Piggy in Pink Watercolor
Hello and welcome to the Hero Arts blog! It's Janette here with you today and I'm sharing a bit of simple watercoloring on the cutest lil' piglet you ever saw!
Begin by stamping the County Fair Pig image on Arches Hot Press watercolor paper in watercolor friendly Intense Black ink. I like to use hot press for the smooth texture that provides crisp stamped images. Place a single drop of Pink and Teal Liquid Watercolor onto craft mat and dampen a Mini Watercolor Brush with clear water. I'm loving these tiny brushes for detail work and convenience!
Apply pink, full strength, into the nooks, crannies and shadowed areas of the piggy. Rinse brush and blend color out with clear water. Once complete, or while allowing sections to dry, move onto balloons with teal and the same technique.
Once watercolor is dry, die cut. Also die cut Marquee Frame Fancy Die from Snow Layering Paper and white heat emboss sentiment onto black. Stamp County Fair Bold Prints in Intense Black Ink onto Snow Layering paper and trim to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".
Assemble card beginning by adhering stamped background panel to Snow Folded Card base. Adhere 4" x 5 1/4" vellum around edges only onto stamped panel. Pop Marquee frame with dimensional adhesive and adhere piggy and sentiment directly to vellum.
Don't forget to add an interior sentiment and to send this little cutie off as happy mail!
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14 Responses
lorraine turner
August 13, 2018
Janette I love what you have done with this project, the vellum just gives that little bit of cover for the text behind the pig. the pig is just so adorable hanging on the string. TFS :O) xxx
Janna
August 04, 2018
This cute little pig flies, now I must buy. Totally adorable!
Deane McPherson
August 03, 2018
Such a sweet little piggy!
Christine Ross
August 01, 2018
Love your technique. Would love to see a video demo of this. Love the piglet card. Super cute!
Karthikha Uday
August 01, 2018
What a fun cool creation!
Henriëtte
August 01, 2018
What a cuty Janette! Great idea to put vellum over the background, some times a background is to bright and I never knew what to do about that other then not using it. Thank you.
Connie
August 01, 2018
Love the look of this card! Great Frame sets the style and the sweet little piggy brings it all together. Must try some water coloring.
Wonderful!
Lauren Z.
August 01, 2018
This is a great card! Love the sentiment.
Pauletta
August 01, 2018
Very cute! Great watercolors!
Sharon Gullikson
July 31, 2018
I don’t know what it is about pigs that I LOVE so much, but they are adorable!! This is so cute.
Karen Hale
July 31, 2018
Cutest piggy ever!
Barbara Smith
July 31, 2018
Cute as can be!
Cindy C.
July 31, 2018
Super fun card!!
Tavia Cheney
July 31, 2018
That’s adorable. I’m definitely going to try this technique in the near future! Thanks for the ideas. :)