Lamination Watercolour Flower Card with Outline Detail

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Create a realistic watercolour-effect flower card using the two-part lamination stamp technique. The solid stamp is inked with multiple colours and spritzed with water, then stamped onto card to create a beautiful blended, artistic finish that looks like you've hand-painted it.

You will need

Stamps By Me - Creative Watercolours 6 X 6 Paper Pack 221222CSEE IT

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Step by step

1. Place the solid lamination stamp onto an acrylic block. ▶ watch 26:00
2. Ink the flower heads with pink, adding a darker Fandango shade to the centres for depth. ▶ watch 26:15
3. Ink all the green leaves with a lime green colour. ▶ watch 27:00
4. Add teal ink to some of the leaves to prevent the design looking flat. ▶ watch 27:45
5. Spray the inked stamp with water using a spray bottle—not too much, not too little. ▶ watch 28:45
6. Press the stamp firmly onto white cardstock, then lift away to reveal the watercolour effect. ▶ watch 29:00
7. Once dry, ink the outline stamp in black ink. ▶ watch 30:15
8. Stamp the outline over the watercoloured design to add definition and detail. ▶ watch 31:00
9. Mount the finished design onto a card base. ▶ watch 31:30

Tips from the show

• If the result is messy or you don't like it, the card can go in the bin and you can try again with different colours—there's no pressure to be perfect.
• Never throw away lamination cards even if they have too much water; they still look awesome.
• The sketch-style outline stamp doesn't need to line up perfectly; as long as it's in the vicinity, it looks intentional.

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