I can't stop playing with my watercolors and I'm always looking for fun watercolor backgrounds to combine with cute critters.
A while ago, I saw this card by Olga Matyushevskaya on Instagram and loved it a lot. It inspired me to make a watercolor stripe background. I simply painted some stripes with a flat brush, let them dry and added some lighter stripes by adding more water to the same blue color.
My cute little fishes are colored with Faber Castell Watercolor Markers using the no-line coloring technique. I used rainbow colors because they are just so much fun, right? I die cut my watercolor panel using the wonky stitched rectangle die. I felt like the wonky lines look a bit like waves and would go well with the underwater theme. To add a little interest, I added some bubbles using some dye ink.
Now hop over to the MFT Blog! We have some friends over to join us for this release day and the Design Team is rocking this inspiration week too.
Thanks for stopping by!
Have a colorful day,
Nicole
Pretty card!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun card!!!
ReplyDeleteThe swipes of blue for the sea is such a cool idea. You are so clever.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! I love your background!
ReplyDeleteI love the cool background, such a pretty card!
ReplyDeleteso sweet - love the background:)
ReplyDeleteGreat coloring and I especially love your watercolored background :-)
ReplyDeleteLove the no line watercoloring; such a pretty look. Especially when you do it so well. Love this pretty card.
ReplyDeleteSo sweet - I love the colors.
ReplyDeleteWonderful ocean card! :)
ReplyDeleteI love the swipes of color for the background and splatter! Great coloring too!
ReplyDeleteI love the swoosh of color you used behind these cute critters
ReplyDeletegreat sea!
ReplyDeleteOh my! What adorable card! Stunning colors!!!
ReplyDeleteI love how you did the background on this super cute card. The ocean critters are so fun!
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed with how soft this whole card feels even though it's also a lovely bright rainbow. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful card with us!
ReplyDeleteLove your card design. Those swipes of colour are fabulous!
ReplyDeletePretty ocean scene card!
ReplyDeleteI love the way the creatures are coloured!
ReplyDeleteAnd I deeply love this card - the watercolor striped background is perfect, really sets off your super cute ocean critters!
ReplyDeleteSuch Fun! Love the watercolored images.
ReplyDeleteSimply the best!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful background and fun sea critters!
ReplyDeleteGreat card! Love the watercolor background you made. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHow adorable!!! Love the fabulous water colored background!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I love the stripes in the background! Wonderful job Nicole!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun card! Now what inspired you made you an inspiration for others.
ReplyDeleteSuper sweet and fun card! Adorable sea creatures and awesome background.
ReplyDeleteDarling card! Love these fun fish and the simple background you created for the scene!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun and lovely card :)
ReplyDeleteGreat card! Love your watercoloring - perfect medium for the subject matter! Very cute.
ReplyDeleteLove how you did this background! It's refreshingly different!
ReplyDeleteI love the swipes of blue in the background-very cool way to add dimension!
ReplyDeleteSo cute with the striped background.
ReplyDeleteAwesome use of watercolour to mimic waves...fabulous card design.
ReplyDeleteFantastic card! Such a fun background!
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