Laminated Watercolour Floral Slimline Card

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Create an elegant slimline card featuring vintage-style watercolour florals in soft pinks and teals. This project uses a two-part lamination stamp system to build up layers of colour and detail, producing a beautiful hand-painted effect. The technique involves layering coloured inks, spraying with water, and stamping outline details to achieve a professional watercolour finish.

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Step by step

1. 

   Take a piece of white card stock cut to slimline size and place it on your craft mat.

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2. 

   Using a large blending brush, apply a yellow-orange Distress Ink around the edges of the white card panel to create a vintage border effect.

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3. Using the solid part of the lamination stamp, add vibrant flower designs in pink and purple inks across the cream card. Stamp teal-coloured leaves to complete the floral design. ▶ watch 40:15
4. 

   Ink up the solid portion of the stamp with pink ink, covering all the flower areas completely. Ensure even coverage across the entire floral design.

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5. 

   Take your ink pad and apply purple ink to some areas of the stamp. Add green or teal ink to the leaf sections of the stamp.

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6. 

   Spray the inked stamp with water using a spray bottle. Apply two to four sprays depending on how fluid you want the watercolour effect to be.

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7. 

   Press the stamp firmly onto the card and hold it in place, allowing the water and pink ink to transfer onto the surface. You can see the watercolour effect beginning to spread on the mat.

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8. 

   Lift the stamp away from the card and allow it to dry slightly. Repeat the stamping process with the pink and teal flowers in different areas of the card to build up your floral design.

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9. 

   Spray the stamp three times with water for a softer, more blended effect. This creates a different look compared to using fewer sprays, which would give crisper, more defined details.

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10. 

    Clean the stamp thoroughly to remove the coloured ink. Once clean and dry, ink up the detail portion of the stamp with black ink, ensuring even coverage.

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11. 

    Stamp the black detail layer over the dried watercoloured panel, carefully aligning it with the coloured flowers and leaves to add definition and shading.

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12. 

    Stamp a sentiment from the set in black ink in the centre of the white space on the card panel.

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13. 

    Using black ink and an applicator, swipe around the edges of the white card base to create a border frame effect.

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14. 

    Mount the finished white floral panel onto black card stock, positioning it to leave a narrow border visible on the left and right sides to create a polished slimline card.

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Tips from the show

• Do not worry if colours bleed into one another; this is part of the lamination effect and creates a more realistic watercolour appearance.
• Experiment with different numbers of water sprays to find your preferred level of detail and blending.
• You can use the solid and detail stamp portions separately if desired; they do not have to be used together.

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