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Sunflower card topper ~ Watercolor with dye ink pads

September 14, 2022 - by Gaylynn

Sunflower card topper ~ Watercolor with dye ink pads

Hello, Gaylynn here.  Today, I am sharing watercolor with dye ink pads for this sunflower card topper.  This is a fun way to use almost any stamp, especially background stamps.

You don’t need fancy watercolor sets if you have dye ink pads.  When water is added to a palette, the ink becomes great for adding watercolor to cards.

Sentiment:  Thankful for you.

I made a quick video tutorial showing the process for this project.

Helpful tips:
These are helpful tips for creating watercolor with dye ink pads.  To begin, stamp the sunflower background using waterproof ink onto watercolor paper.  Next, stamp and cut the sentiment into a heart shape.  Then, mix a palette of Autumn watercolor colors or colors for your stamping.  Also, die-cut or trim your background panel.  Next, add watercolor to the flowers and leaves with two colors per section.  Repeat if preferred for more vivid colors.  Once finished, heat set the background.  Then fussy cut (cut out) the flowers to make a card topper or border.  I used only part of the background for this card.  Finally, adhere a small background panel in ivory cardstock with flat double-sided tape.  Then, top with the sunflowers and the sentiment using foam tape.
Here is a closer look.

 

Here is another look.

Supplies:

Unity Stamp Co.
Season of Thanks {September 2022 sentiment kit}
Simply Sunflowers {border background}
Scallops & Rectangles {nesting dies}
Dashes and Frills Hearts {die set}

Also, other tools include dye ink pads, watercolor paper, color cardstock and scissors.

Don’t forget, you can find my other features below:

Technique Time and
Watercolor Wednesday.

Thanks for visiting and have a lovely day.
Gaylynn

Filed Under: Stamping Fun Tagged With: autumn card, background stamp, Gaylynn Martling, ink pad watercolor, Stamp a border, Technique Time, Thanksgiving, toppers, watercolor, Watercolor Wednesday

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