Watercolour technique – Fond of Autumn Part 4

Welcome to Part 4 of 4 in my Fond of Autumn series this time with a watercolour technique. There are so many ways to add colour to your project. Even with watercolouring you have more than one option. You can use watercolour pencils, and then wet it afterwards or alcohol markers but my most favourite is a light touch with a damp paint brush using the inks from Stampin’ Up!’s ink pads.

I like to emboss the image first. Embossing with white embossing powder gives a much softer look and it also creates a barrier with each section of the image so that it doesn’t bleed into each other.

Deckled Rectangles Dies

I used the largest of the Deckled rectangle dies to cut the mat layer for the front of the card in Pear Pizzazz. The dies are more suited to the US letter size card stock, so if you cut A4 in US size, ah standard card is shorter. The largest Deckled Rectangle die is in proportion to the US size because you have an even border on all four sides. However, with the European size A4, it’s OK width-wise, but the top and bottom is longer. If it bothers you, one way round it is to mount it at an angle as I’ve done here. Problem solved!

Stitched Greenery Dies

Instead of using an embossing folder, I thought I’d switch things a bit. Remember the Stitched Greenery die – I thought it needed some love. So often when things are new, we use them to death, and this one’s been around for awhile and has been neglected. I thought it complimented those watercoloured flowers. What do you think?

Here’s the inside – nice and simple.

Video tutorial

Supply list

Listed below is the supply list. Just click on the picture to take you directly to the item in my online store.

Product List

Fond Of Autumn Bundle (English) [159838]	Fond Of Autumn Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [160266]	Autumn Bouquet Dies [159837]
Stitched Greenery Die [155451]	Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173]	Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz [131290]
Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009]	Versamark Pad [102283]	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108]
Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104]	Water Painters [151298]	Clear Block B [117147]
Embossing Additions Tool Kit [159971]	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475]	Elegant Faceted Gems [152464]