Pinkfresh Liquid Watercolor Card Trio

Good morning! A few weeks ago, Pinkfresh Studios released some FABULOUS new Liquid Watercolors! I was going to be a guest on the release hop, but due to some postal issues, I didn't receive them until a little later. Then, life was crazy and it took me a bit longer than I hoped to get them out, play with them, finish some cards, take photos, and NOW finally get those photos edited and this post written! I hope it was worth the wait though - because I LOVE these new watercolors I have to tell you! 

I played with them in several different techniques for these cards, and so enjoyed all the different variations of color, blending, and intensity I could achieve with them so easily! And the colors are so rich and vibrant too!

First of all - I started with just a simple stamped scene on watercolor cardstock using Bloom and Grow stamp set and my MISTI to get a nice clear and crisp impression.

I used a mixture of Aquamarine, Bubblegum, Sunshine, Key Lime, and Sapphire and Licorice for these card. I mixed a few of the colors to get more shades and variation as well.

I particularly loved how well the Licorice worked for adding splatters! Without adding too much water - it stayed nice and deep and dark on my watercolor cardstock - I did add it after everything else dried to prevent the chance of it running. I also added some white gold splatter to this card with my Starry Colors palette for some shimmer and shine! Finished off with a yellow cardbase to make those colors pop!

For my next card, I thought it would be fun to try them out on just some sturdy white Neenah 110 lb cardstock instead of watercolor paper - I was blown away by how fabulously it worked!!!

I heat embossed the large floral image from Fleur 1 in gold on my white cardstock, then carefully added a bit of color to it. I was careful to not add too much water, but was amazed that my cardstock didn't warp or deform - YAY! I also die cut the floral image with the coordinating Fleur 1 dies.

I stamped some of the smaller leaf images from Fleur 1 in black on a panel of white cardstock to fit around the main image, then mounted it with foam adhesive over the top. I heat embossed a sentiment from Word Series: Brilliant on a strip of black cardstock, and mounted it with foam adhesive with a bundle of gold thread underneath. Added a few Pinkfresh Enamel Dots, and a good bit of splatters with some of the same watercolors - adding some gold with my Starry Colors palette again.

And finally, since I had bits of watercolor still on my palette and wanted to use them up, I created my own rough plaid design to use as a background on this next card!

For this one, I added strips of water with a wide brush on watercolor paper, then dabbed my paint in with a brush and let it spread out on it's own. I let the colors dry, then added stripes of black with the Licorice watercolor. I used the last touches of paint in the palette to add some splatters once that all dried.

For the focal point to place over my background, I used the beautiful new Modern Mandala Die cut from white, and tucked a slightly smaller solid circle behind it to keep it from being too busy with the background. I added a leaf cut from black with Botanical Branch (simply trimming off the frame with my scissors), and a sentiment from Be You stamp set heat embossed in white on a square of black cardstock.

And there you have it - lots of ideas and ways to use these fabulous new Liquid Watercolors! I can't wait to play with and use them lots more! NOTE: These are currently a pre-order, but I know that they are set to be shipping in the next week, so if you haven't ordered yet - this would be a great time to grab a few of them to try out without having to wait too long for them! You can find them all HERE if you are interested!

Also, since it's been a while, I thought I would link up with a couple of challenges! First up, the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Frame It (last card with Mandala forming a frame around the sentiment):

And Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes:

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