Nautical Fish Watercolour Card

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Make a charming nautical-themed card featuring stamped fish on a watercoloured background with red, white and blue splatter details. The simple design is versatile enough for weddings, birthdays or seaside-themed occasions.

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Step by step

1. Space your fish stamps down a piece of watercolour card stock. ▶ watch 28:45
2. Stamp the fish using black ink to create clear, detailed impressions. ▶ watch 29:00
3. Apply a water stripe over the stamped fish to make the paper more absorbent. ▶ watch 30:00
4. Drag light blue watercolour ink across the paper from the edge, building colour gradually. ▶ watch 31:00
5. Swap to red watercolour ink and drag across alternate fish to create a nautical colour scheme. ▶ watch 32:15
6. Use a heat gun to dry the watercolour. ▶ watch 33:00
7. Add blue splatter details across the background to break up the white space. ▶ watch 33:45
8. Add red splatter details to further enhance the nautical theme. ▶ watch 34:00
9. Dry the card again with the heat gun. ▶ watch 34:30
10. Mount the watercoloured panel onto black card as a matte layer. ▶ watch 35:00
11. Mount the black layer onto a white card base. ▶ watch 35:15
12. Create a sentiment strip by stamping 'shallow' repeatedly on a strip of white card. ▶ watch 36:00
13. Mount the sentiment strip onto black card and attach to the card front. ▶ watch 36:30

Tips from the show

• There are no mistakes with this technique—even if something doesn't go as planned, you can work with it.
• You can use the same stamp set vertically with different colours to create varied effects.
• Consider using fishing wire or invisible thread to hang pre-coloured elements like crabs for movement.

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