If you are looking for watercolor card ideas, you are going to LOVE this one! When we first saw this one of Melinda’s watercolor card ideas it popped into our heads that it looks like a little piece of art! Melinda says she was inspired by spring in the air and we can totally feel it in this adorable project! Let’s check out how she made it! First, Melinda stamped the little chicks in Lemon Color Fuse ink. She then […]
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If you love watercolor stamping techniques, you are going to LOVE this project! We share lots of fun ways to use our products and have shared lots of tips and ideas for watercolor stamping techniques. Today’s project from Melinda is another fabulous take on using our stamps and watercoloring to create truly gorgeous results. And it’s NOT difficult and you don’t have to be “an artist” to create these stunning effects. Let’s get started! First, you will want to use […]
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Have you tried watercolor salt painting? You will after seeing this post! Watercolor salt painting sounds like it could be complicated but it’s a super simple technique and gives seriously cool effects! Today Melinda uses this fun technique on her mystical moonlit background and we couldn’t wait to share it with you. Here’s how Melinda made hers so you can get the basic idea. She started with a piece of watercolor paper cut to card front size and traced a […]
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If you’ve been looking to change things up a little, today we’ve got a super easy, fun and beautiful way for how to do watercolor looks just with stamps and ink! Carol is using our Winter Wonderland clear stamps to create a beautiful winter Thank You card and we can see this dazzling yet simple technique using any or all of our specially designed layered stamps. Let’s take a closer look at how Carol made this card. First, Carol highly […]
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We are beyond excited to share today’s fabulous Stamp Along With Rubbernecker video all about how to use watercolor pens with layering stamps. You seriously will not believe the amazing results you can get with Preeti’s tips and tricks. It’s not often we look at something WE made and say “How’d she DO that” but today is one of those days. Take a look at these images. Would you not think these had been painstakingly created using so many shades […]
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Hold onto your stamps, folks – today we have another Stamp Along With Rubbernecker video on how to use liquid watercolor to make the most stunning card backgrounds. Preeti is at it again with a simply stunning wintry nighttime galaxy background for her admiring forest friends. We can’t get over all the depth and color and light and just gorgeousness Preeti created using her liquid watercolors and we feel so grateful that she shared her techniques with us in a […]
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Once again, we have an awesome video from Preeti showing how to make your own ink pad using liquid watercolors. You won’t BELIEVE the amazing multi-colored looks you can get with this fun tip! It’s always fun using the supplies you have in different ways, and we hope you feel inspired and crafty after watching Preeti create these amazing projects today! See the projects below and head to the bottom to check out the video. Enjoy this fun video to […]
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Watercoloring die cuts like the flowers and foliage on this project is a fun technique for coloring images. I used hot press watercolor to cut the flowers and foliage and used Color Fuse inks to color them. Hot press watercolor paper is very smooth and is the perfect base for creating gorgeous color and shading. For this project I used the Organic Shapable Daisy, Flower #5 (large leaves), Wreath Set and Tiny Flower Buds. I used Color Fuse Set #5 […]
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Hi there – Annie here today with a fun way to create a loose watercolor flower background using clear silhouette-style stamps. My gardens have been bursting with color lately and I wanted to try to replicate the look using bright colors and soft edges. These cards are the perfect way to send a sweet springtime hello! The images in the Spring Meadows Stamp Set are super versatile because they really can be used for either foliage or flowers. For this […]
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Happy Monday everyone! Our team always wants to bring you wonderful inspiration. Today Lisa is going the extra mile with Watercolor Butterfly #7 (947). You really can’t help but smile when you see her card. The great design, coloring, and layout are perfect. We really can’t say enough about how beautiful Lisa’s card is. All the colors she decided to use blend and go so well together. Combining the Nested Decked Rectangle Frame die cuts (5176D) with the Grunge Frame […]
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Are you ready for Spring? Our team is ready for spring and making beautiful watercolor cards to show for it. We have new Watercolor Background (1227) stamps that allow you to make an amazing watercolor background for your cards. These stamps give you a watercolor look without all the effort or worry that it will come out badly. Our designer made this watercolor thinking of you card. She used the watercolor background stamps and our new release Organic #4 (3204) […]
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How many of you love our watercolor flowers? Here is a new look on the Watercolor Lotus (1125) stamp. Jamie did an amazing job with her card this week. Jamie embossed the flower with white embossing powder then continued to bring it to life with her beautiful coloring. The sentiment Jamie used is from the Happy Birthday (3031) stamp set. The font and the position look perfect with her card. To add some wonderful texture to her card she used […]
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Ann-Marie has made a stunning thank you card this week. She used our watercolor stamp Bouquet (919) along with Ken Oliver’s Color Bursts (cbset-4). The Color Bursts make it bright and beautiful with all the wonderful colors she used. To get that perfect color using the Color Bursts she used the Rubbernecker Watercolor Paper (wcp). The sentiment she used is from Best Friends Etc (3032). The font and her placing of the word thanks looks perfect with her card. Until […]
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The Watercolor Red Wine Glass (1043-02) stamp is always a fun one with almost all of our sentiments. Lisbeth’s creation this week is extra fun with the beautiful wine glass she made with the Ken Oliver Color Bursts Fresh Floral colors (cbset-5). The Ken Oliver Color Burst work very well on the Rubbernecker Watercolor Paper (wcp) she used. She also made it a lot of fun with the sentiment Obey All The Rules (648-04). What a perfect pair she has […]
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If you were on the fence about buying Watercolor Forest (972), this card should help you decide. Mary brought us an amazingly beautiful card using Watercolor Forest. She made the ground and the sky background on this card look so soft and beautiful, that it made the forest really stand out. She also used Laughter and Joy (982-05) that looks like stars in the sky. It all blends together so nicely. The card looks absolutely stunning.
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Mary has brought us a very elegant and fun card to inspire us today. Mary used the Watercolor White Wine Glass (1043-03) for her card. She very smartly used Ken Oliver’s Color Bursts to make the wine in the glass whatever color she wanted. She did a perfect job with the Color Bursts. Mary’s added sequin embellishments drifting over to the Fruit Salad (789-02) sentiment give it that extra added elegance of wine. Although, we believe any wine drinker can […]
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Gentle Breeze (1027) is a gorgeous watercolor stamp, Keri has made it even more amazing. Gentle Breeze looks amazing on her card with the colors that she used. She was able to pull from the same colors as her patterned paper. Keri has a talent for matching her patterned paper to what she is doing every time. The Freehand Phrase Set (900) sentiment works so well with this card, and with the stamp. Keri also used the matching Freehand Phrase […]
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Watercolor Forest (972) is a very versatile stamp set. You can use it for so many different things. You can use it for birthdays, thank you, miss you and more. Angela made us a fantastic thank you card today using Watercolor Forest. She made the distressed background almost look like the Northern Lights over Alaska, it is just beautiful. The sentiment she used from Best Wishes Etc (3029) works so well with this card. The font looks beautiful lingering above […]
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Flowers In The Breeze (713) is one of our gorgeous watercolor stamps. Ruza has made this stamp come to life with her project this week, it looks magnificent. She used a birthday sentiment from the Best Friends Etc (3032). What a beautiful birthday card Ruza has made. We can’t wait for you to see it at Expo. If you would like to get these stamps you can always click the names of the stamps and it will take you directly […]
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Fall Foliage (924) is a beautiful stamp. Our designer Keri Parish has done an excellent job bringing this stamp set to life. She used a combination of the Ken Oliver’s Color Bursts, and our own watercolor paper to make the colors to blend so well. She did a fantastic job with all of it. The paper that Keri used along with her buttons really keep the Fall Foliage stamp the center of attention. The paper really brings out the colors […]
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See how you can make two cards using one die cut as the main element! With the addition of a few extra elements you can make two cards using one die cut as the fun background – let’s check out how fast and fun and easy this is! Julie used our Circle Background with Stitched Die to make two very fun and colorful background elements for these very different cards by simply using her watercolors to add splashes and swirls […]
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