Wet-on-Wet Watercolor Bubbles Card- Make and Take!

Hello friends and welcome to this weeks Demo! This week we are inspired by the Wet-on-Wet Watercolor technique! We’ll be making an Adora-Bubble card together, complete with a little mouse blowing their own Bubbles!!

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So first: What IS the wet-on-wet technique?

When you place water on your paper first without pigment it’s called ‘floating’ the water. If you touch pigment to the water while it is floating, the color will burst into the pool and create some amazing affects!

It’s important to use a heavy weight paper for this method because we’ll be using a Lot of water! Here at Art and Happiness we have some Strathmore 350lb ColdPress paper that is perfect for this job!

We’ll be using Karin Brushmarkers to add color to our painting today- these waterbased pens are perfect for this technique because they are self-inking and won’t be damaged by the water.

Previously, we diecut some circles out of heavyweight cardstock to act as a stencil for our Bubbles!

Using a waterbrush, fill in the circles with colorless water. Touch the tip of a Karin Marker to the surface and watch it burst out in color! Use the color to create colorful shading on what will be bubbles!

We have an assortment of colors and you’re welcome to create whatever color scheme you like best!!

Once you’re happy with your first layer of bubbles we’ll use the Heat Gun to dry it!

Then turn your stencil and create another layer of colorful bubbles!

I love creating layering illusions like this! It feels like there are a ton of bubbles floating off the page!!

Let’s create some extra colorful spots to add additional bubbles! We have these bubble stamps from LawnFawn that are PERFECT for this card!!

We’ll be using Versafine Clair ink which is water-proof and won’t smudge if there is residual wetness.

Create shapes that will vaguely fill these bubble stamps! It’s perfectly fine if they overfill the stamp, bubbles don’t need to be perfect!

Let’s outline our bigger bubbles!!

Using a Fudenosuke Pen- which is waterproof and won’t smudge if there is residual moisture- create outlines of the bubbles by tracing the edges of our stencil’s cut-outs!

It’s time to stamp our little bubble-blower!

You can choose between a Bear and a Mouse!! They’re both in ‘bubble blowing’ motion so choose your favorite!

Place your sentiment “May your Day be Filled with Bursts of Joy” upside-down where you’d like the words to be.

Using the stamp positioner, you can pickup the stamp, ink it, and place it again exactly where you’d like it!

Now that your front panel is complete, it’s time to decorate the inside!

You can create more bubbles or add an artistic ‘splatter’ effect!!

You can also take this time to color in your bubble blowing friend, add metallic watercolor additions, and use ‘Bleed-Proof White’ Dr.P.H.Martins to add shine marks!