I haven't used them too often but recently, I decided that the thing I liked them best for was ink blending, rather than water coloring. Watercolor Paper takes ink incredibly well, especially if you give it a lot of shimmer mist which I am likely to do. Pretty much any dye based ink will work, it's just a matter of blending.
The particular card I am sharing today was blended using Simon Says Stamp Hollyhock Ink for ink blending on my watercolor paper. This sheet was from the 8 x 8 pad and so I cut a stitched rectangle from the sheet, framing up the heart in the center of the panel. I also do the large 12 x 12 sheets by cutting them into four 6 x 6 squares and using them for background panels. It's a fast easy and way to add a great design and a punch of color to your background.
I had this card finished and was photographing it for an upcoming event when I realized that I was missing something. This card was for a guest design post featuring Winnie & Walter Products and while I did use one of their products, I realized that the one I used isn't carried in the store I am doing the guest design for so I had to change gears and make a different one. But I wanted to share this one because it is so utterly feminine! If you've visited me before, chances are you know that I love Pink and Gold together.
I was very surprised recently when my daughter said that she wanted to do her office in Pink, Grey and Gold. She has a home office so she can do whatever colors she wants but they only moved into this house last summer and they still have a few boxes sitting in there and no furniture yet. She is definitely more of a white gold kind of girl but she knew I would love it since pink is my favorite color. Even though I know she is not planning to do such a dark shade of Pink, I'm sending this card to her. But first, a few details for you!
The gold foil on these watercolor sheets is a bright yellow-gold rather than the more antique gold color that I typically use which meant I had to break out my Gold Mirror Cardstock. I don't use this very often, but sometimes, it just happens to be the thing that matches. My Gold Mirror Cardstock came from Simon Says Stamp and is from Tonic Studios.
Once I had the butterfly and the sentiments die cut from the Gold Mirror Cardstock, I thought I really needed a mat for my front panel from the same gold to tie it all together. I die cut the watercolor panel with the largest Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle and the Gold Mat from My Favorite Things Blueprint 15 which I believe is retired.
The butterfly is an older one from Impression Obsession while the word dies are both from Winnie & Walter's The Big, The Bold & the Happy, and The Big, The Bold and You coordinating dies. These are available at the Winnie & Walter Shop here: Winnie & Walter Store.
My card base is made from an 8.5 x 5.5 inch piece of Stamper's Select White Cardstock scored at 4.25". The thing that took the most time here was waiting for the watercolor paper to dry. Of course, it was warped once it was dry, but I very lightly misted the back side of it with plain water then ran it through my Cuttlebug with an embossing pad instead of an embossing folder and a clean, uncut plate on the top side of the panel. This flattens it out very well and makes it easy to adhere.
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