With turkey and mashed potatoes calling our name this Thursday in the USA, we are bringing you a beloved Watercolor Throwback for Watercolor Wednesday!
We have LOVED this project for a full year, with colorful pumpkins and a great Thanksgiving image! May you be transported to a field full of a grateful harvest. Watch as Bonnie masks in the single pumpkins from our WC Harvest Set into our Flower Cart and adds vines around the pumpkins still in the patch!
We switched to Tombow Markers in January 2019, and although this video uses Marvy Markers, we have included all the links below for the updated colors! You can also download our Color Conversion Chart to see similar colors from both product lines!
Happiest of Thanksgivings from all of us at Art Impressions! We are grateful for the most wonderful customers over the last 32 years!
Guest artist, Kendra Krebs is here again this week with a VERY cool idea using our WC Serif Letters Set! She created a hanging sign, perfect for a door or home decor, and featured the word Noel with a designed wreath for the letter O. Kendra added red and purple flowers from our WC Mini Flower, the pine branch from our WC Foliage Set 2 New, and the thin branch from our WC Foliage Set 4.
If you grabbed last week's Bundle Discount, this week's Christmas Hanging Sign Bundle is a great extension using two of the same foliage sets! Use the link to save 20% on the Serif Letters and Foliage Set 4 stamps until November 26, 2019, at 11:59pm PT! As a reminder, after the week is up, our video bundles will still be listed at a 10% discount!
We want to know where you would hang a sign this pretty? Leave a comment on the video over on YouTube!
It's that time again! Another week has come and gone and we get to enjoy a new Watercolor Wednesday!
Guest artist, Kendra Krebs is back with a beautiful new holiday card featuring our Block Letter Die Set, with Christmas foliage from our WC Mini Flower and WC Foliage Set 2 New sets. Plus, we have another Bundle Discount to save 20% on these three sets until November 19, 2019, at 11:59pm PT! Remember, once the week is up, our video bundles will still be listed at a 10% discount!
Need some holiday card ideas? This is now our 25th video in our Winter Watercolor playlist! Check out all the wonderful Christmastime ideas and create your own special cards for the season!
Autumn is in full swing (see what we did there 😉)! Welcome to another week of Watercolor Wednesday and a continuation from last week featuring the WC Swing Set! Bonnie selectively inks the bench image to create a post for the windblown tire swing, included in the same set! We cannot get enough of the oranges, reds, and browns of the season, which are perfectly contrasted by a blue-sky breeze!
There are so many ideas to create with this WC Swing Set! What would you create? Leave a comment on our YouTube video to let us know!
We have a creative and colorful new Watercolor Wednesday for you this week! Kendra Krebs is back to share our NEW WC Desert Set in this circular scene with a stunning skyline! Kendra uses many of the elements from this set, but also adds some blooms to the cacti from our WC Mini Flower Set!
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Your favorite day of the week is here - Watercolor Wednesday! We are continuing the showcase of our new releases, featuring our WC Mountain Set! Bonnie creates a mountainside cottage, nestled in a pine tree forest, and wildflowers in the foreground. You will love these new mountains to set the scene for any of your watercolor landscapes!
Hop over to this video and share some love with our stamp designer and co-owner, Bonnie Krebs! Which of our five new stamp sets is your favorite? We are excited to see what you create with our summer release!
Bonnie is BACK with a new Watercolor Wednesday! We are excited to kick off our latest release with this video! Bonnie designed two of our WC Shoe Set images, including an antique boot and adorable baby bootie! This set is so fun to fill with your flowers and foliages and design with colors for any recipient!
Make sure to check out artimpressions.com today to view all FIVE new Watercolor sets from our summer release!
My father's birthday was last week and I wanted to make him a personal card so I turned to the watercolor series of stamps. I make a card depicting a house he built here in Florida. It's not exact, but he knew exactly what it was when I gave it to him. While I was at it, I made a second card with a few different colors with a similar layout. The watercolor series of stamps are so versatile!
Use the Square Double Stitched dies to cut out a frame from the watercolor paper. Color the house from the Mini Cottages set with Chocolate and Deep Blue markers and stamp it off to the right side of the inner square of watercolor paper. Stamp the house onto Post-It Tape and cut it out before applying the mask over the image. Apply Dark Jade and Chocolate markers to the palm tree and stamp the it over the house. I used my stamp positioner for both of those images. Remove the mask and use the #1 brush to pull the color from the stamped lines. Add extra color to the house with the Deep Blue, Avocado and Chocolate markers. Add Grass and Palm leaves with Dark Jade and Avocado and pull the color out with your #4 brush. Add some tiny flowers with the Rhodamine Red marker. Add in the sky with True Blue.
The background uses the Palm Fronds from the Palm Tree set and the tiny flowers from the Mini Flowers set. Randomly apply the palm fronds using the Dark Jade and Avocado markers. Fill in the blank areas with clusters of the flowers using the Rhodamine Red and Chartreuse markers. Use the #4 brush to pull out the color. Add the scene flat to the upper portion of the background and add the white frame around it with foam tape. Add a sentiment from the WC Sentiment Set 2 that is cut from the Flag Double Stitch Dies below the framed image.
It's that time again ... Watercolor Wednesday! In this new video, Bonnie created an adorable sleeping puppy inside a doghouse created from the smallest image in our WC Garden Shed Set! We love this little scene and how it can be used on cards for the young and young at heart!
Hop over to the video and let us know - Are you a cat or a dog person? Or both?!
We are back for a NEW Watercolor Wednesday! This week, Bonnie creates a doorway in a stone wall, with a path leading down to the oceanfront. We love the hanging vines and colorful bushes that adorn this wall. Bonnie also added the birds from our My Fortress Set in the blue sky!
Welcome back, Watercolor Wednesday fanatics! We have been enjoying traveling around this summer meeting many of you during at retail shows! Thanks for tuning in and sharing your watercolor projects with us!
This week, Bonnie wanted to create a second Bridge & Cottage Scene (view our first video here) and transforms the bridge by selectively inking and placing in front of our WC Garden Shed image. We love how with a little sketching, you can create depth to your image with color from your palette!
WE WANT TO KNOW - What do you want to see on Watercolor Wednesdays? Click over to this video and leave a comment, and who knows, you might see your request in an upcoming video!
With only three stamps used in last week's project, it's time to stretch your skills this Watercolor Wednesday! This week, Bonnie creates a square composition using our WC Mini Cottages and WC Bridge Sets. Bonnie simply stamps the two main images, creates rolling hills and water with her WC Palette, and then adds foliage and flowers around the edges and cottage!
Did you try out this beautiful scene? We always want to see what you are creating, so use the hashtag #AiWatercolor on Instagram or post on Facebook Page to share your photos with us!
Hello, Ai Watercolor Fans! It's a beautiful Saturday morning, and time to share beautiful projects from our design team to inspire your creations this weekend! Let's take a look!
Hello Friends, Here's the card I made for the Art Impression's Watercolor Weekend. It could be my granddaughters on their trip to Hawaii in March. I stamped the shed from the 5121 - WC Garden Shed Set using both 86 African violet and brown 969 after I stamped it off on a scratch piece of paper first. I used the brown to color in the roof and door knob area. I used 17 steel blue to watercolor the shed and the windows. I stamped in the palm trees from the 5120 - WC Palm Tree Set with the brown and green 177. I used the smallest palm frond to stamp the ground cover and then used the flowers from the 4052 - WC Flowers Set 1 in the pink 725 for the flowers. I used 101 tropical with a touch of green mixed in to color in the water using straight strokes and brown to watercolor the sand. I stamped the little girls from the 5118 - WC Beach Girls Set using the 40 brownish grey then colored them with yellow 993, 77 pastel peach, steel blue, pink 725 and brown 969. I stamped one flower at a time with the pink for the swimsuit and then added a yellow dot in the centers. I used the fine tip of the 45 sepia to add hair strands to both girls. I used 86 African violet to add the shadows under the girls, trees and house. I used very little of the blue and a lot of water to color in the sky. I cut out the picture using the 5063 - Double Stitched Rectangle Dies and adhered it to my card base. The last thing I did was sign and date it.
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I've had the idea for the dress card floating around in my head for awhile. I wanted to use the Ai floral & foliage stamps to create a sort of life-like embroidery look, and kept going to create a grouping of wedding themed items. I sketched the outline of my dress in pencil, directly onto my watercolor paper, and indicated where I wanted the higher points around the hemline to be as a stamping guide. Using the Daisy Bunch in Flower Set 4052 and my #703 Pink Rose marker I stamped it three times without reinking, multiple times around the hem, and again on the neckline. I repeated this with the tiny cluster from 5009 WC Mini Flower Set in #676 Royal Purple. For my last flower, I used the Mini Foxglove from Flower Set 4052 and #533 Peacock Blue, stamping it three times in a row to create the flower stalk. With my #126 Light Olive marker, I coloured just the tip of both of the trailing ivy stamps in 4876 WC Foliage Set 2 New to fill in the greenery, making sure to change directions to keep it looking random. I used my damp #4 paintbrush to dab at each of the flowers & foliage to soften each image and enliven the colours. It then became apparent where the holes were on my 'embroidery', so I used the small green from 4876 WC Foliage Set 2 and #158 Dark Olive to fill in those white spaces. I left these as is, not using my paintbrush, as it defined the shape of the foliage a bit more. I traced the pencil outline of the dress with #533, and used this colour with my brush to add some shading. I picked up #565 Deep Blue from my palette and painted a background wash around the dress. I went in with all of the markers directly onto the image to add in a few deeper colours. The sentiment is from WC Sentiment Set 2, stamped in Versafine Onyx Black. I used my sewing machine to stitch the panel to some coordinating cardstock and adhered it to my base with pop dots, then glued on some iridescent sequins.
The colours and stamps are all the same for my other two projects. For this card, I sketched in the cake and the table, just adding foliage to each layer. I sketched in a heart as my cake topper, and painted in a few ripples on the tablecloth. I stamped this sentiment separately, matting and stitching around it, and adhered it with pop dots going off the right edge.
As a fun little add on, I painted a bouquet and drew in a ribbon bow underneath it to use as a placecard.
Welcome back AI fans to Watercolor Weekend! I wanted to do a simple project for this weekend, so I decided to do this Simple Things Vase. This project is really easy and quick. I have done a video for you to show you just how quick.
Project Details
Step 1 – Ink up the Vase from the WC Decorative Vase Set with Blue. I wanted my vase to be white so I am using the tombow 569 but you can use any marker you may have. Bonnie Krebs uses 565 a lot in her videos. I stamped it to the left side of my paper to allow room for my sentiment. Next, pull the color out of the lines along the right and left side of the vase. This creates the illusion of the vase being round. I wanted the area under the spout and the right side under the handle to be really dark.
Step 2 – Cover your vase with a mask, I am using a piece of Post-It tape. Stamp in your foliage. I am using the leaves from the Foliage Set 4, but you can use any foliage/vines you may have in your collection. This is the greatest part of Art Impressions watercolor line; all the stamps can be used together for any project. Therefore, you don’t have to feel like you can’t create this project because you don’t have the exact stamps I am using. I inked them up with 158 and stamped them a few times. Add water to the leaves.
Step 3 – Ink the flowers with a color of your choice. I used the Daisy Bunch from the Bible Flowers Set inked with 905. I only inked up the top 3 flowers and stamped them in a circle a few times. Stamping items in groups of three is visually appealing so I stamped one in the middle and one on each side of the vase. Add water to the blooms.
Step 4 – To create a little more interest, I used the vine from the Bible Foliage set to create different leaves around the blooms. I inked it up with 249 and stamped it several times around each of the blooms. Add water to the leaves.
Step 5 – Ink up the dots (they remind me of lilacs – although I keep calling them violets LOL) with a purple. Unlike the daisy bunch, this stamp is walked out to create the lilac. Again, I stamped three different blooms. Add water to the blooms. I added a small amount of 569 from my palette underneath the vase to ground it and create a shadow.
Step 6 – In order to create some additional interest, I added the accent flowers to the vase. This created some height and I just love how they look on any project. I inked them up (I used the left and right stamp) with the 379 and stamped them several times around the vase. No need to add water to these.
Lastly, I signed and dated it.
Card Details
I stamped the “It’s the Simple Things” to the right side of the panel using a sentiment from the WC Sentiments 2 set and some Gina K Designs amalgam ink. I thought it needed a little something more, so I added a flower to the bottom right side of the sentiment. This was done using the lilac stamp and the vine.
Easy peasy right? I think so. We hope you will join us this weekend and show us your creations on Instagram using #AIWatercolor. Check out the video here if you want to paint along with me.
Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a creative weekend! See you soon!
Thanks, team! These projects are all so gorgeous! From beachy scenes to hand-drawn elements to customize your creations, to a lovely floral arrangement with video tips! What an awesome day! Be sure to leave a comment below so we can hear what you enjoyed about this week's installment. We'll see you again soon! Happy Stamping!
