Hello friends. Larissa here today with a tickled pink birthday card for you. Lately I have been water coloring everything. I have purchased a few different sets and to be honest I can’t tell you which is my favorite. I have also purchased several different kinds of watercolor paper. Again can’t tell you a favorite. I do know that I am loving water coloring different stamped images. This is one of my favorite techniques. No line water coloring.

What you are going to need:

• Stamp Set
• 4 X 5 1/2 watercolor paper (I used Strathmore 140 lb cold press)
• Peerless Watercolors (this is the set I used for this card but any watercolors will work)
• Powder Tool
• Versamark Ink Pad
• Versafine Onyx Black Ink
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Heat Tool
• Paint Brushes
• Embellishments: I used small heart punch and twine

What I did:

1. I rubbed the powder tool all over the piece of watercolor paper.
   
2. Stamp the image onto the watercolor paper using Versamark Ink.
3. Sprinkle the embossing powder over the stamped image and then tap off the excess.
4. Heat the image until the embossing powder turns shiny. Be sure to move your heat tool around so you don’t burn the paper.
5. Watercolor the stamped image.
   
6. Add your embellishments
7. Add your sentiment using black ink. Or color of your choice.
8. Finish off the inside of the card.
   

Super simple. I like the way the image comes out with no ink. A tip I will share is don’t over saturate your brush with water when coloring the smaller images. The watercolors will spread with the water. I did go around the image with a light turquoise color using a lot of water because it was a bigger space. I would suggest keeping a piece of scrap paper on the side to try the colors out. They will look different when you add water.

I hope you enjoyed my post today. Have a wonderful day friends.

Larissa