
Hi everyone! It’s Laura here and today I am back with a bright and cheerful card and a video showing how to create an easy watercolor background with Distress Ink Reinkers!

I created the background on some watercolor cardstock that I had die cut with the Scallop Heart Cover die. I wet the panel with water and added a few drops of Distress Reinkers in Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and Tumbled Glass.
I also added some droplets with water, my Distress Inks, white acrylic paint and Spectrum Noir Sparkle ink in the color Jade.

The images I used today are part of the Under the Sea stamp set. I stamped them with Spectrum Noir black alcohol proof ink on Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock and colored them with Illustrator markers.
Here is the list of markers I used
Manta Ray: LV3, HB3, HB2, HB1
Jelly Fish: BP7, BP5, BP3, BP1
Squid: OR1, GY3, CT4, CT2
Puffer Fish: JG5, GT3, GT2, GT1
Sea Horse: TB5, TB3, TB1
Crab: CT10, CT7, CT4
Tiny Fish: CT4, CT2, LY1
Star Fish: OR3, OR2, OR1
Sea Weed: CT4, CT2, CT1
Coral: BT6, IB3, IB2, IB1
Rocks: IG7, IG5, IG3
Once the coloring was over, I die cut the images with the coordinating dies.

For the sentiment I used the Lovely Words dies and for the black card background I used the Darling Ribbon and Frames dies.
I added some finishing touches with a glitter brush pen, a white gel pen and a black glaze pen. I mounted everything on a side folding card base and that finished off my card.
If you are interested in seeing the step by step process, here’s my video for you! I hope you like it!
Thank you all for stopping by and have a great day!
Laura
S U P P L I E S
• UNDER THE SEA
• UNDER THE SEA DIES
• Darling Ribbon & Dotted Frames – Creative Dies
• Scallop Hearts Cover
• LOVELY WORDS DIES
• GLUE
• EMBELLISHMENT WAND
3 comments
Sweet! Love the colorful ocean life on the pretty background. TFS.
These critters are so adorable, love the fun ocean background.
Gorgeous card Laura and stunnnig background. Thank you so much for your video turorial and have a wonderful day.