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Textured Watercolour Floral Card with Stencilled Halo and Gold Accents - the finished project — The finished project

Make a beautiful 'Best Wishes' card featuring watercolour flowers in shades of pink, purple and blue with delicate green leaves. The floral arrangement is enhanced with a subtle stencilled halo effect and scattered gold metallic ink splats for added sparkle. This elegant design uses textured watercolour paper and combines stamping, watercolour painting and stencilling techniques.

You will need

Stamps By Me Confetti Ink - Mushroom - 180822HSEE IT

Carta - Traditional Watercolour Paper - A5 - WCPA501SEE IT

Stamps By Me Lamination Stamp - Celebrate - 221223ASEE IT

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Step by step

Cut a piece of A5 watercolour card and position it textured side up on your craft mat.
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Position a second piece of watercolour card beneath the first piece to create a fold line for your card base. Tape the pieces together at the fold.
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Apply purple ink to the flower centres and teal ink around the edges using the solid portion of the Celebrate stamp. Work the ink into the textured areas of the watercolour paper.
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Apply green ink to all the leaf and stem areas of the stamped floral design using a blending brush or sponge.
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Spray the inked stamp with water three times using a water sprayer to activate the watercolour effect on the mushroom ink.
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Press the Celebrate stamp firmly onto the textured watercolour card, holding it in place to ensure good ink transfer from the mushroom ink pad.
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Dry the coloured floral design thoroughly using a heat gun, moving it over the entire stamped area until the watercolour is completely dry.
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Stamp the outline portion of the Celebrate stamp in black ink over the dried watercoloured floral design, positioning it carefully to frame the flowers.
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Clean the stamp thoroughly. Position the mini stylized circle stencil over the stamped flower design, centring it to create a halo effect around the flowers.
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Using a blending brush lightly loaded with pink ink, tap gently through the stencil to create a soft halo effect around the flower. Keep the application subtle and light.
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Reposition the stencil over the card and apply gold metallic confetti ink with a brush, creating splats within the circular aperture.
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Use a white gel pen to add detail to the flower centres and enhance any lost design elements on the watercolour floral image.
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Tips from the show

The textured side of watercolour paper creates a more authentic watercolour appearance than the smooth side.
Be careful when stencilling through the stylized edges as they require a gentle touch.
White gel pen dries slightly lighter than it appears when wet, so you can layer it to build up detail.

Textured Watercolour Floral Card with Stencilled Halo and Gold Accents

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