Friday, March 23, 2018

Watercolor Blog Hog!

Hello friends!  TGIF!!!  

We are so excited to be hopping along with our friends at Ellen Hutson today.  We are featuring projects using our NEW Liquid Watercolors and are SO excited to show them off in action.  Avery Elle's liquid watercolors come in 10 gorgeous shades that can be used on their own or easily mixed together to create custom colors.  For an intense shade use the watercolors straight out of the bottle.  If you want lighter shades, just add various amounts of water to get the color you desire.  The possibilities are endless.  Be sure to check out all of the details of the hop as well as how to be entered to win one of TWO FULL SETS of our Avery Elle Liquid Watercolors over on the Ellen Hutson Classroom Blog.  

Let's get to the hop shall we?  

I used the Avery Elle Liquid Watercolors to create the under the sea background.  I sprayed the background watercolor paper with water and added drops of the liquid watercolors (Aquamarine, Sea Glass, and Mint to Be) directly to the wet paper.  I was able to swirl and blend the colors by just tilting and rotating the paper. I let the panel dry and repeated the process to create additional depth- no brushes required! 

I stamped images from the Bubbles and Mermaids stamp sets onto white paper and colored them with Copic Markers.  Does this scene remind you of a famous Little Mermaid? 

I stamped the sentiment with Versamark and embossed it with white embossing powder. A few clear gems add a finishing touch. 

Supplies:
Liquid Watercolors (Mint to Be, Aquamarine, Sea Glass)

That's all for me today! I hope you are inspired to make these awesome watercolors "A Part of Your World!"

You are off to Carly Tee Minner next.

A full list of the hop participants is below.


Thanks for stopping by!
Katie

53 comments:

  1. That's adorable! The background is perfect for an underwater theme.

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  2. SUPER CUTE water colored mermaid scene!

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  3. It's super cute card that lil crab and fishy are super cute. The background is just perfect😍

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  4. Such a cute card. Love the colors. Great background with these watercolors

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  5. So cute! Love the mermaid and those sweet sea critters ♥

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  6. This is so cute Katie! I love it!

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  7. oooh what a darling card - thanks for sharing :)

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  8. Such a cute card. I love the background you created and think it sets off the design beautifully!

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  9. Darling card - love the mermaid and the watercolors.

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  10. Lovely cute card! And the watercolors look so easy to use! Thank you!

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  11. Super cute card! Love the technique
    Thanks for sharing.

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  12. Sweet card. Love your color palette. Thanks for sharing.

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  13. beautiful background for your cute little mermaid!1

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  14. Great background and how you created its depth, must try that x

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  15. This is a great post to introduce those fabulous new products & I can’t wait to try some!

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  16. Wow these colors are so bright! Love the whole layout and great coloring job

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  17. I love those colors!
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  18. Would love to play with these colors. Very cute card.

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  19. Too cute Katie! Love the mermaid scene.

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  20. Wonderfull underwater card with that lovely Mermaid in it.

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  21. Such a sweet little card!!! :) I just love that cute little crab/lobster and your watercoloring is beautiful! :)

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  22. So cute! Amazing background & only 3 colors!! Love it!

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  23. I like the background for this cute mermaid scene.

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  24. Fantastic card! Super sweet mermaid and critters. Love the water colored background and the great texture from the water color paper.

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  25. Your coloring is excellent! Love your card!

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  26. So cute! Love that mermaid! Beautiful coloring with these liquid watercolors!

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  27. I just love that you created the background without brushes!

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  28. Mint to be. Love this card. Great background.

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  29. What a cute card! Love that background. Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win. :D

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  30. How adorable is your little mermaid !!
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  31. Great coloring. Love to hear how easy the liquid watercolors were to work with on the background. Guessing though that you didn't like them for coloring the images. Would like to know you thoughts on using them for detail work.

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  32. Simple easy backgrounds done in a flash- thank you!

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  33. I love the water background you achieved - it's remarkable that you were able to create that without even using one paint brush! So fun - amazing to see how well the Avery Elle watercolors blend together like that. Gorgeous!

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  34. Love your beautiful coloring. The sea critters are so cute.

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  35. Love seeing how the water colors performed. Looks like they can be a great asset for quick and easy cards.

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  36. Adorable card and I love this cute little mermaid. Beautiful background.

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  37. Lovely card! Love the background and the mermaid -- perfect!

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  38. It does remind me of a famous little mermaid. So cute!

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  39. "Mermazing" card! So adorable, and the background is beautiful.

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  40. Adorable mermaid card...sure to bring a smile!

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  41. Beautiful little scene! Love the watercoloring

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  42. Nice watercolor background. Cute card.

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  43. Oh this is so cute! You make those colors SHINE!!

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