Watercolor succulents bouquet birthday card & tutorial

Hello.  Here is my watercolor succulent bouquet birthday card in blue for today.  This one was relaxing to make, adding the soft colors.

Sentiment:  Wishing you a happy birthday!  And many more!

Today, for this big succulent bouquet, I added layers of watercolor to the stamping.  It took a while to add the details in watercolor, but that is the relaxing part.  Also, I used colors inspired by my daughter's upcoming wedding.  She wants succulents with a blue hue to be part of it.  So, I used stamps from three different kits for the outside and for the inside of the card.

Helpful tips:

Here are helpful tips for creating this.  To begin, stamp the succulents onto watercolor paper with waterproof ink.  Also, stamp and trim the sentiment and the inside sentiment.  Next, trim or die-cut the succulent panel to fit the card base.  Then, make a watercolor palette by mixing color and water together in different hues.  Next, using a damp watercolor brush or a water brush, add color to the inner petals or creases in the darkest hues.  Then, pull out the color from that hue outward to the petal tips, for each color and section.  Finally, once dried, assemble the card and accents, to finish.

I made a quick video tutorial showing the process for this project.

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Here is another look.

Supplies: Unity Stamp Co. Succ-y Without You {August 2020 Whit Kit}, Aging Gorgeously {July 2020 Sentiment Kit} and Flutter Away (inside sentiment); Altenew watercolor half pans and palette mat; clear double-sided flat and foam tape, My Creative Time Rectangle Frame Die Layers, Pink Fresh Studio slim ornate banner dies, Ranger watercolor paper and jet black archival ink; watercolor brush, adhesive gems and craft tweezers.


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Watercolor Wednesday.

Thanks for visiting.  Have a fabulous day.

Gaylynn