Spring Blossom Duckling Card with Puddle Effect

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Create a charming spring card featuring a duckling using the spring blossom lamination stamp set. The duckling is coloured in yellow and brown, then a blue puddle effect is added around its feet to suggest it is jumping in water.

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Step by step

1. Trim the watercolour card down to A6 size to ensure the duckling design is appropriately sized on the card. ▶ watch 53:00
2. Position the solid portion of the spring blossom stamp in the centre of the card. ▶ watch 53:30
3. Ink the solid stamp with yellow ink, covering the entire duckling shape. ▶ watch 54:00
4. Add brown ink to the duckling's tummy, wings and head to create shading and texture. ▶ watch 54:15
5. Spray the inked stamp with water to activate the watercolour effect. ▶ watch 54:45
6. Stamp the design firmly onto the watercolour card and lift away to reveal the watercoloured duckling. ▶ watch 55:00
7. Dry the stamped image completely. ▶ watch 55:30
8. Clean the solid stamp and ink the detail portion with brown ink first. ▶ watch 56:00
9. Stamp the detail portion over the dried duckling to add feather definition. ▶ watch 56:30
10. Add black ink to the duckling's feet and eyes to make them stand out. ▶ watch 57:00
11. Spray a small amount of blue ink around the duckling's feet to create a puddle effect suggesting it is jumping in water. ▶ watch 57:30
12. Add a sentiment stamp such as 'A little note' to the side of the design. ▶ watch 58:00
13. Use a wet brush or water to blend out any unwanted splodges on the watercolour card, taking advantage of the cotton content that allows blending. ▶ watch 59:00

Tips from the show

• You can add a blue wash around the duckling's feet to make it look like it is jumping in a puddle, which works well for spring and baby shower cards.
• Because you are working on watercolour card with cotton content, you can blend and adjust the colour even after stamping by adding water.
• Birds are notoriously hard to paint and sketch, so using the stamp system removes the difficulty of getting proportions right.

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