Watercoloured Fall Leaves with Distress Inks

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing another autumn card ... and a video tutorial on how I watercolored these fall leaves.

Honestly, I didn't think I'd be doing another video so soon after my first, but when I was making these, I thought it might be fun to share with you the easy way I found to watercolour these beautiful leaves from Stampin' Up!

There are so many watercoloring techniques available on-line through videos and crafter's blogs ... the hard part is finding which techniques worked for me.  I have had many failures when watercoloring, but have recently discovered a few different ways that make me happy. :)  Today I'm sharing a very simple way in which to watercolor these leaves, adding the ink colors on top of each other while the paper is wet, so they blend.  I hope you'll give it a try ... and I hope it works for you. :)

My video is on my You Tube Channel HERE ... and I've also embedded it below.

Thanks to all that take the time to watch --- so appreciated!! :)  Warning --- after filming three times, I decided that this version was the best of the lot :)  Still lots of flubs ... you can probably tell by my voice that I was getting tired.  The weird part is the number of times I say "fussy-cut" ...  lol!

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Just a quick reminder that the current challenge at Mixed Media Card Challenge (#3 - Autumn Colors with optional element of metal or leaves) is closing in a few days (Sept. 25).  Still time to enter ... hope to see you there! :)

Edited to Add:  Just visited my friend Vicki's blog and see that AAA Card Challenge this week (#21 - inspirational cuts) is to include fussy-cutting on your card, so I'm entering.

Stamps:  Gently Falling (SU!); Hello sentiment from "Where your heart is" (Simon Says)
Paper:  White (Neenah); Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press); Sweater Weather DSP (SU!)
Ink:  Distress inks:  Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon, Fired Brick, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain; Early Espresso (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Waterbrush (Aqua Painter from SU!), twine

Challenges:
AAA Cards #21