Avery Elle Watercolor Blog Hop!

Hello hello and welcome to my stop on the Ellen Hutson & Avery Elle Watercolor Blog Hop! I had a blast playing around with the new liquid watercolors — so far 10 colors are available but I have to say my favorites are these 6 and they’re the ones I used in this post:

These 6 are so pretty and vibrant! Now I have a ton o’ stuff to share with you — so let’s hop to it! :)

Direct-to-Paper (Video)

I started off by doing some direct-to-paper action! Here’s a super quick little video to show ya:

Here are those steps in case ya missed ’em — they went by pretty fast, right? :)

  1. Wet your watercolor paper with clean water — I used this brush to wet the paper to make it go faster so that I could get to the fun part! :)
  2. Apply Avery Elle’s liquid watercolors
  3. Wait for it to dry!

Wetting the paper first helps the colors move and blend — it’s kinda mesmerizing watching them! And it’s kinda addicting too, so I kept playing around and have a bunch of cards to show you.

Hello Hello Hello

I always like to have a stack of general purpose “hello” cards on hand, so after I got carried away making all those backgrounds with the direct-to-paper technique I turned ’em into clean and simple cards with the Essentials by Ellen Brushstroke Hello + a lil heart die cut from the All Inside Dies set — these are the die cuts that coordinate with Mr. Bear and I love using the hearts that come with — love it when you can get more from your supplies that way!

I cut them out of black glitter paper because — glitter!!! :)

Now how about some closeups so you can see them better:

I love how the fizz and the cherry blended together in this one!

In this one, the purple was made when the cherry and the aquamarine blended together — so cool!

Then there’s this little number where I went horizontal:

I love how they’re all different!

Mad for Plaid

For this next card I wanted to try and make a plaid pattern — it didn’t exactly turn out like a plaid but I really like it anyhow!

I did the same technique as in the video above where I wet the paper with clean water first. Then I made horizontal stripes with cherry and then while everything was still wet I made the vertical stripes with fizz.

I almost couldn’t bear to cover that card up, so I used the Essentials by Ellen Many Thanks die and left it at that! This will be perfect for a friend who loves pink and orange — can’t wait to send it to her!

Now for one last card — and a variation on a the direct-to-paper technique.

Fabulous

For this card I busted out — a comb!!! — check it out:

I added some slower captions to this vid so hopefully you can catch all the action! :)

Here’s the story: J got a package of like 10 combs but he only needed one, so I grabbed this pink one and added it to my craft stash. I was thinking that I’d use it for gesso techniques but then after I noticed how the tips of the liquid watercolor bottles left lines on the paper it got the ole wheels turning.

Here’s a closeup so you can see it better — I love all that color and texture!

This card just had to have a few sequins and some silver glitter paper — plus this fabulous die and stamps! :)

Well that’s it for me! Hope you like these techniques as much I do! So fun you all!!

Hop On & Prizes!

Your next stop on the hop is Heather Campbell’s blog — Iove what she’s made, it’s so sweet!

Here’s the whole list in case you’re just now joining us our encounter any broken links:

And that’s not all! Be sure to leave comments at each stop on the hop for a chance to win one of two watercolor gift packs from Avery Elle & Ellen Hutson LLC! Leave your comments before March 28th, at 11:59pm PST. OH YEAH!

Supplies

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75 Replies to “Avery Elle Watercolor Blog Hop!”

  1. such great ideas for using these new watercolors – wonderful cards, Lisa!!

  2. Andrea Hastilow says:

    WOW ! Thank you for sharing so many brilliant ideas ( and results) with us. Love how vibrant and fun those colours are and the comb technique is going to get tried, thanks x

  3. Sandy Small says:

    That comb technique is pretty cool! Thanks for sharing.

  4. Great techniques, thanks for the videos!

  5. I love your coloring work those sweet creations!

  6. The brightness to this watercolor is so incredible! I love the way you used it and how clean these cards are! Beautiful work

  7. Gorgeous sorbet colors! My favorite color combo of watercolor set I’ve seen :)

  8. Those are beautiful! Sandy

  9. Janie Sirak says:

    Once again I have to say it I love love love your cards the blended colors are just beautiful and it really does just look like fun I can’t wait to bring out a comb. That will be a first for me that’s the beauty of crafting to me anyhow…

  10. Such cool techniques! Thank you for the videos too!

  11. Love the sunset over water card and the neat idea for a plaid. Very cool.

  12. Danielle Dietz says:

    Beautiful colors. I love the comb technique! I need to try that one. Thanks for sharing. :)

  13. Dee Ann Matthews says:

    Fabulous background colors with the Avery Elle watercolors that can create so many differet shades!

  14. Oohh my goodness…you used a comb to make awesome cards….I like it very much.
    Thank you for the video’s with another techniques I must try out.

  15. Kelsey Thomas says:

    Love your backgrounds!

  16. Sophie Farah says:

    These examples are just lovely!!! I love how you used the beauty of the watercolor as the star of the show and used simple sentiments to make these cards really special. Thank you so much for sharing these ideas with us! :)

  17. Virginia L. says:

    Totally sensational and fabulous! Love your cute video demo, Lisa! xoxo

  18. Very cool technique!

  19. These are so cool!! I LOVE the way you used the comb through them!!! I need to try this.

  20. Fantastic techniques and amazing cards!

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