Water Colour

In the Moment

Published on by Michele Jutrisa

Do you like the look of water colours and haven’t given it a try…..Over the last few days I have been enjoying playing around with some water colouring and I thought I would share with you on some of the things I have learnt. The image I am using is from the In the Moment Stamp Set by Stampin’ Up!®.

On my Facebook Live I show how I coloured one of the images from this set and how simple it can be. Below you will find the video and some tips, I hope you will find helpful.

In the Moment Stamp set by Stampin' Up! Watercoloured

Measurements Used…

  • Card Base Misty Moonlight: 10.5 x 29.9cm, scored at 14.9cm
  • Card Mat Pattern Party Designer Series Paper: 10 x 14.4cm
  • Front Strip Melon Mambo: 5 x 10cm
  • Water colour Panel Shimmery White: 10.5 x 14.9cm
  • Card Insert Shimmery White: 10.5 x 14.9cm
https://youtu.be/1yDAKCTR11E

Tips

  • Use the right product for the project – Water colouring you need a paper that will with stand the water. Stampin’ Up! have two cardstocks for this Shimmery White and Fluid 100 water Colour Paper. It is also important to use the correct ink to stamp your image and that is Stazon Ink.
  • I have used lots of colours, you don’t need to. Start by using only 2 or 3 colours. By starting with a light colour you can build up the depth of colour by adding layers. Just let each layer dry dry a little before adding more.
  • I like to work on the side of my brush and use the tip for detail. When doing calligraphy you learn to push down on the nib to give broader strokes and lift to get finer strokes. It’s the same here..I work on the side of my brush and gently pushing down will give me that broader brush stroke, remember to keep it very gentle.
  • There are 3 brushes in the Water Painters…I like to use the finer one…work out which one works best for the job your doing.
  • Leave some white space, you don’t need to cover the complete image. If my brush has missed a spot then I leave it, white space is good.
  • Have a piece of paper towel handy – to clean your brush but to also blot out areas where you may have to much water or to remove colour

Here’s an Important Tip…..

  • LET IT DRY BEFORE MOVING ON …Allow your work to dry before adding another layer of colour…this has been my biggest hurdle as I like to get things done quickly. Slow down and allow your work to dry. Use a heat gun but be aware that it can warp your cardstock.
  • Try not to work on two areas next to each other. Ink will flow where there is water, so two wet areas next to each other colour from one will flow into the other. Example jeans and dog – if both areas are wet the blue can bleed into the brown of the dog.
  • Don’t worry if your work goes out side the lines a little. Water colour is about the flow of the colour and the softness
  • PRACTICE….practice. Play with it, have fun with it…You will find your own flow.
In the Moment Stamp Set By Stampin' Up!, also showing the inside panel of the card with a water wash under the sentiment.

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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store

Product List
In The Moment Cling Stamp Set (English)
Pattern Party 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper
Stitched So Sweetly Dies
Shimmery White A4 Card Stock
Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock
Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock
Water Painters
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad
Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad
Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad
Evening Evergreen Classic Stampin' Pad
Cinnamon Cider Classic Stampin' Pad
Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad
Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad
Pale Papaya Classic Stampin' Pad
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad
Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad
Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

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Facebook Live Friday – Heart of Home Suite

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Hi and welcome today to my Blog. Yesterday on my Facebook Live I created this card using products from the Heart of Home Suite by Stampin’ Up!®. This suite is one of the many products coming in the 2022 Jan-Jun Mini Catalogue.

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Measurements Used…

  • Card Base Misty Moonlight: 10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
  • Mat basic White: 10 x 14.4cm
  • DSP: 9.7 x 14.1cm
  • Card Insert Basic White: 10 x 14.4cm
  • Sentiment Strip: Shimmery White: 1 x 10.5cm
  • Stamped image Shimmery White: 7 x 10.5cm
  • Leaves Pear Pizzazz – scrap

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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store

Product List
Watercolor Pencils
Watercolor Pencils Assortment 2
Blender Pens
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad
Shimmery White A4 Card Stock
Basic White A4 Cardstock
Misty Moonlight A4 Cardstock
Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' Pad
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Facebook Live Friday – Harvest Meadow

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Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

This week I did a bit of water colouring using the Harvest Meadow from the July- December Mini Catalogue. I love doing water colouring as I find it very relaxing.

I used a lot of colours in flowers & Stems to achieve depth in colour and texture.

I am sorry that in my video where I was putting the card together the camera was slipping in the holder so some of it is off screen but I think you can still get the idea of what I was doing…that’s a live for you anything can happen.

Harvest Meadow by Stampin' Up! July- December Mini Catalogue 2021

Measurements Used…

  • Card Base Crumb Cake – 10.5 x 29.9cm, scored at 14.9cm
  • Card Mat Blackberry Bliss – 9.5 x 13.9cm
  • Card Front DSP- 9.2 x 13.6cm
  • Circle Cork Specialty Paper – 9 x 9cm, 2nd largest circle die
  • Sentiments Scraps of Blackberry Bliss and Crumb Cake
  • Card Inset Very Vanilla – 10 x 14.4cm

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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

All products used are listed below and are linked to my On-Line Store

Product List
Harvest Meadow Suite Collection (English)
Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper
Saddle Brown Stazon Ink Pad
Water Painters
Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock
Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock
Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock
Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad
Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad
Bumblebee Classic Stampin' Pad
Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad
Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad
Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad
Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad
Baker's Twine Essentials Pack

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Artistic Dies- Fridays Facebook Live

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Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

This is the card I created in yesterdays Facebook live….This was so much fun, I love watercolouring like this as it’s very relaxing for me. The colours look great so vibrant against the black and white.

Stampin’ Up! shared this technique on Instagram done by one of the Concept Artists. They have wonderful short videos showing some great ideas that can easily be deprecated.

Below I have added measurements used to make the card, so you can follow the video and create this card also. I hope you will enjoy this as much as I did…let me know how you go.

Artistic Dies by Stampin' Up!

How to make this card..

Measurements Used-

  • Card Base Basic White Thick- 10.5 x 29.9cm
  • Card Mat Poppy Parade- 10 x 14.4cm
  • Card Front Pattern Party- 9.7 x 14.1cm
  • Vellum – 10 x 13cm
  • Fluid 100 Watercolour – 1 sheet
  • Sentiment 2 x 16cm, trimmed down to .8 x 14.1cm after stamping
Artistic Dies by Stampin' Up!

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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

Product List
Artistically Inked Bundle (English)
Scalloped Contours Dies
Pattern Party 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Host Designer Series Paper
Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper
White Vellum A4 Card Stock
Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock
Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock
Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill
Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
Water Painters
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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Butterfly Brilliance – Watercolour

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Hi and welcome today to my Blog.

My card today I have used the Butterfly Brilliance Bundle by Stampin’ Up! ® to create my card. Each of the butterflies carefully coloured using Stampin’ Up! Classic Stampin’ ink Refill with Gold splater highlighting the central butterfly.

Butterfly Brilliance Bundle by Stampin' Up!. Watercoloured on Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper

How to make this card…

Products Used (products link to On-Line store at the end of blog post)-

  • Butterfly Brilliance Bundle
  • Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper
  • Basic White Cardstock
  • Basic Black Cardstock
  • Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder
  • Gilded Leafing
  • Reinkers – Pacific Point, Night of Navy, Flirty Flamingo, So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso.
  • WaterPainters
  • Stamparatus
  • Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine
  • Multi-pupose Glue
  • Dimensionals

Card Measurements

  • Card Base Basic White – 10.5 x 29.9cm, score at 14.9cm
  • Card Mat Basic Black – 10 x 14.4cm
  • Card Front Basic White – 9.7 x 14.1cm
  • Card Insert Basic White – 10 x 14.4cm

Instructions –

  • Cut all required cardstock, score and fold card base
  • Run Basic White card front through Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder.
  • Adhere the Basic White card front to the Basic Black card mat using Multi-purpose Glue or Stampin’ Seal.
  • Adhere matted card front to the Basic White card base using Multi-purpose Glue or Stampin’ Seal.
  • Stamp the Butterfly images onto Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper using Stazon Black ink Pad. Stazon is a Acid Free, permanent ink for stamping images to watercolour. Stazon can also be used for non-porus surfaces like Window sheets. To make the stamping of the butterflies easy and to make sure to get a clear image I used the Stamparatus, reinking and stamping a couple of times. I added the silicon sheet under the watercolour paper to get a little extra height and help get a good ink coverage.
  • Once the Stazon ink has dried you can start water colouring using the Water Painter and reinkers.
  • Water colour the butterflies
    • Work on one butterfly at a time
    • give the butterfly a light wash of water over the top before adding colour.
    • Add light layers of colour building up to the colour you want.
    • Start with the lightest colour and add darker colour as highlights.
    • Let each colour dry slightly before adding more or another colour
    • Let butterflies dry completely.
  • On a plate mix a small amount of multi-purpose glue and water to get a slightly runny consistency. Using a old paint brush lightly splatter the watered down glue onto the large butterfly. Let the glue dry until tacky. Add Gilded Leaf to the tacky glue and rub away the excess with a soft brush.
  • Die cut the butterflies using the coordinating die from the bundle.
  • Add dimensionals to the back of the butterflies down the length of body and attach to the card front
  • Add insert to the inside of the card.
Butterfly Brilliance Bundle by Stampin' Up!. Watercoloured on Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper

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Stampin’ Up! products used in today’s Project

Product List
Butterfly Brilliance Bundle
Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper
Basic White A4 Cardstock
Basic Black A4 Card Stock
Jet Black Stāzon Ink Pad
Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder
Gilded Leafing Embellishment
Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
So Saffron Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Ink Refill
Water Painters
Stamparatus
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Stampin' Dimensionals
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

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Monthly Team Blog Hop September 2020 – All Things Fabulous

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Thank you for joining us for our Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator Monthly Blog Hop! As you follow the hop I hope you find lots of ideas and inspiration. We are a group of Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from around the world taking part in a training program helping us to build a successful Stampin’ Up!® Business and reach some of our goals. Thank you, we really appreciate your support.

All Things Fabulous

My card today features Stampin’ Up!  All Things Fabulous Bundle 154112…..I love how this card turned out…What do you think?

I love the stark contrast between the Basic Black  and the other colours, the black just makes everything ‘POP’. 

All Things Fabulous is a ‘Two Step’ stamp, I have used this Bundle previously to see the post Click …HERE. 

For this card I stamped the images onto the Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper 149612 and only used Magenta Madness Stampin’ Pad 153117  for the flower and Granny Apple Green Stampin’ Pad 147095 for the leaves. By using the watercolour paper I was able to give the flower and leaves a watercolour look using the Water Painter 151298.

How did I do this….

The flowers have 3 parts, I used – 1A- the larger petals, 1B – medium size inner highlights and 1C – the smaller inner highlights.

  • Ink up 1A with Magenta Madness – stamp off twice onto a piece of scrap paper, giving you the lightest shade. Then stamp onto the watercolour paper.
  • Ink up 1B with Magenta Madness –  stamp off once and the line up over the previously stamped image and stamp.
  • Ink up 1C with Magenta Madness – NO STAMPING OFF..line up image again and stamp.

This will give you a flower all in the same colour but with different shades.

  • Then using a fine tipped Water Painter, filed with water. Go over the flower image allowing the colours to blend and bleed a little around the edges for that water colour look. I ever so slightly took the colour out a little around the edges as I didn’t want a white boarder around the images.
  • The leaves are just one stamp and I just stamped then went over with the Water Brush as above.

Have you tried the NEW Stampin’ Up! ® Cut and Emboss Machine149653……

  • WOW, it’s amazing. The lace die cut just cut out so smoothly and the finish on it is stunning. This machine is so worth the investment of $209..Before cutting the Whisper White Cardstock I added a Adhesive Sheet 152334, this makes adding it to your card so simple.
  • The Basic Black mat I used the Subtles 3D Embossing Folder 151775 to give the card front some texture rather than a flat black surface.
  • Sentiment was stamped using Momento Tuxedo Black onto Whisper White Cardstock.

Thank you for coming by today! We have an amazing line up of Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators and we know you are going to love all the amazing projects that you are going to see today.So you don’t miss out on anyone’s page you are currently on my page – Michele Jutrisa. The next page to visit is listed below my name on the list below. (If I am the last on the list then, jump up the top and continue from there)  Enjoy the hop!

Product List

All Things Fabulous Bundle (English)

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

Water Painters

Magenta Madness Classic Stampin' Pad

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

Subtle 3D Embossing Folder

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Adhesive Sheets

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

August International Blog Highlights – Thank You

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Good morning and welcome to my Blog.

My card today use’s the Stampin’ Up! ® Love of Leaves Bundle from the Handmade for you Mini Catalogue, which has just gone live today. I still have a few catalogues available and if you live in Australia and you don’t have a Demonstrator, let me know and I can get one out to you in the mail.

Love Of Leaves

The Love of Leaves Bundle 155195 is comprised of the Love of Leaves Photopolymer stamp set and Stitched Leaves Dies. You can purchase the individually or as a Bundle, as a Bundle you get a 10% discount.

The stamp set is a Distinktive Stamp, this means that the stamped image has texture to it giving you light and dark shades of colour using only one ink pad. There are five leaf images and six sentiments to use.

 The leaf dies comes in two parts, there is a stitched outline die so that you can die cut the stamped leaf images.You either use the positive or negative portions of the die cut. The second part of each leaf die is a insert that fits inside the outline die and it leaves a stitched vine line on your leaves.

For my card I used three of the smaller leaf dies to cut out multiple leaves from Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper 149612 paper which I coloured using Stampin’ Up! ® Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill. The colours used were Mango Melody 147162  , Daffodil Delight 119672 and Old Olive 100531.

Other Products used …

I have added my card to Kylie Bertucci’s International Stampin’ Up!® Blog Highlights for August Theme- Thank you.

Go and have a look at all the amazing cards made, you can VOTE for for your favorite 5 cards by clicking on the little hearts.

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Breathtaking Bouquet – Water Colour

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Welcome to my Blog, I hope you enjoy reading today’s project.

Breathtaking Bouquet

Breathtaking Bouquet is one of the many products from Stampin Up!  ® Mini Catalogue that soon will be leaving us. I have enjoyed working with this stamp and have made a few beautiful cards from it.This stamp makes a wonderful back ground stamp or you can colour it with Pigment Sprinkles, Water Colour Pencils or with the Stampin’ Pads & Aqua Painters, as I have done with this project.

With the one Stamped and water coloured image I created three cards.

Products & Measurements used…

**  Products on the Last-Chance Products –

Mini Catalogue List – https://go.aws/34ZEwdy
Annual Catalogue – https://go.aws/2VvzSRK

How did I make this card…

  • Using the Stamparatus® stamp the Breathtaking Bouquet in VersaMark.
  • Cover with Embossing powder and set with a Heat Gun.
  • Colour the bouquet using the Stampin’ Pads with Aqua painters
  • Using the Soft Sea Foam and a sponge, sponge lightly over the watercolour paper around the edges and in between the flowers to give the back ground a Soft sea Foam hue.

  • Using the Stitched Rectangle Dies cut the painted imaged into 3 sections

  • Cut and fold card bases(measurements above)
  • 3 Emboss mats with Embossing folders – I used either of the 2 folders for each of the mats.
  • Adhere the mats to card base with Multi Purpose Glue on all three cards
  • Wrap White Bakers twine around the 3 images, attach Tassel and tie into a bow.
  • Attach dimensionals to back of the images and adhere to card fronts.
  • Slightly bend each of the 3 leaves on each leaf. Using Multi Purpose glue on steams of the leaves tuck them under the images where the Tassels are.
  • Add three Frosted and Clear Epoxy Droplets to each card.

 

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Monthly Team Blog Hop April 2020 – Timeless Tulips

Published on by Michele Jutrisa

Thank you for joining us for our Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrator Monthly Blog Hop! As you follow the hop I hope you find lots of ideas and inspiration. We are a group of Stampin’ Up!® Demonstrators from around the world taking part in a training program helping us to build a successful Stampin’ Up!® Business and reach some of our goals. Thank you, we really appreciate your support.

Timeless Tulips

Today’s card was created using  Stampin’ Up! ®  Timeless Tulips stamps and Faux Water Colour Technique.

How to achieve a Faux Water Colour look.

  • Ink up the Tulip image with Mango Melody ink and sponge Poppy Parade Ink around bottom edges and up one side.
  • Stamp image onto Shimmery White cardstock
  • With Aqua Painter lightly go over the stamped image with a slightly wet brush to blend colours.

Products & Measurements used…

How did I make this card…

  • Stamp the smaller tulips directly onto the card front along with stems and leaves following the above directions.
  • The two larger tulips and two leaves were stamped onto a scrap of Shimmery White cardstock and punched out using the coordinating punch.
  • Add a splatter Mango Melody and Poppy Parade ink onto the card front using watered down ink and Aqua Painter.
  • By using Stamparatus I was able to positioned the sentiment and stamped it in Poppy Parade.
  • Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon was wrapped around card front twice and adhered to the back with snail.
  • Then attach the card front to card base with dimensionals
  • Adhere the large tulips and leaves to card front also with dimensionals.
  • I then tied a double bow using a bow maker in the Whisper white Seam Binding and attach with a glue dot.
     It’s a simple card to make and I hope you give it a try and make one for yourself.

     

    Thank you for coming by today! We have an amazing line up of Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators and we know you are going to love all the amazing projects that you are going to see today.So you don’t miss out on anyone’s page you are currently on my page – Michele Jutrisa. The next page to visit is listed below my name on the list below. (If I am the last on the list then, jump up the top and continue from there)  Enjoy the hop!

     



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    Sailing Home…

    Published on by Michele Jutrisa

    I have had so much fun with the ‘Come Sail Away’ Suite by Stampin’ Up! These cards I played with water colour back grounds. I made about 6 water colour pieces trying to get two that I liked.

    Both of these backgrounds were done with lots of water and re-inkers.

    The card above I used Pacific Point and Coastal Cabana Re-inkers.

    The colours used on this card were Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Coastal Cabana with Rock Salt sprinkled over the top. The salt adsorbs the ink and this has left the pink spots.

    How did I do the water colour…

    • I do most of my colouring were there is a lot of water used in a foil baking tray lined with paper towel.
    • Cut water colour paper to the size required 9.7cm x 13.7cm
    • spray water all over water colour paper.
    • Add a few drops of lightest re-inker first and the only a couple of the darker re-inker.
    • Spray again with water and move the ink around by turning water colour paper around.
    • I found I had to move quickly because as soon as I added the ink to paper it wanted to adsorb and that left the darker spots.
    • Allow to dry.

    I used Blends to colour the lighthouse, anchor, and compass. In colours Pool Party Combo, Bermuda Bay Combo, Daffodil Delight Light, Smoky Slate Light and Sahara Sans Combo.


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