Watercolour transparent layering exercise - Project Rainbow Lotus

Hey,
This blog is actually a dedication to women over the world. I knew so many women even though they are highly educated, but has to live a life that is completely controlled by a chauvinist husband. I am talking especially about Indian women. Being an Indian woman, life is a dedicated one. We usually do not marry multiple times. We have freedom for everything, but we are restricted to make our decisions after our marriage. This is the case of almost 90 % of married Indian women. So this lotus represents ourselves, it grows in mud but it is beautiful. We are strong but the male chauvinist Indian men try to us in chains.
About the painting: this is an exercise of transparent layering. I previously demonstrated transparent layering using a single colour. This time it is multicoloured like a rainbow.

Watch the video for the demonstration


Supplies used are
Watercolour paper
Watercolour brush round no 8
Sakura Koi watercolour 24 pan set
Oblique pen
Brause 66ef nib

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Ambili  VS ( Amey )

Mother's day card made using watercolor

Hi,
My today's vlog and blog is a watercolour floral card. I used loose rose and leaves on this card.  The colours used are Quinacridone Rose, Blue and grey. Rose colour is well watered down for the rough floral shape. Less watered rose colour is used for the petals. A combination of blue and grey is used to paint leaves. I hand-lettered the sentiments using a brush pen.

Please watch the video for the demo


Supplies used are
Strathmore watercolour paper 140lb
Sakura Koi watercolour 24 pan set
Royal & Langnickel Zen watercolour brush round no 4 & no 8
Blue painters tape

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Ambili VS ( Amey )

Easter cards made from watercolor

Hi,
I made two varieties of Easter cards for this Easter. One is a typical religious Easter card and the other two are secular cards.
For the religious card, I used masking technique using a cross made by taping two pieces of painters tape. I painted loose flowers, buds and leaves around the cross. I painted gold metallic paint on the edges of the card.

Easter eggs cards were made using simple painting and transparent t lifting method. Loose flowers were added to this card also. On the other card, I doodled some designs also

Watch the video for the video demonstration

Supplies used are
Strathmore watercolour paper 140gsm
Sakura Koi watercolour 24 pan set
Royal And Langnickel zen watercolour  brush round no 4 & 8
Painters tape/masking tape

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Ambili VS

Watercolor & doodling a bunch of rose Valentines day card

Hi,
My yesterday's vlog was a doodled and watercoloured card. I have didn't have any intention of making a card, however, the watercoloring that I did on Saturday turned out to be awesome I guess. So I added some more dimension by doodling something on that. I was watercoloring some polka dots in Quinacridone rose colour> it turned out to be good. So I added some leaves using a mix of 2part  Permanent green & 1 part Viridian Green Hue. Then I doodled some easy petals with the help os some waterproof black pen.
That was good to see hmm. I cut the painting into 2 parts and then joined them using a printed vellum sheet.

This is what it looks like 

How pretty N cute, right?

Watch the video for the demo

Supplies used are
Sakura Koi watercolour 24 set
Strathmore watercolour paper
Pilot envelope addressing pen
Vellum sheet
Double sided tape

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Ambili VS ( Amey )

Valentines watercolor cards 2018

Hi,
I like to make watercolour cards.I always want to play with different colours. Coloring makes my mind relaxed and calm. Last time I sent so many watercolour cards to my relatives and friends during Christmas, so this time I am also planning to make Cards using watercolour for the Valentines day.

These cards were made in two sessions. I hand-lettered the greetings in all the cards.

Watch the videos for the tutorial

Supplies used are
Strathmore watercolour paper
Sakura Koi watercolour paper
Royal LAngnickel Zen watercolour brushes

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Love Amey Daniels ( Ambili VS )

Mini envelope & Scratch off card - A perfect valentines day gift

Hi,
Valentine's gifts that are very cute are the ones that I make like to make. A cute and handmade gift for your loved ones is really an awesome idea. I made some cute mini envelope for the coming valentines day.They are really easy to make, the surprise is inside the envelope 😉😍😍😍. When you open the envelope, there is a scratch-off card, which hides some messages for your loved ones

Click here to download free quotes

Mini envelope guides

Paper size 3.5 by 3.5 inches Guide paper size 2 by 2.5 inches

Paper size 4.5 by 4.5 inches Guide paper size 2.5 by 3 inches

Paper size 5.5 by 5.5 inches Guide paper size 3 by 3.5 inches

Watch video for the tutorial 

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Ambili VS (Amey )

4 Easy watercolour Christmas cards - Watercolour Christmas card part3 - Holiday craft series 2017

Hi,
I recently made 4 more card designs using my watercolours. One of this design is inspired by an e-card that I got last year. These designs are simply hand drawn or handpainted no complicated steps & not so many supplies were involved in the making of this cards. I just used my watercolour paper and Sakura Koi watercolours and watercolour brushes.

Card 1involved painting stripes & trees
Card 2 is a collection of warm & cosy items like socks, hot chocolate & mittens
Card 3 has the design of triangle trees in a subtle teal blue background.
Card 4 was some presents hanged down from a tree branch

Supplies used are
Watercolour Sakura koi
watercolour paper Canson XL
Watercolour paper Strathmore
waterproof pen Pilot
Metallic acrylic paint
Watercolour brush  round no 4
Watercolour brush round n0 8
Watercolour brush round no 14
Watercolour brush Flat 3/4 inch

Watch the video for the tutorial.

Thank you
Ambili ( Amey )

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Twist and popup card

My today's blog and vlog is a fun fold card. This is a twist and pop-up card. This can be used both as card and also as a scrapbook element or even as a mini album for photos.
this card involves 3 steps, but they are simple

Step 1 Mechanism
Cardstock  2 by 9.5 inches

Step 2 popup piece
Patterned paper  3.5 by 9.5 inches

Step 3
Base card 4.5 by 11.5 inches.


Please watch the video for the tutorial

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Amey (Ambili )

Easy DIY birthday card

Hi,
I always love to make, but I cannot afford so many costly stamps, stamping tools, inks, etc.
I know so many others are also like me. So my today's card is completely handmade & hand-drawn birthday card. This card is a beginner watercolor card with hand-lettered greetings. I used my Canson XL watercolor paper and Crayola washable watercolors to make the card.
I made a birthday banner & balloon design for the cards.

This is how my card looks like.

Try this and let me know your valuable response.

Please don't forget to watch the video also.

Thanks 

bye

Amey 

Easy Thanksgiving Card

Hi ,
My today's blog and vlog is a Thanksgiving card.This is the season of gratitude and family reunion.
I made a card for my beloved ones using watercolor only, that too inexpensive watercolor.The card is a whimsical design based on autumn leaves in brown, orange and green colors, an easy make design. I got the inspiration from an e-card that I saw on google.

My card looks like this
Materials used are
watercolor paper Canson XL watercolor paper
watercolor  Crayola watercolors
Black pen
Pencil and eraser
Have a look at the video and leave comments


Try this and share the joy of creating
Happy Thanksgiving
love
Amey

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Easy & Inexpensive Autumn / Falls Season Greetings Ft Crayola Watercolors

Hi,
Autumn/falls is one of my favorite seasons.The colors of falls have a soothing& enchanting effect on me. I was born and raised in India, so we don't have a falls season there. Last year I moved to the USA. It was the time of falls season when I landed here. That was my first autumn experience. I loved the colors of autumn season ranging from yellowish green to dark pink or crimson red. My today blog topic is watercolor cards I made on the falls theme using inexpensive Crayola watercolors.
I used Canson XL watercolor paper for my painting
This is how my cards look like

I used the colors green, yellow, orange and red for the card.
Please don't forget to watch my video here

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Card making - Simple Watercolour Card

Hello ,
Today onwards, I will be adding my card making blog. Card making was like my childhood hobbies. I usually make news cards from pictures and sentiments that I cut from my old cards.
I have a huge collection of cards and tags I made from my old cards
Today, I made a card using watercolours, that too made from inexpensive Crayola watercolour that I bought from Walmart. This watercolour was a random purchase from Walmart as the price was only USD 1.77. I am not sure of the actual price, but it was less than USD 2 for sure.
I used Canson Xl watercolour paper, that is is also a Walmart buy.
The colours are really bright, I have seen so many expert cardmakers using watercolour for card making, so I thought of doing the same. I used Crayola because I don't have any professional grade watercolours with me
The process was really simple and it turned out to be good.

Please don't forget to watch the 5-minute video tutorial of the same 

Thank you for stopping by

love 

Popup Box card / flower bouquet card

Hello
Who doesn't like flowers? What if we can make a flower bouquet inside a card. So my today's project is a pop-up box card which is filled with flowers, grass and leaves. I made this as a thank you card. But this could serve many occasions.
I used a thick cardstock for making the box. The flowers, leaves and grass were cut using my Cricut explore1 machine
Previously I made a birthday card for a 2-year old using the same pattern but dimensions of the card was different

The box card or pop up card looks like this

 OMG I love it

This is an absolute craft that everyone should try. Though I used a cutting machine to make flowers, grass and leaves, I think it doesn't need a machine's help to cut the same.

For a little help I upload a template please have a look at that too

Don't forget to check my video for the tutorial 

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Twist and fold square card DIY scrapbook element

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Today  I did a scrapbook photo element.It is a folded photo card. This is an old origami fold and really easy to make. This can be used to decorate scrapbook as it can hold many photos

 Template for my fold and twist card is given below

This is the finished card unfolded

How I made the card watch video

Happy crafting
love and hugs
AmeyDaniels