Wet-and-Wet Watercolour Floral Card with Blown Paint Technique

A project from our live show UKRAINE APPEAL - Craft along with Toni and DT member PAUL - Broadcast 25th April · 25/04/2022 · watch it from 51:00

An expressive watercolour card using wet-and-wet technique with hand-blown paint splatters created with a straw. The design features a masked rectangular frame with loose, artistic floral imagery in blues and purples, mounted on black cardstock.

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Step by step

1. Stamp a rectangular frame outline on copy paper using waterproof ink to create a mask. ▶ watch 51:00
2. Die-cut the mask using the coordinating die. ▶ watch 53:30
3. Position the mask on your watercolour card at an angle, leaving space for a sentiment. ▶ watch 55:00
4. Stamp the floral image over the mask using waterproof black ink. ▶ watch 56:00
5. Wet the cardstock thoroughly with clean water using a brush, focusing on sections within the frame. ▶ watch 1:05:00
6. Drop dark blue and purple watercolour into the wet areas, allowing the colour to bloom and spread naturally. ▶ watch 1:06:30
7. Reactivate the wet areas by adding more water and intensifying the colour with additional pigment. ▶ watch 1:07:00
8. Use a clean, damp brush to blend harsh edges by working from the outside inward. ▶ watch 1:09:00
9. Load a brush with watery watercolour and flick paint across the card in multiple directions using a splat technique. ▶ watch 1:12:00
10. Use a straw to blow watery watercolour paint at an angle, creating organic paint lines that radiate from the centre. ▶ watch 1:12:30
11. Add light watercolour washes over the stamped flowers to suggest shadows and depth, following the natural contours of the petals. ▶ watch 1:15:00
12. Stamp a sentiment (such as 'Congratulations') in black ink at the bottom of the card. ▶ watch 1:26:00
13. Mount the finished card onto black cardstock, leaving a quarter-inch border. ▶ watch 1:27:00

Tips from the show

• You don't need a straw—you can hollow out a pen or tightly roll up a piece of copy paper to blow paint through.
• Leave the card to dry naturally if possible, as watercolour looks even better when fully air-dried rather than heat-dried.
• Don't worry about colours going over the stamped image; the expression and loose, artistic quality is more important than photorealism.

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