Watercolor Background

A friend asked me about my recent watercolor background so I decided to make a tutorial

I'm using a set of  used 28 watercolor "cakes" that my friend, Lynette gave me.

I think they are made by Simbalion.

I used a brush from my stash.

I wet my brush with water and swish it on the color cake to fill my brush with rich color!

Then I paint the colors in sections.

I'm using a "watercolor textured" paper that was given to me.

I don't know the weight or brand. It is about 4.5" high and 7.5" wide.

You can see from the photos that I just just keep adding colors.

The paper curls. It's ok if the colors run together. Makes things interesting!

Normally I let the paint air dry, but I was in a hurry to finish the card, so I used my heat tool. 

Here is the dried paper photographed in daylight, showing more accurate color.

The previous photos were taken with fluorescent light giving a blue cast.

I used half of my watercolor paper for my card. 

Roughened the edges with a distress tool.

Here is the inside, with a layer of thinner cardstock.

with a Fiskars edge punch.

Materials

Stamps: Hero Arts, Michael Strong, PrintWorks, Tim Holtz

Inks: distress peacock feathers, broken china, squeezed lemonade

Stampin Up orchid opulence, lavender lace

Versafine black onyx 

Fun fur fiber, gemstones, dimensional foam tape