Happy February! We have another Lawnscaping Challenge for you! The theme is Clean and Simple- so your card should have a lot of “white space” showing.
I have been on a bit of an ombre kick lately and wanted to play with creating an ombre background with watercolors. I started by stamping the “xo’s” from Lawn Fawn Quinn’s Abc’s and I used Archival Ink in Watering Can. I didn’t want them to be black and I wanted to make sure they didn’t bleed at all when I watercolored over them. Using a ruler I measured 1/4 of an inch from the edge of the Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I put the x and o on a block together and starting from the bottom stamped them up the card. It was easy to line it all up because they were clear stamps, but also because I had that ruler line on the edge to line the o’s up.
Once I had those stamped I then wet the cardstock with a big paint brush. I spritzed some Distress Spray Stains on my craft sheet and used those to watercolor. I used Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Festive Berries.
Whenever I wanted to move the color around, or blend it better I used just a wet paintbrush with no color on it. It really was a lot of fun. When it looked the way I wanted it to, I heat set it.
I then used some little bit stamps from the Lawn Fawn Birthday Tags , Happy Trails , Beep Boop Birthday and Critters Ever After. I set up the confetti, sprinkles and hearts on a block all together and stamped them up the card in Simon Says Stamp Hot Lips Dye Ink.
I really love how simple a “clean and simple” card can be- reminds you to step back and it doesn’t always need to be complicated 😉
Ellen Hutson will be sponsoring this Lawnscaping Challenge. Everyone who participates in the Lawnscaping Challenge, and follows the rules has a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the store! Can’t wait to see your creations!!
Your bright background is fantastic! I love the little arrangement of bitty stamps around the edge. 🙂
thank you so much amie 🙂
This is so cute, love it. And what a great challenge shouldn’t be to difficult.
🙂 the CAS cards are always hardest for me.. i always want to do too much LOL… thank you anja!
Be still my watercolor-loving heart!
awww thank you maria 😉 it’s yummy right?! 🙂
Love these rich pinks! A wonderful LOVE card!
thank you so much 🙂 the distress inks have such a beautiful palette!
i LOOOOOOVE how this card came out!!!! it’s amazing! LOOOOOVE that you watercolored with the stains!! (i have been wanting the spray stains forever! come to me! lol!) and i love the bold XO’s!!! love love love!!
yes get them! I think the sprays are a better investment then just the dabbers.. i just think there is more you can do with them.. but they are so much fun! Thank you Samantha 🙂
Absolutely love this clean and simple card! Just love the look of the background!
thank you so much that means a lot to me 🙂
Awesome card design, Jenn! I love the look of the cute confetti and the beautiful watercolor!
thank you so much Nancy!! 🙂
seriously cute.
you miss amy are seriously AWESOME 🙂