Category: watercoloring

Watercolored Floral card

~ Sathya ~ 6 Comments

Hi Friends!

Made a quick card using the watercolored clematis florals and leaves.

  • Stamped SSS-Mom’s clematis using the DI -Antique linen over Arches CP 300gsm
  • Watercolored using Danielsmith watercolors Dotcard
  • Assembled the florals onto a focal panel, which has given a waterwash with light pink and yellow tones, black splatters 
  • And sentiment is stamped from the same stampset using memento Tuxedo black.
  • These matted onto A2 sized top fold white card base.
  • Few green enamel dots for the finishing touch.
Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by!
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Floral card : Smile

~ Sathya ~ 10 Comments

Hiya Crafty peeps,

Yet another floral card on this Valentine season. This time I have used my brand new Altenew’s Forever in Love stampset and watercolored it with Gansai Tambi watercolors.

  • Stamped the florals using Antique linen to achieve a noline watercoloring look on Arches cold pressed watercolor paper.
  • Watercolored using Gansai Bambi watercolors.
  • Added pencil detailings with Prisma colored pencils.
  • Spalshed watered white paint generously over the florals.
  • Fussy cut them an kept aside.
  • Took the focal panel slightly smaller than A2 sized card and stenciled stripes using Altenew’s classy stripes stencil and Limestone dye ink slightly and in a faded fashion.
  • Then stamped sentiment from the same stampset using Memento Tuxedo ink.
  • Then generously splashed the black paint to the focal panel.
  • Matted this to the A2 sized top fold card base.
  • Then topped the fussy cut florals onto the card and the card is ready.
Hope you like it!

Linking this to the following challenges:

Craft Stamper : Anything goes Feb challenge

Flower challenge : Add leaves


HLS Feruary Watercolor challenge

PowerPoppy : Creative Confetti :Anything but a Heart

Papercrafter Magazine Issue 138

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Hi Crafty peeps,

SO Stoked to share that am on PaperCrafter magazine Issue 138, “Designer for the Day”.

My Heartfelt Thanks to the entire friendly Editorial Team for their lovely follow up and support.

A card made using Altenew boldblossom roses and watercolored using Kuretake Zig clean color brush pens.

Graciellie Design Birthday Blog hop

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Hi Crafty Friends!

“Happiest Birthday, Gracie Chavez”



Am so delighted to join Graciellie Design Birthday Blog hop for today. We have several new releases and I have used this Uber Gorgeous Tulips from Tulips & Daisies Digital stamp set.

Made a bunch of Tulips and these pretty ones demanded watercoloring and so I colored to my heart’s content using Zig clean color brush pens.

Over to the project,


  • Printed the tulip digis making a floral spray on a watercolor card.
  • Colored using Zig clean color brush pens. Geranium red for petals and for leaves used Green and Dark green brush pens.
  • For the bg, used Gansai Tambi watercolors (Green and Yellow)
  • Finally sprayed generous amount of watered down white acrylic paint.
  • Trimmed and matted this panel over a 4×6″ side fold Black card base. (*sentiment is hand stamped)
  • As a final touch, added clear dew droplets as accents.
Supplies used :  Tulips & Daisies


Visit Graciellie Design shop to check all the new releases. 
Current Shop Sale – 40% off, no code needed
Hop along and stop at each blog to leave some love and stand for the chance to win the Giveaway – $25 gift card.

Blog Hop Order




Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Hopping!!

Linking this to following challenges:

Uniko Challenge : Anything goes

Simonsaysstamp Wednesday challenge : Anything goes

AAAcards : 5th Birthday bash

Timeout challenges : Inspired by the florals

Simonsaysstamp Work it wednesday Summer vibes




You are Awesome: Floral Card

~ Sathya ~ 4 Comments

Hiya Crafty peeps,

Happy Tuesday!

Am here today with a last moment entry to the current Altenew challenge.

Over to the project!

  • Onto Canson Watercolor card, stamped roses and leaves from Altenew’s Bold Blossoms stamp set in Antique linen distress ink.
  • Tried no line coloring using Zig clean color brush pens.
  • The florals and leaves are fussy cut once done.
  • Onto the watercolor cs, misted the bg heavily with water and dropped the colors of blue followed by yellow from Gansai Tambi watercolors to create a hazy bg.
  • I went for a hint of colors in the bg.
  • Once dried, splattered fine black paint over the panel.
  • Added a chipboard and onto which the fussy cut florals and leaves are added with adhesive tapes.
  • Then generously spattered white paint onto the panel to make the whole card come together.
  • Sentiment from Altenew’s You are stamp set is white heat embossed onto a black cs and added to the panel.
  • Few clear dew droplets for added interest.
Hope you like it!
Happy Crafting!

Blossom & Flourish : Graciellie Designs

~ Sathya ~ 7 Comments

Hi Crafty peeps,

Am here today with a CAS styled mixed media card using Desert Rose from Graciellie Designs.

  • Took print out in watercolor paper and colored using Watercolor pencils.
  • Fussy cut the florals and heat embossed using UTEE clear Embossing powder.
  • Took a dark colored car base to match the florals, and applied Prima white crackle paste diagonally through Stamplorations Criss cross stencil.
  • After air drying it, added tinted gauze bits, beige lace bits in the floral spray and made it look dimensional.
  • Added dark pink micro balls on the laces, and few moss added randomly in bits.
  • Sentiment banner is distressed with pink pigment ink and added.
  • Few butterflies are fussy cut from Designer papers. These added along with few enamel dots to finish off the card.
Hope you like it!
Supplies:

Handlettered quotes + Watercolor florals – Trio Series1

~ Sathya ~ 2 Comments

Hi Friends!

During my June end to August Vacation at India, squeezed a lot of ME time amidst of my Family business and office works, and practiced Handlettering and Watercoloring florals.

Must say, every day i look forward for the evening time, to let my soul speak.

My little one would accompany me by smooshing his paint palette on his drawing book 🙂

And most of all, my dad would sit and watch patiently how we both do!!

Gonna share 3 projects per post 🙂

Hope you all like it!!

Hello October!

~ Sathya ~ 2 Comments

Hi Friends,
Simple watercolor wreath using Gansai tambi colors..and to mark the beginning of October, Autumn/ Fall season 🙂
Bit of calligraphy to go along with that! Hope you like it!

Watercolor Florals and Brush Lettering!!

~ Sathya ~ 4 Comments

In the series of Watercoloring and Brush Lettering combo, i did two artworks in Canton Montval watercolor paper with Gansai Tambi watercolors and did some Lettering by Kuretake Fudebiyori Metallic brush pens.

Yay!!! I never craft during my vacation at India…But this time, i wanna practice these newly learnt art forms, whenever i have little free time.

Truly i could see differences in my watercolor painting and acquired a bit confidence in brush strokes, as i mostly work with coloring stamped images, within boundaries.
This truly let my soul set free…

Hope you like it!!

More to come….Stay Tuned 🙂