Watercolour Lamination Card with Light Silhouette Base

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Create a more advanced lamination card by stamping a light silhouette on watercolour card, then painting your own colours on top. This gives you full creative control while using the stamp as a subtle guide.

You will need

TV - A5 Stamp - Lamination - What You Believe - 150622DSEE IT

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Step by step

1. Use watercolour card instead of regular cardstock as your base. ▶ watch 21:00
2. Ink the solid portion of the stamp very lightly with a light ink pad. ▶ watch 21:15
3. Stamp the light silhouette onto the watercolour card without spraying water—this creates a subtle guide. ▶ watch 21:30
4. Use a brush to paint your own watercolour directly onto the card over the light stamped outline. ▶ watch 21:45
5. Add the outline stamp layer in grey or black ink to define the design. ▶ watch 22:00
6. Mount the finished piece onto a card base to display your hand-painted effect. ▶ watch 22:15

Tips from the show

• A very light stamp underneath gives you a guide without being obvious in the final design.
• This technique makes it look like you've hand-painted the card, even though you've used stamps.

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