{"id":7514,"date":"2020-03-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/articles\/?p=7514"},"modified":"2025-10-06T17:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T11:43:14","slug":"3-cards-using-quick-watercolor-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/3-cards-using-quick-watercolor-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"3 quick watercolor ideas, using one liquid watercolor, 3 ways!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello! I&#8217;ve come up with 3 quick watercolor ideas while  playing  with Craftangles &#8216;Poolside&#8217; liquid watercolour today <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can see my entire process video here on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xXksUNNXJQY\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youtube<\/a> on the HNDMD channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-colour-three-ways1-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"3 quick watercolor ideas\" class=\"wp-image-7516\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-colour-three-ways1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-colour-three-ways1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-colour-three-ways1.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F<em>or the first card, I decided to paint some evil eyes using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craftangles-liquid-watercolor-15-ml-poolside-ctlwps15\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles &#8216;Poolside&#8217; liquid watercolour<\/a> and also paint a panel from which I could die cut some feathers. <br>I saw an image of a evil eye dream catcher on Pinterest and wanted to recreate it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7819.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7518\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have video of the entire process up on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xXksUNNXJQY\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the HNDMD you tube channel.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/evil-eye-watercolour-2-576x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7519\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/evil-eye-watercolour-2-576x768.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/evil-eye-watercolour-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/evil-eye-watercolour-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/evil-eye-watercolour-2.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To create a soft background, I used Craftangles hexagonal stacks stencil with Tim Holtz black soot ink and Craftangles blending brushes. I wanted the evil eyes to really pop!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once all the watercoloured pieces were die cut and fussy cut, I put them together on the background panel and adhered the same to a 5&#8243;x7&#8243; white card base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the second card, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7814.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7521\" width=\"690\" height=\"517\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I used stamps and dies from the Craftangles &#8216;Super girls&#8217; stamp and coordinating die set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I used the supergirl die to die cut the card front panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7813-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7523\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I then stamped a simple sentiment on the front of the panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To create an inlay, I watercoloured a panel using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craftangles-liquid-watercolor-15-ml-poolside-ctlwps15\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles &#8216;Poolside&#8217; liquid watercolour <\/a>and used the same die to die cut the coloured panel.<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xXksUNNXJQY\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Check out the process video on the HNDMD video channel.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"581\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-colour-3-ways-2-1-581x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7524\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-colour-3-ways-2-1-581x768.jpg 581w, https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-colour-3-ways-2-1-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-colour-3-ways-2-1-768x1015.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-colour-3-ways-2-1.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I then inlaid the panel and adhered it all to a A2 size white card base to finish the card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the next card, I decided to do a watercolour wash using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craftangles-liquid-watercolor-15-ml-poolside-ctlwps15\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles Poolside liquid <\/a>watercolour and stamp a bold statement to create a simple card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7817-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7526\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You can check out the video on this quick watercolor ideas on HNDMD youtube channel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Quick watercolor cardmaking ideas\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xXksUNNXJQY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are all the panels at a glance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_7822-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7527\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here is the third card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-colour-three-ways-648x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7528\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-colour-three-ways-648x768.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-colour-three-ways-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-colour-three-ways-768x910.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/one-colour-three-ways.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The watercolours create such a dramatic background, its easy to add any sentiment to it and made a quick and simple card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hope you liked my cards and will enjoy the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xXksUNNXJQY\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks so much for stopping by! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! I&#8217;ve come up with 3 quick watercolor ideas while playing with Craftangles &#8216;Poolside&#8217; liquid watercolour today You can see my entire process video here on Youtube on the HNDMD channel. For the first card, I decided to paint some evil eyes using Craftangles &#8216;Poolside&#8217; liquid watercolour and also paint a panel from which I&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/3-cards-using-quick-watercolor-ideas\/\" class=\"button button-primary\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">3 quick watercolor ideas, using one liquid watercolor, 3 ways!<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":7516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1007],"tags":[3,101,1061,66,23,112,88,1083,1067],"class_list":["post-7514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspirations","category-videos","tag-craftangles","tag-easy-watercolor-cards","tag-greeting-cards","tag-handmade-cards","tag-hndmd","tag-how-to-make-quick-cards","tag-how-to-stamp","tag-how-to-use-liquid-watercolors","tag-how-to-watercolor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7514"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136241,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7514\/revisions\/136241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}