I’m featuring the Christmas Village stamp set by Pajama Crafter Stamps this week, and oh, how I love this set! The images work together in endless combinations, making it perfect for building festive winter scenes.
For today’s card, I went with a dreamy sky in rich teal. I began by stamping the house and two trees in VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink on watercolor paper. Then, I stamped the same images onto scrap paper to create masks, carefully covering the house and trees before painting.
With the scene masked, I brushed water across the cardstock, staying close to the house and very close to the trees. Inspired by the Aurora Borealis, I mixed Emerald Green with a touch of Turquoise blue, picking up plenty of pigment and sweeping it from top to bottom. As I neared the bottom edge, I lightened my brush to leave just a soft hint of color. I repeated this process once more to deepen the richness of the sky.
While the paper was still plenty wet, I splattered Cadmium Yellow, White Gold, Light Gold, and Yellow Gold across the sky. The way the gold shifted the green and blue was magical—just what I was hoping for!
To finish, I painted the little house and gave the snowy trees the faintest touch of color. For the card assembly, I layered teal green glitter paper behind the watercolor scene and adhered it to a crisp top-fold card base. The sentiment was stamped on a square of watercolor paper, backed with a matching glitter paper square turned on its point for extra sparkle.
If you’re ready to create your own festive scenes, be sure to check out the Pajama Crafter Stamps shop for a wonderful variety of stamps and tools!
Watercolor outside the lines,
Angie