Watercolor Pumpkins

Hello crafters! Today I have a card to share with a stamped and watercolored background, filled with pumpkins.

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I took some freedom in the colors I used for this card, since I wanted pumpkin in different colors. The background stamp is Simon Says Stamp Pumpkin to Talk About, from last year's STAMPtember® release. I got the stamp too late and was already into winter stamping when it arrived. Now, it was time to ink it up. You can find this year's STAMPtember® release here. 

White emboss the Simon Says Stamp Pumpkin to Talk About on watercolor paper.

I colored one pumpkin at a time and paint with water first, for a wet-in-wet effect. After painting with water, drop in watercolor paint, making the pumpkin darker in some places. I used various Daniel Smith watercolors. 

Paint the stems in the same way. The embossing powder will resist the paint.

Add shadows with a darker mix of paint.

When dry, splatter the background with Winsor & Newton Permanent White gouache. 

The embossed lines will keep the paint from mixing in between the different areas of the pumpkins. The water tends to stay on the inside of the embossed lines. 

When you drop in a different shade into the previous layer of paint before it dries, the colors blend on the paper in sometimes unpredictable ways.

I had fun with the coloring. The purple paint is Amethyst Genuine. 

The sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp Grateful Florals and was white embossed on left-over watercolored paper. I then inked the stamp with Black Soot Distress Ink, misted with water and stamped, off-setting it for a shadow effect. Matte on Simon Says Stamp Slate cardstock and adhere with foam tape.

Don't miss all the inspiration and daily surprises during STAMPtember®.

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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