Wednesday
Feb292012
DIY // Watercolor Notecards
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
For the past few months, I've been more and more intrigued by watercolor. It's definitely trending among most of the blogs that I read. I've never been much of a drawer, but what I love about watercoloring is that you don't need to be a good drawer in order to produce beautiful work.
Over the past weekend, I've been playing around with techniques. I really liked painting in stripes and learning how to control my brushstrokes.
If you'd like to make these, it's super easy! I picked one of my favorite color combos: blue and orange.
For this project, I used cover/card-stock weight paper. You could use water color paper, but I found that this paper works really well too.
Using a round paint brush, paint lines from one color unto your paper. Don't worry about straight lines, or different thicknesses. One tip on thicknesses: if you hold your brush low to the brush, you'll have a thicker line. If you hold farther up toward the top of the brush, you'll have a thinner line.
Allow the paint to dry for 30 minutes.
Using a bone folder to smooth the fold, makes a crisp and clean fold.
I love the left over stripes and decided to use them to decorate the outside of the envelope. I used a glue stick to glue these on.
For this card, I also painted a new page, then cut the 8.5x11 paper into two rectangles in order to fit the front of an A6 fold-over card.
I hope that this inspires you to pick up a paint brush and make some watercolor notecards. Have fun with all sorts of color combinations! If you make them, send me a photo, I'd love to see them!
tagged DIY, card, notecards, painting, tutorial, watercolor in Painting, Paper Crafts, Tutorials
DIY, card, notecards, painting, tutorial, watercolor in Painting, Paper Crafts, Tutorials
Reader Comments (5)
What a fun way to make a card. I'm totally trying this out tonight! The color choices are inspiring too.
LOVE them! Makes me want to make a watercolor mess!
I like the commitment of watercolour - there's no going back! And it's quick too. Plus you can take them with you anywhere - very portable if you are travelling...
I just love this! Will buy some supplies soon!!! Thanks for the ideas!
I am totally stealing this idea... they are adorable and the way you made the little accessories... brilliant... I will be making sets to give for Christmas gifts... thanks for sharing... donna