Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Stretch Your Watercolor Supplies: Pinkfresh Liquid Watercolors with You've Got This and Embroidered Blossoms Stamps



I recently ordered Pinkfresh Studios' Liquid Watercolors and just fell in love with the beautiful, vibrant colors.  Always looking for a way to stretch my supplies, I wondered if there was a way for me to combine these colors with gouache (one of my favorite painting mediums) for a new look.  The answer was a resounding yes... and I was amazed at how easy and effective this was in creating my own custom paint colors!

I started my card by stamping my sentiment from Pinkfresh's new You've Got This stamp set (one of my most favorite sentiment sets EVER... I just love this set!) and flowers from the Embroidered Blossoms set using light-colored ink on pool-colored cardstock.  I then created all of the colors in my card today by mixing Pinkfresh liquid watercolors with white gouache.  So simple!  To mix my colors, I would simply take a small dollop of white gouache and mix in drops of the liquid watercolors until I achieved the shade I was after.  After that, all there was to do was paint!  I love how the opacity of gouache allows you to paint directly onto colored cardstock.



I also love painting with gouache because its opacity allows you to paint light colors on top of dark colors.  Although I loved this card from the beginning, I really started having fun when I started creating unique color combinations on the leaves.  Combining these non-traditional colors together really brought the card to life.

I finished my card by adding little white dots using the same white gouache.  I hand stitched a few little white flower sequins onto the card because I just can't seem to finish a card without stitching something!



This project came together so incredibly easily using the Liquid Watercolors and a little white gouache.  I hope you give this technique a try!

If you haven't already, be sure to check out this post for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Pinkfresh Studios!  A winner will be selected on May 6, 2019.  Have a great day and happy crafting!


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