Each week some of the Art With Heart team are joining the Colour Creations Showcase to bring you creative inspiration to showcase our range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colours.
Week 25 – Melon Mambo
For tonight’s card, I wanted to revisit the no-line watercolour technique, where you stamp the image (2nd generation) in Sahara Sand ink onto Watercolour paper.
This is definitely a technique that takes a lot of practice (for me anyway!) and you need to take your time to allow the colour to dry before adding more for a deeper effect. I used the Water Painters (without filling the barrel with water). I just have a glass of water next to me so the brush doesn’t get too wet as I work. I take the ink from the lid of the inkpad and apply with a light colour over the entire bloom, before going back over it in small sections, allowing to dry between layers.
From a distance, the poppy looks pretty good and I’m fairly happy with the outcome. I haven’t added a sentiment as yet, that will come when I figure out who this card will go to, hence why the image is not centred in the die cut frame. I will add the sentiment to the left later on!
The Scripty Embossing Folder gave my card a more old-worldly feel, as does the Scalloped Lace Trim. The die cut is popped up on dimensionals.
On the inside, I stamped the poppies across the bottom using the same technique. The sentiment is stamped in Sahara Sand ink 3 times using the Stamparatus, to get a nice dark colour.
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Kate Morgan, Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator Rowville, Victoria, Australia 
A beautiful example of no-line water colouring, Kate – just gorgeous. Love this card! x
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A lovely card Kate and hats off to you for doing the no line watercolouring. Something I do not have the patience for.
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Lovely card Kate, more patients than I have with the colouring.
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A very pretty card inside and out Kate. Your water colour poppy is beautiful and the gorgeous scripty embossing folder sets the white panel off perfectly.
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This is beautiful, Kate. I admire anyone who can do no-line watercolouring. I’ve had some epic fails (I am pretty sure because I’m too impatient!). Love the poppy on the front of your card, and the poppies on the inside. The lace trim and Scripty-embossed panel do add some old-fashioned elegance to your card; very pretty.
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I love your card, Kate, and the very helpful and detailed instructions on how I can achieve the no-line colouring technique if I want to try it as well – thanks so much!
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Such a beautiful card Kate and I love how you have coloured the flowers. I am not sure I would have the patience to wait to put the darker colour down. I love the scripty embossing folder and that looks great with this card!
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Very pretty card Kate – and well done on the Pinterest ready made in Canva photo – looks great!
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Oh wow Kate your no-line water colour technique card looks simply amazing! And I love the inside of your card too. Thank you for participating in the Colour Creations Showcase tonight.
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Beautiful card Kate, I love your colouring of the flower and the inside of the card
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