Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Growing in Unity Day 3 - Watercolor Cameras

Good morning again! I'm excited to be this weeks Growing in Unity gal for Unity Stamp Company! If you don't know how it works, I get to share my projects all week long, and then pick a comment from sometime during the week to win two itty bitty stamps of their choice! So...the more comments you leave, the better chance you have of winning! I will draw and announce a winner on May 5th! I have been so in love with the Watercolor trend lately, that I decided to do a weeks worth of watercolor projects! I am also going to give away a set of the same watercolor paints I have been using all week - so you can try out the watercolor trend as well!

Today I have two projects - same image and layout, just some different colors! I used another darling itty bitty, Angie's Camera for these. The colors were actually each inspired by a photo I found on Pinterest. Here is the first one:



Here was my color inspiration for this one:


For this one, I stamped the camera on watercolor paper, wet the paper down, then just doodled with different colors of watercolor paint, letting them run together wherever they wanted too. The sentiment is from the September 2012 Kit of the Month - I thought it went well with the camera image! Matted it in some yellow cardstock, then mounted it on my card base.



Next up, I have this one:


Here is my color inspiration:


For this one, I also stamped on watercolor paper and wet the paper down, but this time I used some of my distress inks to color it in. I smooshed them down on my nonstick mat, then just dipped a wet brush in the ink and added it to my paper. I also let the colors run together however they wanted too. Added a sentiment from the November 2013 Kit of the Month, matted in solid cardstock, then attached to my card base.


The best part? These cards are both flat and perfect for mailing! YAY!

Thanks so much for stopping by this week! See you again tomorrow!

33 comments:

  1. I'm flipping over both of these cards...oh my, love 'em!! Great way to make a "flat" card stand out in the crowd, Heather...you're totally jammin' on your GIU week. So happy I was able to get caught up on your posts. Looking forward to the rest of the week. Have a wonderful day today!!

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  2. Those are fabulous!!! So simple and colored in a way I wouldn't think to.

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  3. Wet the paper down? What does that mean?? What kind of brush? Which paints are you using?! Share your watercolor genius with me--these are incredible!

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  4. I am so into water coloring!! It adds such great dimension & remains flat!! I love your cards!

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  5. I love these! Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Beautiful cards Heather. Your techniques are fabulous.

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  7. I love how you took your inspirations and used it for your cards. Great work.

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  8. Your on a roll with these fun water color cards. I just love both of them. Just beautiful!!

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  9. They're both pretty, but I am partial to the first one with that mix of colors! So pretty! I love that they are flat and so easy to mail!

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  10. Lovely! I am enjoying all the water coloring techniques you are sharing this week! They are all so beautiful!

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  11. I can't decide which I like best, Heather! Love the effect of letting the paint run together on the wet paper. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  12. I love your cards and those inspiration photos. Great eye candy.

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  13. I'm loving all of the watercoloring this week. Great cards and a flat design is extra nice. You really don't miss all the embellishments the way you colored them. :)

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  14. These cards are super duper cute. And i must say your watercolor skills are beyond amazing. Way to go.

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  15. So pretty and easy! Thanks for sharing!

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  16. Oh my! love your watercolor camera and the sentiment..........simply gorgeous. I need that camera stamp. thank you for the inspiration!

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  17. Love Love Love the watercolor. Fabulous card.

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  18. Beautiful! I may have to try this. (may LOL). I like how you used the camera in a way I would have thought out of context, but it works so well! Perhaps I need to think more outside the box for my stamps.

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  19. Beautiful cards. I love what you are doing with water colour. So pretty.

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  20. Great variations in color. My fave is the first one.

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  21. Yikes, I LOVE these cards! The watercoloring is simply gorgeous!

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  22. I have to say that I would not have thought to color the cameras like that but OH MY GOODNESS! These cards are so beautiful and creative!

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  23. this is so beautiful!!! love these cards!! shd really try out this technique!!
    -Berina
    Moxie Craftie

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  24. These cards are so beautiful! I'm loving your water coloring!

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  25. great cards...love the watercolour look...

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  26. Gorgeous, especially loving all the different colors on the first one, way to really include lots of color but not make it muddy!

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  27. Awesome cards Heather! It's amazing how you can make two completely different-looking ares just y changing the colors (well, and paint vs ink.) You have shown the versatility of the medium really well!

    Amy E.
    Scrapthissavethat.com

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  28. Both cards are just beautiful!

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  29. Both cards are gorgeous. The 2nd way is the way that I have always done watercolors. As I said above, lol since I am going backwards, I loved your video b/c I hadn't seen the 1st way done before. It was nice that you showed 2 different styles. Thanks. Hugs~Patti

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  30. You're so artistic! Love the cards!

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  31. Great cards. I have been playing with my water colors of late and your projects are really inspiring me.

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