Beautiful Card Designs Made Easy

January 06, 2025

Water Colour Cards

Hi Everybody,

I was watching a young woman named
Shayda  Campbell
on YouTube
the other day and she was doing some really pretty stuff with water colours.

And so I thought I would get mine out again and try to follow what she did, and this is the result..

 I haven't done any water colouring for ages and I really enjoyed playing with them again.

I have a lot to learn but I liked Shayda's style of teaching and so I will be going back to her channel for more.

She finished some of her paintings with the fine black line around the edges and so I did that as well.

This blue card is created with a light wash of  over my water colour card and then with some silver paint I added in the  leaf following Shayda's instructions.

I used a black fine  liner pen to etch in the shape and added a little shading underneath to ground the image.

They are not brilliant but I was happy with both once I had finished.

Practice makes perfect 

Bye for now ...

Hugs xx





8 comments:

  1. Morning - to someone who is worse than useless freehand they certainly are brilliant. Some people can and then there’s me !!!

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  2. Well done Christina. I like the watercolour effect. I am not very good at colouring.
    Joyce Jennings x

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  3. Hello Christina watercolouring isn’t one of my strong points but, having seen your samples and looked at the Shayla Campbell link that you gave I’m going to give it a try. I particularly like your blue leaf/tree ~ it would make a super Christmas card.
    Hugs, Maggie Coleman xx

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  4. I am familiar with Shayda’s work. She is a great teacher. I love watercolour and it does indeed take a lot of practice. You did really well with your paintings.
    Christine Cloutier

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  5. These are great! You should be happy!

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  6. Good Morning Christina and all that visit this morning. I too never got around to watercolour although I love to watch others doing it. I followed the link to this young lady's you tybe.

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  7. Channel and watched her colour her perfume bottle. It looked beautiful. And who would have thought to do this.
    So to your cards they too are lovely . I see you have the way to do this . And I look forward to seeing more of your designs.... But as for me ... I don't think it's somehing I would want to start with. And who said they are not perfect ... Please don't put yourself down . You might not think they are perfect. But they are beautiful in the eye of the beholder.
    Sending hugs 🤗 and best wishes everyone who needs them today. Please stay safe and well 🙏. Kind regards Ann Toppcards in Leeds,

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