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Easy Watercolouring with Pencils – Tips & Tricks

Easy Watercolouring with pencils – Tips & Tricks – Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator based in Lincoln UK.

I have always loved to paint. The mixing and flowing of colours fascinate me. I dabbled in watercolour painting before I started papercraft and haven’t lost the love. If you are new to watercolouring then pencils make for such as easy entry to the medium. We all played with colouring pencils as kids. You are just colouring as you did as a child.

The video below goes through a few tips for easy water colouring including, what paper to use, how to lay down colour and how to blend it. The phrase is that practice makes perfect and that is certainly true here. The more you practise the less scary it becomes and the more you will enjoy it. Don’t be afraid to try, there is no one watching and you can as many mistakes as you like. We all make mistakes, that is how we learn.

measurements

Night of Navy A6 cardbase – This is an A4 sheet cut in half and then folded in half
Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper – 14.35cm X 10cm
Real Red cut to 0.5cm bigger than your shimmer white piece each way.
Shimmery White – cut down as you wish to capture your image.

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Thank you for visiting me. I hope you enjoyed this project and it inspired you. The supply list linked to my online shop and video tutorial are below. Until next time Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Supply List – Linked to Online Shop

Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Bone Folder	Paper Trimmer	Stampin’ Seal	Multipurpose Liquid Glue	Stampin’ Dimensionals
Tear & Tape Adhesive	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock	Real Red A4 Card Stock	Light Me Home Cling Stamp Set
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad	Water Painters	Watercolor Pencils	Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2	Feels Like Frost Specialty 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

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Watercolouring – Peaceful Place Stamp set

I love watercolouring. I was painting before I ever started papercrafting and cardmaking. The flow of colours and the way they mix continue to fascinate me. Colouring in has also always been a very soothing and therapeutic way to spend a couple of hours.

Watercolouring using the Peaceful Place stamp set from Stampin' Up! — Watercolouring using the Peaceful Place stamp set from Stampin’ Up!

This stamp set has been in my stash for over a year and I haven’t used it until now. I am glad I am using it now as I love it. The image is one whole stamp and that makes scene building a breeze. I’ve stamped the image in Stazon ink and then used both sets of watercolour pencils to “paint” the colour.

Measurements

Night of Navy A6 cardbase (A6 is an A4 sheet cut in half and then folded in half.)

I have not given measurements for the Shimmery White, Pacific Point or Balmy Blue as I cut these as I go depending on how I stamp, paint and cut the stamped image.

This scene is perfection to me. I could quite happily spend a few hours on the banks of that stream with a book and not a care in the world. The natural world is a love of mine and I enjoy spending time in it whenever I can.

Other watercoloured projects

There are a video and supply list below as always.

Thank you for stopping by and Until next time, Enjoy Being Creative!!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock	Pacific Point A4 Card Stock	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock	Watercolor Pencils
Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2	Aqua Painters	Snail Adhesive	Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad	Peaceful Place Cling-Mount Stamp Set

Tulips and Windmills Thank You Card

Tulips are my favourite flower. I love this simple watercoloured thank you card using the Winds of Change stamp set from Stampin’ Up!

Tulips are gorgeous or at least I think so. I love to see the first Tulips in the shops in early Spring and bring home a bunch for the hall table. They are beautiful even when they are going on when I feel they look almost like orchids.

We also have tulips in the back garden every year. The breadth of shapes and shapes are amazing. When I loved in London we used to go every year to the Chelsea Flower Show and I have hundreds of pictures of tulips from the amazing nurseries in the Great Pavilion.

Tulips and Windmills. Thank you card using the Winds of Change stamp set from Stampin' Up! — Thank you card using the Winds of Change stamp set from Stampin’ Up!

When I first saw the Winds of Change stamp set in the catalogue I fell in love. It is my style of stamp set. I love to watercolour and actually got into paper crafting through watercolouring. I find it an easy medium to colour with and it is very forgiving of mistakes.

measurements

There are no measurements for this card except the card base which is a standard A6 card base in Balmy Blue. I stamped the image of the tulips and windmill and then cut out my piece of shimmery white cardstock depending on how I stamped and coloured the image.

I adore these little Design Elements that I have used to embellish the bottom of the card. They are metal and so versatile. They remind me of cogs in the windmill and would be great on a steampunk card.

The video is below along with the supply list.

My question for today is what is your favourite flower and why? Let me know in the comment section.

Until next time, Enjoy Being Creative!!

Ashee xx

Product List

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock	Watercolor Pencils	Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2	Aqua Painters
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad	Stāzon Cleaner	Snail Adhesive	Designer Elements	Winds Of Change Cling Stamp Set

By The Bay Cling Stamp Set	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock	Balmy Blue A4 Cardstock	Pacific Point A4 Card Stock	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock
Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad	Watercolor Pencils	Aqua Painters	Whisper White 5/8″ (1.6 Cm) Flax Ribbon	Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins
SNAIL Permanent Adhesive	Stampin’ Dimensionals	Paper-Piercing Tool

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