Welcome back to another Watercolor Weekend over at the Art Impressions Blog! We are celebrating Fall and the upcoming holidays. I created this Fall Boxes card. I was inspired by Pinterest and saw a picture of pumpkins in crates. It looked really cool and I wanted to re-create it using my AI Stamps.
Watercolor Details
Step 1 – The Fall Boxes
Using my stamp positioner, I added the Fall Boxes, from the Rustic Container Set, to the bottom of the paper. I inked them up using Sepia. I didn’t ink up the entire stamp, only the outside of the box and a few of the slats on the edges. This way I can put the objects inside of them. To add some interest, I added additional Fall Boxes in varying orientations.
Step 2 – Adding Pumpkins and Apples
Next, using my brush and water I pulled the color out of the lines making sure to keep the middle open for the apples and pumpkins. Again, using my positioner, I added the pumpkins and apples to the Fall Boxes with Sepia.
I added some Olive Green, Brilliant Yellow and Orange to the pumpkins (after I pulled the color out of the lines) and English Red and Olive Green for the apples both from the Harvest Set. Using the Steel Blue, I added some additional color to the Fall Boxes.
I added some of the apples to a small container using some Sepia and a little Steel Blue. Once the objects were dry, I added some details inside the boxes with Sepia and Steel Blue.
Step 3 – The Tree and Sky
I masked off the right edge of the boxes and using the small flower from the Mini Flower Set, I stamped leaves randomly using Brilliant Yellow, Olive Green, Orange and English Red. I added some water and softened some of the leaves.
To finish up, I added some Brilliant Yellow and Violet to the background and some Sepia below the tree and boxes to ground them.
Step 4 – The card
Using the stitched rectangles die, I cut the watercolor piece down to about 5 x 3 3/4. I cut two mats, one in Sweet Mango and one in Edible Eggplant, both from Gina K Designs. I love her store and ALL of her products. I used GKD connect glue to adhere them together and added them to a base card made from Classic Crest Solar White cardstock.
Related: https://www.tobinartstudio.com/advanced-watercolor-fall-pumpkins/
I really love to try to stretch my stamps and use them for unique compositions! Be sure to stop by and see what my awesome fellow team mates have created to inspire you!!
Hope you have a wonderfully crafty day!
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love these boxes such a cute card
Beautiful card once again Tricia. I sure do miss your videos that you used to do. I am such a “see” person…It is so much easier to watch the class than to read how the card was made…Please consider making your videos again. Thank you so much.