Watercolor With Dye Ink Pads ~ Penguin Card

It's winter time and this penguin greeting card is fitting for the season or for the holidays. To add luscious interest, watercolor with dye ink pads. Then pair with layers of coordinating cardstock and colors. These are stamps and dies from Unity Stamp Company and this card is also up on their blog today. The supplies are noted below.

Helpful Tips:

1. Prepare an A2-sized side fold card base from blue cardstock, 4 1/4" x 5.5" folded.

2. Stamp the penguin and the sentiment using black alcohol-friendly ink onto different sections of white cardstock.

3. From the bottom layer to the top, die-cut or trim a background frame layer from white wood patterned paper, a watercolor panel a little smaller, a smaller solid light blue frame layer and a small penguin panel to fit on top. All are about 1/4" size difference on each side.

4. Die-cut the sentiment plus a coordinating frame layer in blue cardstock.

5. Add a touch of color to the penguin. I used Copic markers.

6. Onto a palette mat, press a teal ink pad and also a blue ink pad in two different sections of the mat. Then lightly spritz each separately with water.

7. Onto the watercolor panel, add ink smooshing using the color from the dye ink pads. Pick up color by pressing a corner of the watercolor cardstock panel into one of the colors and again on the opposite corner with the other color. Spritz more water to move the color.

8. Heat set.

9. Optional, smoosh the corners again to get more watercolor detail.

10. Heat set again.

11. Finally, adhere all of the layers and a little heart over the card base.

For Supplies, click the button below to see the clickable affiliate link box with photos.

See the Video of the process.

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This is a look at the finished card.

Sentiment: Warm hugs.

Thank you for visiting.
Please take a moment to leave a comment or to say hello. Wishing you the very best.

Gaylynn

Here is a handy list of affiliate supplies for this project.

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• Penguin Hugs stamps

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• BIG Scallops & Rectangles dies

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