Watercolor Batik Technique
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Batik Background by Jennifer Rzasa Card size: 44" x 52"
Watercolor Batik Technique 1. Melt a small portion of paraffin wax in a wax warmer or other electric heat element which will keep the wax warm while you work. 2. Tape Hosho paper to heat resistant surface. Here, Jennifer used a large ceramic tile. 3. Stamp flower image in VersaFine Onyc Black ink on Hosho paper. 4. Determine areas you would like to be the lightest and carefully apply melted wax. 5. Determine the next lightest areas and paint them a pale pink. Allow to dry. 6. Cover areas from Step 5 with wax. 7. Repeat Steps 5 and 6 until image and background is painted and covered in wax. 8. Optional: For a “droplet look”, sprinkle on bits of wax before painting. 9. Optional: Cover entire image in wax and allow to dry completely. Once cooled and cry, bend the paper until the wax cracks. Apply paint over the cracks and allow to dry. 10. Use a clothing iron to remove the layers of wax by placing a piece of white paper over the painting and then applying heat. The wax transfers to the white paper.
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Happy Birthday Card Supplies: • Altenew Fresh Freesia Stamps (SSS | EH) • Altenew Birthday Greeting Stamps (SSS | EH) • Versafine Onyx Black Pigment Ink (SSS | EH | IE) • Norpro 6 Piece Porcelain Ramekin Set (AMZ) • R29 Lipstick Red Copic Marker (SSS | EH | IE) • Wilton Chocolate and Candy Melting Pot (AMZ) • Coffee Filters (AMZ) • Hosho Paper (DB | AMZ) • Neenah White Cardstock 250 Pack (SSS | EH) • Neenah White Cardstock 25 Pack (SSS | EH | IE) • 3M Scotch .75 Inch Blue Painters Tape (SSS | EH) • Tombow Stamp Runner (SSS | EH | IE) • Other: paraffin wax, paint brushes, knife, porcelain tile,
paper towel, watercolors, palette, iron, printer paper
1. Adhere watercolor painting to folded white notecard. 2. Stamp “Happy Birthday” in black ink on white cardstock. 3. Color in “Happy” with red marker. 4. Trim greeting area and adhere to card using foam adhesive.
Tips and Tricks • Batik is traditionally done on rice paper, however
rice paper can be expensive. Instead, Jennifer uses Hosho paper for a similar effect. You can also try a coffee filter. • When applying the melted wax, work quickly! It will
cool very fast. • Do not use a heat tool to speed the drying process
as it will melt the applied wax.
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Reactivating Watercolor by Jennifer McGuire Card sizes: 52" x 44"
Instructions 1. Tape a piece of watercolor paper to a hard, smooth surface to keep it flat. 2. Apply four stripes of Peerless watercolor to cover a large are of the watercolor paper, overlapping slightly to help with blending. When applying the watercolor, only use a small amount of water so that the color stays very intense. 3. Let watercolor dry completely. 4. Trace the inside of a rectangle postage die onto the watercolor area. This will be a guide for centering stamped images. 5. Apply anti-static powder tool to the watercolored area. 6. Stamp a sentiment with VersaMark Ink and white heat emboss. 7. Above the sentiment, stamp a large flower with VersaMark Ink and white heat emboss. 8. Stamp a small flower with VersaMark Ink on both sides of the large flower, allowing the stamping to overlap. Add white embossing powder. Use a dry, fine-tip brush to brush away any powder that overlaps with the large flower image. (This is a quick way to get the effect of masking). Heat to emboss. 9. Repeat Step 8 with leaves. 10. Use a fine brush to paint water inside the flowers and the leaves. Before the water starts to dry, dab it away with a dry paper towel. This will remove some of the color. Repeat 2 to 3 times. 11. Let dry.
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Supplies: • Neat and Tangled Gardenia Blooms Journaling Card • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Stamps (SSS) Right at Home Fall Sentiments Stamps (RAH) Honey Bee Sweet as Honey Stamps (SSS) Memory Box Postage Rectangle Layers Dies (SSS | EH) Sizzix Big Shot Cutting Machine (SSS | EH) Peerless Watercolor Sheets (SSS | EH) 4x6 Black Photo Book 24 Sheets (AMZ) Cutting Board (AMZ) Lawn Fawn 3.5 Inch Round Acrylic Block (SSS) Ranger Artist Brushes (SSS | EH | IE) Hero Arts Milwaukee Heat Gun (SSS | EH) EK Success Powder Tool (SSS | EH | IE) VersaMark Ink (SSS | EH | IE) Hero Arts White Embossing Powder (SSS | EH) Large Embossing Container (AMZ) White Plastic Spoons (AMZ) Fiskars Premium Cut Trimmer (SSS | EH | IE) Zig Wink Of Stella Clear Glitter Brush (SSS | EH | IE) White Fun Foam (SSS) Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock (SSS | EH | IE) Neenah White Cardstock 250 Pack (SSS | EH) Neenah White Cardstock 25 Pack (SSS | EH | IE) Simon Says Stamp Large Grid Paper (SSS) 3M Micropore Tape (SSS | AMZ) Tombow Stamp Runner (SSS | EH | IE)
12. If desired, add a light bit of watercolor back into the flowers and leaves. 13. Trim along the pencil line guides. 14. Die cut the postage die from white cardstock and add the watercolor piece to the center. 15. Cut a notecard to 44" x 52". 16. Add the postage piece to the front of the notecard with a piece of craft foam between for added dimension. 17. Apply clear Wink of Stella to the flowers and leaves for a bit of shine.
Tips and Tricks • This technique works well with many watercolors,
but not all. To test out your watercolor medium of choice, simply apply a dark layer of watercolor on watercolor paper and let it dry. Put a drop of water on it and dab it with a dry cloth. If the water removed some of the color (leaving a lighter spot), then this technique works with that particular watercolor medium. • Peerless watercolor and Distress Inks are great
choices for this technique. • Each time you add a layer of water to the dried
watercolor background and dab the water away, it removes a bit of color. The more times you repeat this, the lighter it gets!
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Watercolor Powders by Lydia Fiedler Card size: 44" x 52"
Technique 1 - Dry Paper 1. Sprinkle a small amount of watercolor powder onto watercolor paper. 2. Mist with water.
Technique 2 - Wet paper 1. Mist watercolor paper with water. 2. Sprinkle on watercolor powder and watch the colors bloom.
Technique 3 – Reactive Color Through Stencil 1. Create first layer of color by doing techniques 1 or 2. 2. Adhere watercolor to work surface with tape. 3. Place stencil over watercolor piece and adhere to work surface. 4. Spray with water. 5. Roll paper towel over water piece to pick up any wet spots and color.
Technique 4 – Sprinkled Bleach 1. After watercolor painting is dry, sprinkle bleach using a brush. 2. The bleach droplets with turn the watercolor paper white.
Technique 5 – Sprinkled Rubbing Alcohol 1. After watercolor painting is dry, sprinkle rubbing alcohol. 2. The alcohol droplets react with the watercolor pigment and dry quickly.
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Merry Christmas Card 1. Cut watercolor paper to 4" x 54". Apply masking fluid to one half of the watercolor paper and let dry.
Supplies:
2. Mist watercolor paper with water.
• Stampin Up Snow Flurry Punch (SU)
3. Sprinkle watercolor powders on wet watercolor paper in Lemon, Turquoise, and Violet.
• Lindy’s Stamp Gang Magical Pigment Powders (LSG)
4. While still wet, roll paper towels over the painting to lighten the area.
• Ranger Craft Sheet (SSS | EH | IE)
5. Wipe extra powder off masking fluid area. 6. Let watercolor area dry completely.
• Stampin Up Flurry of Wishes Stamp Set (SU) • Stampin Up Dots and Stripes Decorative Masks (SU) • Colourcraft Brusho Crystal Watercolors (SSS | EH) • Versafine Onyx Black Pigment Ink (SSS | EH | IE) • MISTI Stamping Tool Kit (SSS) • Ranger Mini Mister (SSS | EH | IE) • Stampin Up Heat Tool (SU) • Stampin Up Basic Rhinestones (SU) • Xyron Adhesive Eraser (SSS) • 10 ML Plastic Dropper Bottles 50 pc (AMZ) • Mini Funnels (AMZ)
7. Remove masking fluid.
• Craftmates Lockables 14 Compartment (SSS)
8. Sprinkle the same three colors onto a Craft Sheet or other slick surface.
• Pentel Aquash Brush Medium (SSS | IE | DB)
9. Wet snowflake stamp with water. Put wet stamp into the dry powder to pick up some pigment.
• Arches Hot Pressed 140 lb Watercolor Paper
10. Stamp snowflake on watercolor paper. 11. Continue picking up pigment with snowflake stamp and stamping snowflakes on the watercolor piece. Do not rewet the stamp. 12. Stamp “Merry Christmas” in black ink on white strip of cardstock. 13. Stamp two smaller snowflakes in black ink on white carstock. Punch out snowflakes. 14. Adhere watercolor painting to A2-sized white card base using liquid adhesive. 15. Adhere black strip of cardstock to card. Adhere white greeting strip. 16. Adhere greeting strip to glitter paper strip. Adhere on top of black card stock.
• Coffee Stir Sticks (AMZ) • Stampin Up Grid Paper (SU) • Stampin Up Watercolor Paper (SU)
(SSS | DB | AMZ) • Fabriano Hot Press Watercolor Paper (DB | AMZ) • Fineline Masking Fluid Pen (SSS) • STampin Up Tear and Tape (SU) • Stampin Up Dimensionals Adhesive (SU) • 3M 1 Inch Micropore Tape (SSS | EH) • Other: paper towel, acrylic block, liquid glue, watercolor
paper, black cardstock, glitter paper, bleach, rubbing alcohol, 1" brush
Tips & Tricks • Different colors react in different ways. Experiment to see which
colors you enjoy most. • Mist the back of your watercolor paper with water to
prevent warping. • Avoid misting the watercolor powders too much after they are
already wet and mixing with each other. Too much water might muddy the colors. • Work on top of a Ranger Craft Sheet. Stray powders can be sprayed
with water and cleaned up without and hassle.
17. Adhere rhinestones to center of two smaller snowflake shapes. 18. Adhere snowflakes to card with foam adhesive. Copyright © 2015 Online Card Classes, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Wrap Up Day Notes:
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Wrap Up Day - A Few More Ideas!
Batik Background by Jennifer Rzasa Card size: 44" x 52"
Watercolor Batik Technique 1. Melt a small portion of paraffin wax in a wax warmer or other electric heat element which will keep the wax warm while you work. 2. Tape Hosho paper to heat resistant surface. Here, Jennifer used a large ceramic tile. 3. Stamp flower image in VersaFine Onyc Black ink on Hosho paper. 4. Determine areas you would like to be the lightest and carefully apply melted wax. 5. Determine the next lightest areas and paint them a pale pink. Allow to dry. 6. Cover areas from Step 5 with wax. 7. Repeat Steps 5 and 6 until image and background is painted and covered in wax. 8. Optional: For a “droplet look”, sprinkle on bits of wax before painting. 9. Optional: Cover entire image in wax and allow to dry completely. Once cooled and cry, bend the paper until the wax cracks. Apply paint over the cracks and allow to dry. 10. Use a clothing iron to remove the layers of wax by placing a piece of white paper over the painting and then applying heat. The wax transfers to the white paper.
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Happy Birthday Card Supplies: • Altenew Fresh Freesia Stamps (SSS | EH) • Altenew Birthday Greeting Stamps (SSS | EH) • Versafine Onyx Black Pigment Ink (SSS | EH | IE) • Norpro 6 Piece Porcelain Ramekin Set (AMZ) • R29 Lipstick Red Copic Marker (SSS | EH | IE) • Wilton Chocolate and Candy Melting Pot (AMZ) • Coffee Filters (AMZ) • Hosho Paper (DB | AMZ) • Neenah White Cardstock 250 Pack (SSS | EH) • Neenah White Cardstock 25 Pack (SSS | EH | IE) • 3M Scotch .75 Inch Blue Painters Tape (SSS | EH) • Tombow Stamp Runner (SSS | EH | IE) • Other: paraffin wax, paint brushes, knife, porcelain tile,
paper towel, watercolors, palette, iron, printer paper
1. Adhere watercolor painting to folded white notecard. 2. Stamp “Happy Birthday” in black ink on white cardstock. 3. Color in “Happy” with red marker. 4. Trim greeting area and adhere to card using foam adhesive.
Tips and Tricks • Batik is traditionally done on rice paper, however
rice paper can be expensive. Instead, Jennifer uses Hosho paper for a similar effect. You can also try a coffee filter. • When applying the melted wax, work quickly! It will
cool very fast. • Do not use a heat tool to speed the drying process
as it will melt the applied wax.
Copyright © 2015 Online Card Classes, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Reactivating Watercolor by Jennifer McGuire Card sizes: 52" x 44"
Instructions 1. Tape a piece of watercolor paper to a hard, smooth surface to keep it flat. 2. Apply four stripes of Peerless watercolor to cover a large are of the watercolor paper, overlapping slightly to help with blending. When applying the watercolor, only use a small amount of water so that the color stays very intense. 3. Let watercolor dry completely. 4. Trace the inside of a rectangle postage die onto the watercolor area. This will be a guide for centering stamped images. 5. Apply anti-static powder tool to the watercolored area. 6. Stamp a sentiment with VersaMark Ink and white heat emboss. 7. Above the sentiment, stamp a large flower with VersaMark Ink and white heat emboss. 8. Stamp a small flower with VersaMark Ink on both sides of the large flower, allowing the stamping to overlap. Add white embossing powder. Use a dry, fine-tip brush to brush away any powder that overlaps with the large flower image. (This is a quick way to get the effect of masking). Heat to emboss. 9. Repeat Step 8 with leaves. 10. Use a fine brush to paint water inside the flowers and the leaves. Before the water starts to dry, dab it away with a dry paper towel. This will remove some of the color. Repeat 2 to 3 times. 11. Let dry.
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Supplies: • Neat and Tangled Gardenia Blooms Journaling Card • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Stamps (SSS) Right at Home Fall Sentiments Stamps (RAH) Honey Bee Sweet as Honey Stamps (SSS) Memory Box Postage Rectangle Layers Dies (SSS | EH) Sizzix Big Shot Cutting Machine (SSS | EH) Peerless Watercolor Sheets (SSS | EH) 4x6 Black Photo Book 24 Sheets (AMZ) Cutting Board (AMZ) Lawn Fawn 3.5 Inch Round Acrylic Block (SSS) Ranger Artist Brushes (SSS | EH | IE) Hero Arts Milwaukee Heat Gun (SSS | EH) EK Success Powder Tool (SSS | EH | IE) VersaMark Ink (SSS | EH | IE) Hero Arts White Embossing Powder (SSS | EH) Large Embossing Container (AMZ) White Plastic Spoons (AMZ) Fiskars Premium Cut Trimmer (SSS | EH | IE) Zig Wink Of Stella Clear Glitter Brush (SSS | EH | IE) White Fun Foam (SSS) Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock (SSS | EH | IE) Neenah White Cardstock 250 Pack (SSS | EH) Neenah White Cardstock 25 Pack (SSS | EH | IE) Simon Says Stamp Large Grid Paper (SSS) 3M Micropore Tape (SSS | AMZ) Tombow Stamp Runner (SSS | EH | IE)
12. If desired, add a light bit of watercolor back into the flowers and leaves. 13. Trim along the pencil line guides. 14. Die cut the postage die from white cardstock and add the watercolor piece to the center. 15. Cut a notecard to 44" x 52". 16. Add the postage piece to the front of the notecard with a piece of craft foam between for added dimension. 17. Apply clear Wink of Stella to the flowers and leaves for a bit of shine.
Tips and Tricks • This technique works well with many watercolors,
but not all. To test out your watercolor medium of choice, simply apply a dark layer of watercolor on watercolor paper and let it dry. Put a drop of water on it and dab it with a dry cloth. If the water removed some of the color (leaving a lighter spot), then this technique works with that particular watercolor medium. • Peerless watercolor and Distress Inks are great
choices for this technique. • Each time you add a layer of water to the dried
watercolor background and dab the water away, it removes a bit of color. The more times you repeat this, the lighter it gets!
Copyright © 2015 Online Card Classes, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Watercolor Powders by Lydia Fiedler Card size: 44" x 52"
Technique 1 - Dry Paper 1. Sprinkle a small amount of watercolor powder onto watercolor paper. 2. Mist with water.
Technique 2 - Wet paper 1. Mist watercolor paper with water. 2. Sprinkle on watercolor powder and watch the colors bloom.
Technique 3 – Reactive Color Through Stencil 1. Create first layer of color by doing techniques 1 or 2. 2. Adhere watercolor to work surface with tape. 3. Place stencil over watercolor piece and adhere to work surface. 4. Spray with water. 5. Roll paper towel over water piece to pick up any wet spots and color.
Technique 4 – Sprinkled Bleach 1. After watercolor painting is dry, sprinkle bleach using a brush. 2. The bleach droplets with turn the watercolor paper white.
Technique 5 – Sprinkled Rubbing Alcohol 1. After watercolor painting is dry, sprinkle rubbing alcohol. 2. The alcohol droplets react with the watercolor pigment and dry quickly.
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Merry Christmas Card 1. Cut watercolor paper to 4" x 54". Apply masking fluid to one half of the watercolor paper and let dry.
Supplies:
2. Mist watercolor paper with water.
• Stampin Up Snow Flurry Punch (SU)
3. Sprinkle watercolor powders on wet watercolor paper in Lemon, Turquoise, and Violet.
• Lindy’s Stamp Gang Magical Pigment Powders (LSG)
4. While still wet, roll paper towels over the painting to lighten the area.
• Ranger Craft Sheet (SSS | EH | IE)
5. Wipe extra powder off masking fluid area. 6. Let watercolor area dry completely.
• Stampin Up Flurry of Wishes Stamp Set (SU) • Stampin Up Dots and Stripes Decorative Masks (SU) • Colourcraft Brusho Crystal Watercolors (SSS | EH) • Versafine Onyx Black Pigment Ink (SSS | EH | IE) • MISTI Stamping Tool Kit (SSS) • Ranger Mini Mister (SSS | EH | IE) • Stampin Up Heat Tool (SU) • Stampin Up Basic Rhinestones (SU) • Xyron Adhesive Eraser (SSS) • 10 ML Plastic Dropper Bottles 50 pc (AMZ) • Mini Funnels (AMZ)
7. Remove masking fluid.
• Craftmates Lockables 14 Compartment (SSS)
8. Sprinkle the same three colors onto a Craft Sheet or other slick surface.
• Pentel Aquash Brush Medium (SSS | IE | DB)
9. Wet snowflake stamp with water. Put wet stamp into the dry powder to pick up some pigment.
• Arches Hot Pressed 140 lb Watercolor Paper
10. Stamp snowflake on watercolor paper. 11. Continue picking up pigment with snowflake stamp and stamping snowflakes on the watercolor piece. Do not rewet the stamp. 12. Stamp “Merry Christmas” in black ink on white strip of cardstock. 13. Stamp two smaller snowflakes in black ink on white carstock. Punch out snowflakes. 14. Adhere watercolor painting to A2-sized white card base using liquid adhesive. 15. Adhere black strip of cardstock to card. Adhere white greeting strip. 16. Adhere greeting strip to glitter paper strip. Adhere on top of black card stock.
• Coffee Stir Sticks (AMZ) • Stampin Up Grid Paper (SU) • Stampin Up Watercolor Paper (SU)
(SSS | DB | AMZ) • Fabriano Hot Press Watercolor Paper (DB | AMZ) • Fineline Masking Fluid Pen (SSS) • STampin Up Tear and Tape (SU) • Stampin Up Dimensionals Adhesive (SU) • 3M 1 Inch Micropore Tape (SSS | EH) • Other: paper towel, acrylic block, liquid glue, watercolor
paper, black cardstock, glitter paper, bleach, rubbing alcohol, 1" brush
Tips & Tricks • Different colors react in different ways. Experiment to see which
colors you enjoy most. • Mist the back of your watercolor paper with water to
prevent warping. • Avoid misting the watercolor powders too much after they are
already wet and mixing with each other. Too much water might muddy the colors. • Work on top of a Ranger Craft Sheet. Stray powders can be sprayed
with water and cleaned up without and hassle.
17. Adhere rhinestones to center of two smaller snowflake shapes. 18. Adhere snowflakes to card with foam adhesive. Copyright © 2015 Online Card Classes, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Wrap Up Day Notes:
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