Three Watercolor Flower Cards

 These stamped flower cards from Posh Impressions have an artful delicacy and transparency that captivates the viewer. It is true watercolor at its very best.

Materials:

• Dee Gruenig Marvy brush art markers
• Watercolor brush from local stamp or art supply store
• Watercolor paper called hot press from art supply store. Two good brands are Arches & Cannon
• Le Pen or Le Plume fine point pen from Marvy or similar
• Watercolor Flower Set #1 seen at right
• Spatter Stamp found in the same set (click link at left & spatter stamp is at top left of set you will see in the close up. Available only as part of the set.
• Optional: you might want to try it with Prang conventional watercolors, too.

Modern Marvy Watercolor & Ink Iris

Steps:

1. Color Iris stamp with Marvy marker, wet it slightly.
    
2. Stamp on watercolor paper.
    
3. Use watercolor brush with water to “move” the ink around a bit.
    
4. Wet paper in spots & use splatter stamp on the wet paper.
    
5. Touch up further by putting Marvy pen color on an acrylic mount using it as a palette.
    
6. After ink is dried, delicately sketch some black accents on it.

Modern Marvy Watercolor & Ink Coneflowers

Steps:

1. Trim watercolor paper to 3 ½ x 5 ¼”.
    
2. Edge edges of panel with gold pen.
    
3. Place work over coordinating pink panel 5 ¾ x 3 ¾, leaving larger overlap on top & bottom than on sides.
    
4. Cut slit in center of card fold. Slip sheer light green ribbon through slit & secure on back of card.
    
5. Layer watercolor panel over a 4 ¾ x 6 ¾” white card.

Modern Marvy Watercolor & Ink Daffodil

Steps:

1. Trim watercolor panel to 3 1/8 x 4 1/2 “.
    
2. Edge panel with gold pen.
    
3. Make a card of 4 1/8 x 5 ¾” from rust colored cardstock.
    
4. Cut a 2 ¾ x 5 ¾”panel from green cardstock.
    
5. Glue cardstock to right side of card.
    
6. Cut a 78” x 4 ¾” panel from green cardstock.
    
7. Cut a 2 ¼ x 3 ¾” panel from rust cardstock.
    
8. Layer as shown in example with green on rust, rust on green.
    
9. Edge flower delicately with fine black pen.