A project from our live show CREATE AND CRAFT LIVE - Join Helen Kirkham - broadcast 14th April · 14/04/2022 · watch it from 17:15

A beautiful vintage-style card featuring a hand-coloured heliotrope flower stamped with watercolour inks, layered with torn-edge die-cut elements, and finished with twine and embellishments. The soft, aged aesthetic is created by using grey ink over coloured layers and adding mixed media elements like corrugated card.

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Place watercolour card onto your stamping surface and prepare dye inks in pink and purple shades. ▶ watch 17:15
Spritz the heliotrope stamp lightly with water to allow the colours to blend and move on the card. ▶ watch 17:30
Stamp the coloured heliotrope onto the watercolour card, pressing gently without excessive pressure. ▶ watch 17:45
Dab away some of the excess moisture with tissue to control the colour bleed. ▶ watch 18:00
Re-ink the stamp with grey ink and stamp again over the same image to add vintage pencil-drawn detail. ▶ watch 18:15
Send the stamped card through your die-cutting machine twice to cut out the heliotrope using the matching die. ▶ watch 18:30
Layer the die-cut flower onto darker card with the torn-edge die to create dimension and contrast. ▶ watch 20:30
Add foam pads behind the flower layers to lift them away from the backing card. ▶ watch 21:00
Wrap twine around the card and secure at the back with glue. ▶ watch 21:30
Glue a wooden scrabble tile or embellishment to the front using foam pads for extra dimension. ▶ watch 22:00

Tips from the show

Watercolour card is dense, so you may need to send it through the die-cutter twice.
Use grey ink instead of black for a more vintage, aged appearance.
Let the tools do the work for you—less pressure when stamping gives better results.

Vintage Heliotrope Watercolour Card with Layered Die-Cut Flower

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