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Watercolour Inky Background Card with Graceful Stamp

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A vibrant, textured card created by building watercolour washes in layers and stamping the Graceful lady in black ink over the top. The design features an ombre sentiment strip in coordinating colours, creating a modern, artistic look.

9steps
37:30in the show
Step 1 of 9

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  1. 1

    Take a piece of watercolour cardstock and apply raspberry watercolour ink to create a base layer.

    ▶ watch this step 37:45
  2. 2

    Add water to the colour to dilute it and create texture on the card.

    ▶ watch this step 38:15
  3. 3

    Dry the first layer completely between adding colours to build texture.

    ▶ watch this step 38:30
  4. 4

    Apply a second layer of colour, such as yellow, over the dried first layer.

    ▶ watch this step 39:15
  5. 5

    Dry the second layer and add a third colour layer to create depth and variation.

    ▶ watch this step 39:45
  6. 6

    Stamp the Graceful lady image in black ink over the watercolour background.

    ▶ watch this step 40:30
  7. 7

    Press firmly and repeatedly to ensure good ink coverage on the watercolour card.

    ▶ watch this step 42:15
  8. 8

    Create an ombre effect on the sentiment by stamping it with orange, then pink, then purple inks.

    ▶ watch this step 44:00
  9. 9

    Dry the sentiment between colour applications to define the ombre effect.

    ▶ watch this step 45:15

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