Hello, it’s Gaylynn here with another installment of my Watercolor Wednesday series. I will show a way to use brewed tea for tea dye watercolor, along with stamping.
For today’s project, I created a vintage style handmade card with brewed teas used as tea dye watercolor, along with stamping.
Sentiment: Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters.
Unity Stamp Co. stamp kits used:
Stay Classy March 2018 Kit of the Month and
Let It Go And Focus
I made a video tutorial for this vintage inspirational card, showing you a way to use brewed tea with stamping. It includes instructions along the way throughout the video, however, a written process follows below.
Watercolor Card with Brewed Tea and Stamping
By Gaylynn Martling for Unity Stamp Co. Watercolor Wednesday
(See also the video tutorial for this project.)
Brew two tea bags for watercolor. I used dark & lighter strength black teas. Use very little hot water.
Use watercolor paper. Heat emboss a stamped script panel, in white. Stamp an image panel in waterproof ink.
Using the darker tea, watercolor the chair. Dry between layers. Adding layers of tea darkens areas.
Using the lighter tea, accent the chair and its background highlights.
Watercolor the embossed panel with the lighter tea. Dry. Then add a little of the darker tea. Dry.
For the flower color, I used Staedtler Triplus Fineliner colored pens.
Make vintage lace by adding tea watercolor, then dry. I used both teas. Assemble the card.
Here is another look at my vintage tea dye watercolor card.
Finally, to view my other Watercolor Wednesday projects, see also:
Watercolor with Chalk Inks and Stamping
Inktense Watercolor Pencils Flower Card
Watercolor Roses with Stamping
Stamping and Embossing a Watercolor Background
Watercolor with Brusho Crystal Colors and emboss resist.
Watercolor with Sakura Koi and gold heat embossing.
Also, Watercolor with Distress Markers ~ Masculine Card.
Catch me next Wednesday with a new project for Unity’s Watercolor Wednesday.
Have a lovely day.
Gaylynn
