Friends | Watercolor Weekend | Art Impressions

Hi Watercolor Fans!  Welcome to another Art Impressions watercolor weekend.  I am using a couple of the newly released stamp sets to create my Dear Friend card.  This is a really quick and easy project and I hope you will give it a try!

watercolor Details:

Step 1

Ink the small pot from the Build My Life set in 969-Chocolate.  Stamp it and pull the color out of the lines.  I added 837-Wine Red to my palette and added it to the pot being sure to leave a highlight in the middle.

Step 2

I masked the top of the pot with a piece of post-it tape.  I inked up the tall foliage from the New WC Foliage set with 969-Chocolate and 249-Hunter Green and stamped it several times on the left side of the pot.  I removed the mask and softened the leaves with water.

Next, I inked the small vine from the New WC Foliage Set with 249-Hunter Green and stamped it several times along the right and into the top of the pot.  I softened the lines.

Step 3

I inked up the small dots from the WC Mini Flowers set in 725-Rhodamine Red and stamped it several times in a circle.  I added water to the bloom.  I didn’t really get a good depth so I inked it up with 636-Imperial Purple and again stamped it in a circle on top of the pink.  I added water.

Finally I added some Chocolate underneath the pot to ground it.  Finally, I signed and dated it.

Card Details

I placed the watercolor piece into my MISTI and lined up the Dear Friends circle over the pot.  I inked it up with Gina K Amalgam ink and stamped it twice.

I used the double stitched circle die to cut the watercolor piece.  I used a watercolor background to cut a mat using a Spellbinder circle slightly bigger than the watercolor piece.  I cut a piece of fun foam to pop it up.

I die cut the background with Altenew Layered Medallians dies cut from Neenah Solar White 80 lb card stock.  I added these to a Neenah Solar White 110 lb card base. I glued the watercolor piece to the top of the card.

That’s it, quick right?  There is no limit to the cards you can make whether it is by creating a full scene or just a small focal images.  I would love to see what you create, tag me on instagram @tobin0971 and use #AIWatercolor.

Thanks again for stopping by and have a crafty day!

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