Creating Interesting Effects with Liquid Watercolors and Shimmer Sprays - Hero Arts
Posted by Michelle Short on March 22, 2018

Creating Interesting Effects with Liquid Watercolors and Shimmer Sprays

Hello there, Michelle here and today I have a card to share using the Flower Confetti Fancy Die, along with Liquid Watercolors and the White Iridescent Shimmer Spray to create an interesting background.

Sending A Smile by Michelle Short for Hero Arts

I started off with a piece of watercolour paper and applied a layer of clean water to this. Using Deep Ocean, Indigo and Moss Liquid Watercolors, I added colour to the panel letting the colours blend together. I let the panel sit for a few seconds and then sprayed on some of the White Iridescent Shimmer Spray, this created an interesting effect with the Liquid Watercolours and also gave the panel a lovely shimmer. Once dry, the piece was die cut using the Flower Confetti Fancy Die and the inside pieces popped out.

Sending A Smile by Michelle Short for Hero Arts

The Flower Confetti panel was then adhered to a white card base with liquid glue. Taking some Snow Layering Paper, I cut the smile die, from the Smile Stamp & Cut, three times and layered these up with liquid glue. This was added to the card with more liquid glue. I took the 'sending a' sentiment stamp from the set and stamped this with Versamark Ink on to black cardstock. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. This was cut in to a strip and then added to the card with thin foam tape to complete the sentiment.

Sending A Smile by Michelle Short for Hero Arts

To finish off, I added a few sequins around the sentiment with liquid glue. I used two from the Seashore Mix and one from the Frost Mix. I really like how the background came out, I shall have to experiment more with mixing Liquid Watercolors with sprays.

Thank you so much for popping by today, happy stamping!

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8 comments

It’s amazing how white paper evolves into a masterpiece. Love the multi-layering effect that really makes the confetti die… pop. Simple sentiment, says it all.

Barbara Wolters,

Beautiful! Love that resulting colour colour and the irridescent shimmer is a lovely end result of the spray. The flower confetti die makes for a beautiful panel

Jackie Price,

Lovely card Michelle, simple but stunning!

Henriëtte,

Loving all the shimmery goodness!!

Cindy C.,

Great effect using the liquid watercolors and shimmer. I’ve got to try this one! tfs

Helen,

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