How To: Watercoloring on Cardstock and Foiling Acetate Words

Let’s Watercolor and Foil!

Happy Sentiment Saturday! The brand new Unity Stamp Company sentiment kit is out and it is a beauty. The trio of flowers is so pretty, I thought they would look so lovely watercolored. Get ready, I’m using regular cardstock. I know, it is shocking but it is one of my favorite things to do. I also have some leftovers from my previous Deco Foil Adhesive Transfers and have a great way to use up the leftover acetate words.

Featured Stamp Set

Love You Dearly

Deco Foil Adhesive Transfers USC | SB

Just look at those flowers! They are great on their own or stamped all over for a background. There is a great mix of encouraging and general sentiments in this kit. The fonts are lovely and are going to be a staple to have in your craft room.

Card no. 1

The Details

Boom! Just look at that color. My favorite thing about a single stamp is that you can quickly create your own background just by stamping it a few times and then die cutting it out. I stamped these flowers a few times on Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock. I find this is the perfect weight for me. You could go with 100lb but the paper soaks in the water faster and the paint doesn’t have as much freedom to move. You definitely don’t want anything lighter than 80lb or the water will fray and peel the paper.

Make sure you use watercolor-friendly ink and then pick your paint medium. I prefer highly pigmented inks or paints like Distress Inks or Karin markers. Today, I used my Karin Brushmaker Pros but I’m fond of both. You can use regular watercolors as well.

The most important thing to remember, keep your water to a minimum. Do one layer at a time and you can slowly layer and build up your color. Do not saturate the paper with ink, it just can’t handle that. But if you limit your water you are good to go. Make sure you check out my video below for my process and tips for how I like to watercolor on paper.

Check out that beautifully foiled sentiment. Once I used the transfer portion (check out THIS POST for those cards), I wanted to see if the leftover label on the acetate would react to foil. I’m happy to say it did!!! Now I can get double the foiled sentiments from one packet. You do need to add heat (from a laminator or Minc) to use the leftovers. Check out the video on how I accomplished that with the Glimmer Hot Foil System.

Assemble This! Video

Watch along as I assemble this card sharing my process and tips on how this card was created. Watch here or in HD on Youtube.

Card no. 2

The Details

I thought these flowers were so pretty, I needed another card. This time I watercolored with blue and yellow in support of Ukraine.

I thought the sentiment “Hope will see you through” was so lovely. Keeping hope and peace in my heart for those in the Ukraine.

Card no. 3

The Details

For my third card, I did something similar but popped the sentiment up over the center.

I kept the background pattern paper subtle but the colors were a great match. Plus a few little droplets were a nice addition.

Thanks for joining me today. I hope you are inspired by today’s project. If you create something, I’d love to see it. Join us in the Unity Show & Tell Facebook group to share your card and tag me.

Supplies

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Love You Dearly USC	Scallops & Rectangles dies USC	DecoFoil Unity Gold Glitter SB	Adhesive Transfers Sentiments 1 USC | SB	Neenah 80lb Solar White SB
VersaFine Onyx Black SB	Watercolor Brushes AMZ	Karin Markers OTH | AMZ	Metal Shim 5.5 x 7.75 AMZ | EH	Solid Hot Plate 4.5 x 5.75 option SB | AMZ | EH
Solid Hot Plate 5×7 option SB | EH	Glimmer System SB | OTH	Cutter Bee Scissors SB	MISTI – Mini SB	MISTI – Original SB
Foam Roll – 2 Inch SB	Foam Roll Combo Pack SB	Big Shot SB	Stamping Tool SB	Media Mat Mini SB
Laminator AMZ	clear droplets SB

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