Artist Trading Cards with Watercolor Background

Hello lovely readers and followers,

Perhaps my subconscious was longing for spring, because I found myself creating these artist trading cards in decidedly spring-like colors!

This project gave me the opportunity to pull out my watercolors, a supply I have been endeavoring to use more frequently. 

Watercolors are great for covering large areas quickly, such as this master board. A master board is usually a large sheet of heavy weight paper with a simple background design. It serves as a base for artist trading cards (ATC), bookmarks, tags, greeting cards etc. and saves time, since you don't need to start from scratch.

I divided my sheet in half, so as to have one side in warm and the other in cool colors.

I kept the background simple, as I would be adding more layers to my ATCs later on. I stencilled one side, and stamped the other (not shown).

You can watch me create this watercolor masterboard in the video below:

I cut two ATCs from the masterboard - one from the cool and one from the warm side.

Below you can see how I built up the layers.

For my focal point I stamped a flower image onto leftover gelli prints, fussy cut them out and adhered them to the cards along with a sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!

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