Vintage watercolor holiday card ~ mailbox theme

 Hello.  Today, I am sharing a vintage watercolor holiday card with a mail or postage theme.

Sentiment:  

Making spirits bright.  Let your heart be light.

Using light colors and accents, this vintage watercolor holiday card came to life.

I share a video tutorial for this project and technique.

Helpful tips:

In summary, here are helpful tips for making a vintage watercolor holiday card.  To begin, stamp using waterproof ink onto watercolor paper.  Also, mask the envelopes to make a cascading look to them.  Next, prepare an A2 card base from colored cardstock.  Then, make a palette of desired colors for your project.  I blended some of the colors together to get the hues that I wanted.  Then, using a wet paint brush, carefully add touches of color, one section at a time.  Once finished, heat set or leave out to dry completely.  Finally, adhere the panel onto the card base, with added gems or embellishments, to finish.

Here is another look.

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Supplies:

Unity Stamp Co.
Making Spirits Bright Scallops & Rectangles (nesting dies)

Also, black hybrid ink pad, glue, magnetic die storage sheets, plastic stamp & die storage pockets, new Misti stamping tool, flat double-sided tape ATG, foam tape, desk mat, tweezers, die-cutting machine, scoring board, bone folder, craft scissors, waterproof craft sheet, A2 envelopes, heat tool, watercolor paper, adhesive gems, color card stock cement gray, Sakura Koi watercolor, Gelly Roll pen #10, paint brushes, Staedtler Triplus Fineliner pens in red and teal.

Be sure to visit the Unity blog for the entire article and tutorial. 

 Also, you can find my other features Unity:

Technique Time and
Watercolor Wednesday.

Thanks for visiting,
Gaylynn

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