Watercolour Tulip Card with Lamination Stamp

A project from our live show Stamping Techniques - Lamination Stamp - Artistic Design - Watercolour Technique 22ND Dec 21 · 22/12/2021 · watch it from 0:45

Create an artistic watercolour-effect tulip card using a two-part lamination stamp system. The technique allows you to build up colours in layers and blend them with water to achieve a painted masterpiece look, finished with a sketchy outline stamp and sentiment.

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Step by step

1. Grab a piece of white cardstock and prepare your work surface. ▶ watch 0:45
2. Take the solid portion of the lamination stamp and lay it face down onto your cardstock. ▶ watch 1:00
3. Ink up each flower area with a complete orange colour, allowing the colour to move into adjacent areas for a more realistic effect. ▶ watch 1:15
4. Swipe pink ink down one side of the flowers to create pretty pink and orange tulips. ▶ watch 1:45
5. Swap to a lighter green ink pad and ink up all the green leaf areas you can see on the stamp. ▶ watch 2:00
6. Add contrast by inking the tips of the grass and centres with a darker green ink, applying randomly for natural variation. ▶ watch 2:15
7. Spray the inked stamp with water using a spray bottle—not too much, just enough to get the colours moving around. ▶ watch 2:30
8. Press the wet stamp down onto the cardstock and let it drink in the ink, then lift it away to reveal the watercolour effect. ▶ watch 2:45
9. Place the outline stamp (the sketchy portion) on top of the dried watercolour image and ink it with black ink. ▶ watch 3:15
10. Select a sentiment from the carrier sheet and stamp it in black ink onto a separate piece of cardstock, ensuring it is straight. ▶ watch 4:15
11. Glue the watercoloured tulip piece onto a card base using your choice of adhesive. ▶ watch 4:45
12. Glue the sentiment strip across the base of the card to complete your artwork. ▶ watch 5:45

Tips from the show

• You don't need to tidy up colour overlap—it looks beautiful regardless and more realistic.
• The sketchy outline is forgiving; if you don't line it up precisely, it's not the end of the world.
• You can use embossing powders in sparkle, gold or silver on the outline for different effects, or use grey for a pencil sketch look.

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