Clever Watercolor Stencil Techniques
Introducing Altenew Creative Cutouts, a clever new product line perfect for your cardmaking and scrapbooking projects! I’m so excited to share clever watercolor stencil techniques and the new Creative Cutouts!
If you made your way here from Vicky Papaioannou’s blog, you’re right on track! To start at the beginning head on over to the Altenew Card Blog.
Check out these clever watercolor stencil techniques and the new Creative Cutouts in this short cardmaking video tutorial. Watch these four cards come together here or in HD on YouTube. While you’re there I’d love it if you like, subscribe, and share it with friends!
Altenew Serenity Release
Let’s take a closer look at the full release before we get started. There are new creative stencils enamel dots and Creative Cutouts, a clever new product line.
Altenew Creative Cutouts are finely detailed laser-cut 80 lb white cardstock. The first two designs are a collection of Nested Wreaths in three sizes and a 12×12 Moroccan Mosaic pattern. Stay tuned for a bit of watercolor Nested Wreath!
Creative Cutouts: Nested Wreath Watercolor Card
Today’s post is all about watercolor so let’s get to it! This is my first time using Creative Cutouts and though they’re delicate, I wanted to see how they would do with watercolor.
For the solid green wreath I took Spring Garden Watercolor Brush Markers directly to the laser cutout. I used Sweet Leaf, Lime, and Turquoise. Next, I ink smooshed the lighter wreath in the leftover ink on my glass mat.
Although these cutouts are 80 lb weight, they are not cover weight. Meaning they’re not as thick and hearty as your heavyweight cardstock. Therefore, be cautious with wet mediums. I used a lot of liquid watercolors and gingerly moved them to the side with tweezers to air dry.
Finish the card with a Mega Label Love sentiment and Jet Black Ink Spray splatter. Ad here the solid green wreath directly to the card front and pop up the ink smooshed wreath.
Watercolor Feathery Stencil Card
I adore the Feathery Stencil and had to watercolor it! First, I sprayed the back of the stencil with Pixie Spray, let the spray dry for 1 minute, and adhered it to a piece of Altenew Watercolor Paper Set.
Spritz your stencil covered watercolor paper with water and drop in Turquoise, Emerald, and Evening Gray Watercolor Brush Marker pigment. Allow the colors to mix, but not to much. This technique looks best when there are distinct areas of each color.
DIY Watercolor Embossing Paste
Grab your shades, because this watercolor tinted Altenew Embossing Paste is mega vivid! Altenew Trellis Stencils lends a perfect geometric background pattern to this Terrific Tag.
Embossing Paste tinted with Spring Garden Watercolor Brush Markers
Here I made some DIY embossing paste by coloring white Altenew Embossing Paste with Emerald and Midnight Violet Watercolor Brush Markers.
Watercolor Mountain Scene Stencil Card
This Mountain Scene Stencil Watercolor card is my favorite of the bunch. What a clever stencil and I absolutely love how it looks watercolored! The best part is it’s so easy to do!
This time I switched over to Tropical Forest Watercolor Brush Markers and used Lava Rock for the mountains and Dusk and Moss for the forest.
I dried the watercolor with a heat tool in between sections of the mountain and prior to adding the forest. However, you might get a cool look too without drying.
That’s a wrap on these clever watercolor stencil techniques. Let me know what you think below. Are you going to try watercolor with your stencils?
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wow, absolutely stunning design!
Hi Amber 🙂 Your cards are so serene and the tag is vibrant!!! You’ve showcased this new release so well! Thanks for inspiring me 🙂
Love the feathered stencil card
Such gorgeous cards! Great colors…
Thanks for sharing.
I LOVE your cards, and the video was excellent! What you did with the wreaths was gorgeous, and I really like the hanging-off-the-edge technique. But showing that it is actually possible to water color – or use wet medium – with stencils was awesome! The mountains and trees you did really was ideal at showing how well the wet color worked (besides I’m partial to mountains). THANK YOU for sharing with and teaching us!
I love all your projects! The ink smooshing technique gave your wreath such a pretty look!
Love these, the feathery stencil and mountain scene are my favorites. Beautiful!
awesome cards and tags, great use of the new products!
Thanks for sharing!
Wonderful projects Amber, such brilliant creative ways to use stencils, and you’d never guess the mountain one was done with stencils!
I like the set. Great way to add color. I like how bright the mix for the tag came out.
The cards you made are awesome!
Great projects. I especially like the mountain tag. TFS
Great projects. Love the mountain scene.
Beautiful cards and tag! I especially love the colors you used with the Feathery stencil!
I like the cutouts card with the multitude of green colors.
Oh, so much inspiration and I love your colors! Hope you feel proud! I’ll be coming back for more! Consider me inspired ❤👏
Your use of strong color and white space is really inspiring. I love the clean lines you get on your shapes.
Beautiful cards! I love the feather stencil and really like the watercolors with it.
Amber, your cards are wonderful. I am loving the mountain scene and can’t wait to get mine too. Thanks for your inspiration.
Wow! I just LOVE your pretty watercolor techniques! The blended greens on that darling summer wreath look AMAZING! I love it!
Wow, beautiful cards and really great technique for water color with stencils, looks so fun and really love the organic results. The vibrant color embossing paste is stunning, thanks for another way to use those water color markers. I like the coffee filter bits left on the tag too, nice texture interest!
I am absolutely blown away by your creations with the products. That Tolkien card is life!!
Seriously I love your work.
So many beautiful projects you shared today! I’m obsessed with the new mountains and trees stencil as well as the clouds…so perfect for building Realistic outdoorsy scenes! Can’t wait to try all of Altenew’s new goodies!
Nice mountain scene.
Great cards! I think that wreath card is favorite; but it’s so hard to choose. Thank you for sharing the video with all that inspiration.
Beautiful cards! I love that feathery stencil. Thanks for sharing.
You are so creative! I’ll be back to peruse your creations.
Awesome cards, Amber! Love the colorful tag, and I really like that wreath card. Can’t wait to get my hands on those die cuts! Perfect for those of us without electronic cutting machines. Your watercolor work is amazing!
That mountain stencil is growing on me. Didn’t think I’d like it. The watercolor pens are really great..
I love how you used watercolour for painting, especially the feathers, they are beautiful, and the mountain scene is over the top, a painting with stencils.
Wonderfully creative cards! I am excited to see more laser cut wreath cards and layouts.
love the mountains stencil, not sure if i have the patience to use it.
Wow, I love your cards, they are so creative. That’s a great tip to use a coffee filter when die cutting something that has embossing paste in it. Thanks for sharing.
Your cards are so pretty! I especially like the Mountain scene one. I need to put these stencils on my wish list. Altenew keeps coming up with some wonderful products. Thanks for sharing!
OMGoodness! That mountain scene card is so amazing. I think I’m going to buy it on the off chance mine would look half as good. Thanks for the great video and I didn’t think it look grainy.
Fantastic Amber. Amazing use of the stencils.
Absolutely beautiful. Loved that wreath, and the mountain scene is gorgeous too. TFS
Your watercolour work is inspiring. Thanks!
You are very creative, Amber. Everything was gorgeous. But the mountain scenes were my favorite!
Beautiful cards and great blending!
The watercolor mountain card is sunning and loved watching…thanks for sharing
I absolutely love the look of the paste embossing technique with the watercolor! Gorgeous ❤️
The water color tree lines are beautiful
Oh a great set. You inspired me to try the watercolor paint smooshing. The wreath I love. The feather stencil I favor as feathers are a fav of mine. The texture tag was nice as well. As a New Orleans resident, happy to hear you noted Mardi Gras. The mountain stencil is great for me the non sketch artist, and, surprise a mountain scene. Lovely work Amber.
Love the die cut. Beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing
Love seeing these projects! Simply wonderful. you rocked the release!
Beautiful cards and colors!
Love the new stencils. Your cards and tags are fantastic. Thank you for the great tips.
I really like that you used different techniques to colour your cards. I love the smooshing you did on the wreath!
Lovely cards. My favorites are the green layered wreath, and definitely the mountain scene. As a backpacker, I love the mountains, and it is very cool that both trees and mountains are in one scene.
I love all these fab creations, Amber, especially the gorgeous forest scene! That one is stunning! Thanks for sharing all these wonderful new goodies!
Amazing cards and tag! The stencilled watercolor card is just stunning. Love it.
Lovely projects!
These are all amazing! I really love the colors you used on your mountain scene!!
What a fun way to try watercolor and it doesn’t seem intimidating!
Great techniques. Thanks for the Pixie Spray suggestion.
Very, very nice cards. I really love the mountains!
I love the mountain scene and the wreath! GORGEOUS CARDS
Your stenciled cards are fantastic! They are incredible. I really like the mountain scene and the feathery stencils.
GORGEOUS cards! That water colored mountain scene has got to be my ultimate favorite card!
Wow. It is amazing what one can do with simple stencils! Although I’m not sure the mountain scene qualifies as a “simple” stencil, but still, it’s fun to see new ideas for playing with stencils! TFS!
Thank you so much for the tutorial. Major inspiration!
I am headed straight to my stencils and watercolors right now to try that technique. Thank you for the video!
Fabulous cards made with the new stencils, love them all.
Such beautiful colours used in all of these three examples using the stencils Amber. I hope you don’t mind, but each time I watch one of your videos I have to say how much I enjoy them. Your talent is fabulous!
Such pretty cards using the stencils. That mountain scene
stencil is pretty awesome and your card using it is just stunning.
Love your cards and your wonderful techniques. Those Creative Cutouts look amazing — many possibilities.
Beautiful cards! Love the watercolor smooshing technique on the Creative Cutouts. Thanks for the video and stenciling tips.
Beautiful cards and tag! I love that you used watercolors with the stencils.
That mountain is awesome!!
Absolutely love your watercolor mountain scene! You make it look so easy. Thanks to Altenew for guiding me to your blog & video. I look forward to learning more from you and being inspired!
Beautiful mountain scene! Thanks for inspiring!
The mountain scene is really nice!
I absolutely love all the water color techniques you used to create your gorgeous cards!! The wreath card and mountain scene are my favorites!! Awesome job and I’m so glad you shared your video showing the process. Thanks!
Really enjoying the flow and colors used on these cards. The feather was a favorite of mine.
All of your cards are beautiful but you really batted it out of the park with the mountain scene!
These are beautiful! I love your watercoloring!
Yes, I really love the dramatic mountain scene, but I love how you’ve used strong colours in all your designs. They all make a real impact. Thank you for your inspiration.
Beautiful as always Amber!
Wow – your watercolor mountain scene is gorgeous. I also love the feathery stencil. Another cool release!
I really love the mountain scene. So peaceful and pretty
These are fabulous cards!
I especially like the mountain scene card.
Thanks for sharing.
Great looking cards. I like the mountain scene on the best.
The sending happy mail gives me a real 1980’s/Golden Girls/Florida vibe. I like it.
Fantastic use of these products! Going to have to get several items in this release!
love the mountain scene. Looks so simple when you do it.
My favorite is the feathery card.
Really pretty mountain card. I like the idea of a full Forest with the variety of colors.
These watercolor techniques with the stencils are awesome, as are your cards. Love the first and last card the best!
I absolutely adore the watercolor mountains. I hope Altenew keeps providing layered stencils. Your designs were sooo pretty. Tyfs
Fabulous cards Amber! Love the new stencils, they certainly inspire me to feel serene, you did an amazing job showcasing them! I agree, the mountain range looks amazing water colored 💕I am adding your techniques to my inspiration board! Thanks for the inspiration! Have a superb weekend!
Hi Amber. I am loving your watercolor techniques with these stencils. Thanks for sharing these.
I like the feather stencil the best !
I really like your style of crafting ❤️