Monday 11 March 2019

Watercolouring through a stencil

There's a stencil party going on over at StampNation, and one of the tutorials by Ingrid Blackburn was about watercolouring through a stencil. I figured my NBUS Flutterby stencil by ARTplorations would work great with this technique.


I tapped 3 colours of ink (Catherine Pooler) onto an acrylic block, picked up the colour with a fairly wet brush and painted it through the stencil onto my panel of watercolour card (Ranger). I also added fine splatters in the same colours. When my panel was dry, I stamped the sentiment from my NBUS Charmed stamp set (Altenew) in Versafine black and heat embossed in clear. I die cut a skinny frame (Frames, SSS) and adhered it to my panel using liquid glue and then adhered my panel to my card base using strong double-sided tape.

I'm linking up my card at:

STAMPlorations CAS - Anything CAS goes (option: coral pink)


STAMPlorations Mixed Media - Anything MM with a stencil goes


HLS Watercolour - Anything goes (option: mist)


Watercooler Wednesday -  #211 Anything goes with a feminine twist


I'm also linking up at:




13 comments:

  1. A beautiful card, Marianne! I had never hear of this technique, but LOVE the results!!! The speckles really "ground" the butterfly images, which is important to give it a finished look. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us here at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges! -Donna

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  2. Beautiful stenciled card, Marianne. I love your watercolored stenciled butterflies, colors, splatters and especially your angled narrow black frame..genius! TFS and joining us at STAMPlorations CAS Card Challenge...Hugs..Nancy

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  3. Gewoon: Prachtig, speels, vrolijk en mooie tekst. 😘Ineke

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  4. A quick visit and what a lovely share again, so pretty.

    B x

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  5. Very pretty! I never thought to watercolor a stencil but the effect is beautiful. thanks for joining us at Watercooler Wednesday.

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  6. I love your watercolor thru stencil! Thanks for joining us at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges!

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  7. Wonderful colours, love the technique and the black skinny frame is perfect. Loving this one x

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  8. Congratulations on being a rocker this week with this eye catching card Marianne x Thank you too for stopping by my blog, that was so kind of you x

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  9. Yes, the little things! Such a happy card! And reminds me that I ordered flowers that "cater" to butterflies in particular. Wonder when they get here!

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  10. Gorgeous - this is my favorite stencil! Thanks for playing with us at STAMPlorations CAS Card Challenge!

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  11. Oh my! Mine would simply bleed everywhere I know it. This is absolutely gorgeous Marianne! xx

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  12. Beautiful card and design. Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Challenge.

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  13. One of my favorite stencils because I love butterfly :) The technique is really my favorite and you did it so neatly and pretty Marianne. Love seeing your gorgeous card at STAMPlorations Mixed Media March challenge and best of luck sweetie.
    Hugs and smiles,
    Asmah
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