How To Add Beautiful Texture To Your Cards

Add a watercolor wash to your card!

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/how-to-add-beautiful-texture-to-your-cards • Posted by Terri W

This Dragonfly Dreams card was so easy to make but looks much more complicated.

You will need

Dragonfly Dreams stamp set #142924
Timeless Textures stamp set #140517
Clear Block D #118485
Big Shot #143263
Magnetic Platform #130658
Detailed Dragonfly thinlits #142749
Soft Sky ink #131181
Soft Suede ink #126978
Very Vanilla card stock #101650 - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (card base); 3 1/2" x 2 3/4" (for dragonfly); 1/2" x 3 1/4" (for phrase)
Soft Suede card stock #115318 - 5 1/4" x 4"
Watercolor paper #122959 - 3 3/4" x 5"
Aqua Painters #103954
SNAIL adhesive #104332
Stampin' Dimensionals #104330
Pearl Basic Jewels #144219
Paper Snips #103579

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Description

This Dragonfly Dreams card was so easy to make but looks much more complicated.

Instructions

1. Fold Very Vanilla card stock in half and crease to create card base.

2. Attach Soft Suede layer to card base using SNAIL adhesive.

3. Using Aqua Painters, add a wash of both Soft Sky and Soft Suede to watercolor paper layer.

4. Lightly stamp Timeless Textures images to watercolor paper to add a texture look.

5. Ink Dragonfly stamp using Soft Suede ink and stamp onto Very Vanilla scrap. Diecut using dragonfly thinlit.

6. Stamp phrase onto Very Vanilla strip using Soft Suede ink. Cut banner end using Paper Snips.

7. Attach phrase banner to Water color layer using SNAIL. Add dragonfly using Stampin' Dimensionals.

8. Attach Water color paper layer to card base using SNAIL adhesive. To complete add three small Pearl Jewels.