Hello everyone and thank you so much for joining us today for a fun Card Making Therapy Blog Hop! I don’t know about you, but I find cardmaking to be both relaxing and therapeutic. I love to turn to cardmaking after a long day working on the computer or in the evening after doing the housework. I especially love to color using various mediums. I’ve been sharing lots of projects lately colored using pencils, but today I have a Christmas card colored using watercolors!
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
As always, I filmed a video tutorial showing how to create this project from start to finish. I’m hoping you’ll enjoy it. Watch it below or on my Youtube channel.
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CARD DETAILS
I started working on this project by stamping a custom background using Simon Says Stamp Poinsettia stamp set onto Arches Hot Pressed Watercolor paper. Be sure to watch my video above to learn how I made this background without the use of masking. I stamped 6 flowers and also added a few leaves next to each poinsettia.
Once my background was done I taped my watercolor paper onto a board and started coloring it using the wet on wet technique. I used colors that are now available in my exclusive Daniel Smith Yana Smakula palette at Simon Says Stamp and colored poinsettias using Pyrrol Red and Bordeaux. I colored all of the flowers with Pyrrol and when doing the second layer of color mixed in a bit of Bordeaux and made 3 of the flowers darker.
To color leaves I first used Sap Green and later came in with Undersea Green to darken the colors. I also painted the background for this card as I didn’t want to keep it white. I know now everybody is a fan of dark backgrounds but I can’t get enough of them lately. I used Indigo and Lunar Blue colors for the background.
Once my coloring was done I trimmed this panel to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2″ and foam mounted onto an A2 card base. To create a sentiment I used Simon’s Stained Glass greetings stamp set and coordinating dies.
HOP ALONG WITH US!
Little Crafty Pill
Laura Bassen
Nina Revis (Waffle Flower)
Yana Smakula – you are here
Pretty Pink Posh
Debby Hughes
GIVEAWAY!
There are 10 prizes to be won during this hop! Six 20$ gift cards to the Simon Says Stamp store (one for each stop on the blog); A 25$ gift card to Concord and 9th; A 30$ gift card to Pretty Pink Posh; A 25$ gift card to Waffle Flower; A coloring class by Kit and Clowder.
Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on all the posts on this blog hop by 11:59pm EST on October 17th and will be announced on Amanda’s blog on October 19th.
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Poinsettia Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Stained Glass Greetings Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Stained Glass Greetings Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Stained Glass Greetings Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Daniel Smith Yana’s Set Watercolor Palette Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Tool ‘n One Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
 Arches Hot Pressed Watercolor Pad 9×12″ Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Sap Green 5ml Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Undersea Green 5ml Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Indigo 5ml Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Pyrrol Red Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Bordeaux 15ml Shop at: SSS |
 Daniel Smith Lunar Blue Shop at: SSS |
 Silver Black Velvet Brush Size 4 Round 300541 Shop at: SSS |
 Silver Black Velvet Brush Size 8 Round Shop at: SSS |
 Jack Richeson 9 X 12 Inch Hardboard Panel Shop at: SSS |
 Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS |
 White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS |
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Beautiful card! I love your water coloring:) THANK YOU!
Wow! Gorgeous card! Love it!
Yana these poinsettias are so wonderful. I love all the shading they almost look like you could touch them. Nicely done. Watching your videos is therapy for me.
Beautiful card–can hardly wait to try out your technique.
Beautiful and I love the dark background
Beautiful card! I really like how you painted the entire card.
Such a beautiful card!!
Wow… gorgeous poinsettias with such beautiful coloring! I am enjoying this hop and all the lovely creations. So happy that stamping and creating cards can bring such joy to all!
That is so beautiful!
I am totally intimidated by watercolor but may give it a try thanks to your ease with demonstrating it.
Love this design and technique! The background looks great. I’m glad you kept at it!!
Beautiful card, I really like the deep, rich colors. I find watercoloring to be therapeutic as well. Lately I have not been doing it as much, but this video is a great reminder to go back and spend some time with my paints!
This card is stunning!! :-O
A beautiful card.
Love the gold outlining and the fantastic
coloring of the poinsettias.
The blue background is exquisite.
thanks for sharing.
beautiful card Yana – and thanks for supporting Amanda
Wow – very artsy card. I don’t see watercolor as a de-stresser, but that’s because I am really bad at it. You make it look so simple.
Stunning!
GORGEOUS card Yana! I love everything about it! Love the splatters of gold on the flowers themselves! I am very timid about adding watercolor backgrounds so thank you for the inspiration and little push to give it a try! Think I might need to get your pallet of watercolors! I love the color combinations you use!
Love this card
Great tips on embossing the background! I’ve just gotten your watercolor sampler and cannot wait to try it. As you said on another video, it is a good way to try a lot of colors them without investing a lot.
What a cool card! I first thought the background was grey, but now I see it’s blue and I love this shade!
beautiful card and beautiful reason for hoppping!
Your card is stunning. I’m so glad you join Amanda in this special blog hop.
Truly gorgeous work of art!
Love the colors on this card. Thanks for sharing.
The dark background is gorgeous as well as the flowers! Loved this card and video. Thank you.
Stunning card. Love the colors.
Beautiful card and thank you so much for sharing your design with us.
I love your cards. I watch your videos all the time.
Lovely card. Thanks for sharing your technique video.
Really like how you and Debby came up with similar ideas but demonstrated different cards
I love the colors and coverage of this card
What a lovely card. Your watercolor palette (congratulations on that, by the way) is especially apropos for the holidays, I think. I’d never seen the bordeaux color, but I’m in love. Thank you for showing us a beautiful design and technique. And thank you for supporting Amanda and the bloghop!
Very pretty card!
Beautiful card Yana. And it’s lovely that you’re joining Amanda on this blog hop too! Crafty hugs, Dennice
This is one stunning card!! Thanks for sharing!
Very beautiful ! 🙂
Wow Yana!!! Stunning card!!! I love the bold background!
This is stunning! I love your watercolor cards…..well, I’m pretty sure I love all of your creations, Thank You!!
I love the idea of removing the extra embossing powder instead of masking! What a time saver. I don’t think I knew about the 2 kinds of water color paper…cold and hot. Thanks for the great demo. This is a card I will play with as it is stunning!
A truly stunning card, Yana! Beautiful coloring! They look so real that I want to touch them. Thanks for sharing this awesome creation.
Gorgeous card idea!
Yana, your watercoloring is beautiful. Thanks so much for the video!
I would have never thought to use red with a blue background for a holiday card – it’s beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
What a beautiful card. I need to do more watercolor, but I tend to stick to what I’m better at… Copic coloring. 🙂 Thank you for your inspiration. You always make such beautiful cards.
Gorgeous card, so colourful and amazing.
Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing your inspiration!
And I find cardmaking as a way to end the day relaxed!
Beautiful watercoloring! Love the rich colors and the texture in the painting!
What a beautiful card! Love the poinsettias embossed in gold, and your watercoloring is gorgeous!
Beautiful card!