Watercolor Techniques: Pigment Sprinkles

This one is quick but has the opportunity to be very messy!

~Enjoy!

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I sprinkled a few of the Granny Apple Green Pigment Sprinkles on a craft mat. Then I picked up the color with the Aqua Painter and did a quick color wash as a background onto a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper. It is really cool how different colors come out of the Pigment Sprinkles, I did not add any yellow to this, it came out of the sprinkles! I used my Heat Tool to speed up the drying process so I could stamp the plants with Soft Spring and StazOn Black Ink Pad. I filled in the plants with a mix of Garden Green and Granny Apple Green from the Watercolor Pencil Sets 1 & 2 and water-colored again with an Aqua Painter. I matted the watercolor paper on some Garden Green Card Stock and again on a Whisper White card base. The whole thing is topped off with a bow made from Linen Thread. The sentiment is stamped with one of the images in StazOn Black Ink and the Country Home Stamp Set.

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• Country Home Stamp Set
• Soft Spring Stamp Set
• Pigment Sprinkles 
• Watercolor Pencil Sets
• Watercolor Pencil Sets 2
• Aqua Painter
• Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper
• Heat Tool
• StazOn Black Ink Pad
• Garden Green
• Whisper White
• Linen Thread

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Watercolor Techniques: Ink Pads

This is another really fast way to add some watercolor wash as a background!

~Enjoy!

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For this one I used the Marina Mist Stamp Pad and I squeezed the lid onto the pad before opening it. Then I took an Aqua Painter and added just a little water to the inked lid & swished it back and forth across a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper intentionally leaving some swishes a little lighter & some a little darker. I added some White Bakers Twine twisted with Navy Bakers Twine and also added a bow with both colors. I mounted the whole thing on a card base of Marina Mist. I die cut some nautical elements from items in my stash. The anchor is cut with Night of Navy, the starfish is cut from Daffodil Delight and the sand dollar is cut from White Glimmer Paper. The banner is hand cut and stamped with Night of Navy & a sentiment from my stash.

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• Aqua Painter
• Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper
• White Bakers Twine
• Navy Bakers Twine
• Night of Navy
• Daffodil Delight
• White Glimmer Paper
• Marina Mist

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Watercolor Techniques: Pencils

While I was preparing for a swap, I could not decide on what technique I wanted to bring, so I tried several techniques including one with Pigment Sprinkles to use as a water-coloring sample. These are all really quick & simple.

~Enjoy!

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For this one I lightly scribbled Daffodil Delight from the Watercolor Pencils set onto a piece of  Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper, I also added a very light Granny Apple Green (from Watercolors Pencils 2 Set) to the mix as well as a little harder press from the Daffodil Delight to add some depth. Then I went over everything with an Aqua Painter to watercolor it & smooth out the strokes. I used my Heat Tool to speed up the drying process. I stamped the plants with Soft Spring and StazOn Black Ink Pad. I filled in the plants with a mix of Garden Green and Granny Apple Green and water-colored again with an Aqua Painter. I matted the watercolor paper on some Pineapple Punch Card Stock and again on a Whisper White card base. The whole thing is topped off with a bow made from the Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon and the 1/8" Pineapple Punch Grosgrain Ribbon. The sentiment is stamped with one of the images in StazOn Black Ink and the Country Home Stamp Set.

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Stampin' Up! products used:

• Country Home Stamp Set
• Soft Spring Stamp Set
• Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper
• Watercolor Pencils
• Watercolors Pencils 2
• Heat Tool
• Aqua Painter
• StazOn Black Ink 
• Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon
• 1/8" Pineapple Punch Grosgrain Ribbon
• Pineapple Punch
• Whisper White

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