Watercolour Technique (Blog Hop)

It's Christmas in July everywhere you look these days, so I was inspired to add a twist to our blog theme this month!  Our focus this month is on techniques and I had to use my very favourite technique--watercolouring--on this Christmas card.

I repurposed my Good Morning Magnolia stamp into a poinsettia!  

I heat embossed the flower image in gold and then used several ink colours to add depth and dimension.  This really is the EASIEST way to watercolour.  The heat embossing keeps the water and ink contained so you never colour outside the lines!

I layered the coloured and die cut image on a Forever Gold Laser Cut frame (with a rectangle of white cardstock behind to help it pop), and put it all on a card base of Shaded Spruce.  

Some added gems helped anchor my sentiment as well as provide the sparkle every Christmas card needs.

I kept the inside of my card simple with some more gold embossing.

For some added fun I decided to watercolour a matching envelope!  I used my (retired) Envelope Punch Board to create the envelope out of watercolour paper, and repeated the gold embossing and colouring on the front and back.

I think this will make a wonderful holiday surprise for someone when it really is Christmas. ;)

Please continue hopping along to see all the other wonderful techniques showcased this month:

A La Cards (Leena)

LollyandSand (Sandy)

SimpLeigh Stamping (Leigh)

Stampingjen.BlogSpot.com (Jennifer)