Oh I love watercolour stamping, it's so much fun. Especially when one can't watercolour 😅 I'm slowly building up my Oxide inkpads, but I do really want the watercolour pencils too. Please do more videos like this, prefferably 12 hours long 😂 as you are very good company when I craft along hehe. Have a lovely weekend Alison xx
I agree - it's so lovely using a technique where you're not completely in control... it's those random happy accidents of too much water, or too little, which make magic. Do you have just Oxides, or do you have Distress Inks too? I really enjoy the contrast between the chalky matte Oxides and the translucent glow of the Inks, but if I had to choose only one formulation, it would be the Ink every time. The pencils are lovely to play with - I waited a long time for offers which brought the price down to where I could manage it! There's a swatching video of them, if you haven't seen it already, with lots of detail about different ways to apply them - ruclips.net/video/hMFUm9M7McM/видео.html ... just to tempt you a bit more!! Thanks so much for watching and commenting - very happy to have your crafting company along the way. Have fun playing!
@w0rdsandp1ctures I have all the normal inkpads, a few inks and 7 oxide inkpads. I also have all the markers. The discontinued ones. They are great for the detail work on watercolour stamping, but for that I actually prefer the Tombow markers... I want all the oxide inkpads, all the inks, all the crayons ( only have 1 set), all the watercolour pencils and all the embossing glazes and and and 🥴🤣 it gets expensive LOL I wont be getting the watercolour pencils until I have all the Oxide inkpads, I'm funny like that, one "medium" at a time 😅
Yes, I have some of the markers, but the pencils have definitely taken their place in my heart! I know very well how expensive it can get. I was lucky to build quite a lot of my stash through working on design teams and getting products either free or with discounted rates. But given I don't spend money on make-up or perfume or shoes or handbags or really on clothes much either, I think it's fine! I prefer to spend my money on books, music and art supplies - things which bring me joy - and that seems like money well spent! Good luck with your collecting.
Would love to sit in the meadowlands of your making, Alison! There are colors like, Evergreen Bough and Rustic Wilderness that are so intense that I pull them out and don’t use them. Watercoloring and 3rd or 4th stamping did the trick! I always learn so much from you. Your completed panels are so very beautiful 💐💐💐
Rustic Wilderness is insanely potent, isn't it?! I love the Oxide of it, but the Ink always has to be at least third stamping! And yes, I have very mixed feelings about Evergreen Bough for some reason. Never like it on its own, but it definitely brings something to the party when it's there in the layers. Thank you so much for stopping by and for your lovely comment.
I absolutely loved this. I can’t explain the joy I have felt watching it haha. I am a 46 year old complete beginner to stamping. I have just bought a few little ones and an acrylic block. I haven’t dare try it yet, but this video has given me confidence to just give it a go. Thank you ❤
That's such a lovely comment to read... I'm thrilled that you had such a joyful response to seeing this unfold, and even happier that you're inspired to have a play yourself. Set out with curiosity and exploration in mind rather than expectations, and nothing can go wrong... there is no "wrong". Hope you'll have lots of fun. Thank you so much for watching and for your heartwarming words.
The panels are simply gorgeous! Saturday mornings have become such a special time for me watching your videos and learning new techniques. Thank you so much for sharing your incredible gifts, Alison!
Oh, that's such a lovely comment to read - thank you very much. I love to think of my Saturday videos having become part of people's weekends, and offering up inspiration. Have a lovely weekend.
How lovely for me to find you just now, right here, right now. Your soothing voice, your soothing color palette, your soothing art in motion. Thank you sincerely, and here’s hoping you find the spirit that we are all seeking….soon…cheers Alison 🤍🤍🤍
I came here to say the exact same thing. I love her soothing voice and bravery to push on and make adjustments on the fly, How lovely for me to find her just now too.
Very happy you found some calm and gentleness here today... it's so much needed in the world at the moment. Delighted if I can be a source of soothing! Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment.
@Maribeth1379 Thank you so much for that lovely thought. Playtime and creativity are all about being in the moment and responding, as far as I'm concerned - so to me it's less about bravery and more about embracing that sense of flow and exploration. Very happy you found some calm and some inspiration here today.
Oh, that's double inspiration then - creativity and caffeine! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment - you made me smile with that one.
Really beautiful water colour stamping, Alison - and you show how to do it so well. The finished cards are really lovely and it was so helpful to see how you built up the layers to give a softened, gentle look. Thank you.
Thanks so much... I do love a technique that means I'm not in complete control! It's the happy accidents of too much or too little water which make the magic.
It's really great because it allows much more precision in adding the colour. You need the nibs nice and wet to get the colour onto the stamp, so it can get a bit messy, but as long as you have some paper towel nearby to lay them down, you'll be able to contain it! Have fun playing. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Just beautiful!! I was skeptical of the evergreen bough when you first stamped. However, it is actually one of my favorite areas since it accentuates the purple berries and brings the greenery to life. I'm so enjoying all the tips and techniques....and learning so much. Thank you for sharing your talent!
It's funny... Evergreen Bough is a colour I can never quite make up my mind about. I completely agree with your wariness when you see it by itself, but somehow in the overall mix it definitely adds something! Delighted to hear you are learning as well as enjoying the fun. Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment.
It always makes my day when I see that you've uploaded another brilliant tutorial. Those are so pretty, I love the colours, very subtle and realistic too. I must get some more stamps. Thank you so much for inspiring us. Take care and enjoy the rest of your weekend. Best wishes, from the UK xx❤❤
By all means, add some stamps to your wishlist, but this technique will work well with lots of different stamps - so have a play with whatever you've already got. Thank you so much for your lovely, thoughtful comment - you've put a big smile on my face. Happy Sunday to you.
Thank you so much for that generous comment - you've put a big smile on my face. Hope you'll have fun playing with some of the ideas and techniques here, with whatever you have in your supplies.
These are so lovely and soft. Wasn’t aware that you can manipulate the stamps with watercolour and pen. Looking forward to giving it a go. Thanks kindly for sharing Alison❤️🇨🇦
You can always add more detail to a stamped image... it can give it a really hand-drawn look if you're lucky!! Very happy that you've picked up some extra tips and tricks today. Thank you so much for your company and your lovely comments always.
Thank you for this! I just love how you take various greenery stamps and make them into a coherent, and very lovely, card front! I always learn so much from your videos! TFS
I'm so happy that you are discovering things as well as enjoying the videos - hope you'll be inspired to have your own few minutes of fun very soon. Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment.
Yes, there's nothing complicated - the series is called a few minutes of fun, after all! But I'm not sure these are finished yet... we'll see what happens next with them. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Thank you very much - happy you enjoyed it. I can't claim it as "my" technique - it's been doing the rounds for ages, but I think I probably first picked it up from Tim Holtz himself!
Very happy you found your way here - welcome! I'm so happy you love these, and I hope you'll enjoy exploring here on the channel. Thank you so much for watching, commenting and subscribing - much appreciated.
@ Thanks! I did 4 today. Not as pretty as yours. I need to add some branches and twig stamps to my arsenal. I am more used to actual watercoloring my own drawings, so i need practice. Have a great weekend!
Oh great - well, if you're used to drawing and painting, you can always add extra details by hand to whatever stamps you have got... nothing easier than to put in some twiggy branches! You have a great weekend too (whatever's left of it when you read this!).
I love the warmth of these colours. The greens and soft purples add such a delicious depth of colour. Such joy! The composition of your four pieces is perfect as always. ❤️🇨🇦❤️
Happy you like them. By all means keep these on your list - they are lovely stamps - but you can use the technique with any stamps you have to hand - it doesn't have to be these. (I did mean to say that during the filming, and forgot!) Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
I love this, I have never tried water color stamping, I have plenty of water color pencils and stamps, I’m going to try this, of course I realize you make this look easy but I do love it… so pretty as all your makes are. Thanks for showing.
I promise it is easy! Do have a play and you'll find out how easy!! As long as you explore with curiosity rather than expectations, there's nothing that can go wrong - there is no "wrong"!! Hope you'll have fun playing with your supplies. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.
I promise that it is easy... it doesn't just look that way! Give it a go - you can use any stamps you have (look in the description of the video for a link to another "watercolour stamping" video using summer meadowgrass stamps), and just play. As long as you explore with curiosity rather than expectations, then there's nothing that can go wrong... there is no "wrong"! Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment.
That sounds lovely - very happy that you're inspired to have a play. Hope you'll have as much fun as I did. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.
Oh, I'm thrilled to hear that this has given you some new ways to play with your stamps. I hope you'll have lots of fun exploring and experimenting with them. Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment.
Thank you so much, Jane! You can achieve lovely effects with whatever stamps you've got (though I have to say these two Winter Watercolour sets are amongst my favourites that I own).
It's such a lovely technique, isn't it? So simple, yet the results are always delightful. Have a lovely Sunday, and I hope you'll have lots of fun playing.
Beautiful panels Alison! That was joy to wake up to this cold morning. It is in the low 40s Fahrenheit, for Florida and Me that is cold. Any way, I love the depth you achieved with your stamping. I am going to save this video so I can go back and stamp along with you. Right now I have a number of unfinished projects on my table and a dog asleep in my lap. :) I hope you are having a lovely day.
I get that that's cold for Florida, but I can beat it! We're well below 0C at the moment (below 30F), with a real feel in the wind of 10F at times!! It's due to go back up to the low teens (C) this coming week (about 55F), but then it will plunge again... I get used to wearing my thermal underwear in the winter here. (A dog on your lap is a good alternative!) But we usually have cold, bright days with beautiful blue skies, which I'd much rather have than the (warmer) murky grey weather which was winter in the south-east of the UK, where I used to live. Enough about the weather! So happy you enjoyed the stamping today... it's definitely one of my favourite episodes so far - I had a lovely time with it all, including the red berries which unexpectedly turned up! Hope you have a good weekend, and thanks as always for your company and comments.
Thank you... I do hope you will. It's a lovely technique - so simple but the results are always delightful. And it will work well with whatever stamps you have to hand. (There's another whole watercolour stamping video with completely different stamps - summer meadow grasses - here, just to prove that point! ruclips.net/video/R_jBcTkk-nc/видео.html )
So happy to hear you are inspired to play (and to shop... but do try it out with whatever stamps you already have too!). Thank you so much for watching and commenting.
I love your work, you know I do! I’d love, personally, to see your inks neatly lined up - I’d like to see them properly. It’s just me, I expect (neat freak!). ❤❤🇦🇺
Thank you so much for that lovely comment... I hope you'll have lots of fun playing (that's the main thing), and I'm sure whatever you create will be lovely.
So happy you're inspired to play - that's the best possible response to the videos here! Thank you so much for watching and commenting, and I hope you'll have your own minutes of fun very soon.
Beautiful. In fact I am not ready for Christmas, but I had these stampsets on my desk since yesterday. Not because I am starting yet, but to make up my mind what I'll probably will be doing for Christmas this year. So your 'watercolor' stamping came just in time for some extra ideas.
No, I'm not really there yet... Advent Sunday is usually the start of me feeling vaguely that Christmas is coming. I hate when it's in the shops in September!! Happy to have added to the ideas for when you are ready to start...
@@w0rdsandp1ctures You know me probably, I want to live with the seasons, no Christmas before Sinterklaas birthday (December 5th). Still, my brains do some work, so that I can make a late start to make and finish a lot of Christmas cards that will have the same look/design.
You are running in the background of paper sorting and Albinoni playing softly even further back. Nice to hear your voice on this truly dismal UK day 😊 xx
It's been gloriously sunny here - went up the hill again earlier - but very cold. Real feel supposedly -14C in the wind, but due to head up into the low teens this week. Bonkers!
@@cestina5427hi, I’m in the West Midlands and preferred the snow! I’d rather have cold and fresh over what we have at the moment. The torrential rain woke me this morning
@traceybartlam7737 I don't mind mind snow in the Czech Republic where we are all geared up for it with winter tyres on every vehicle and gritting taking place with great speed and efficiency even on minor roads. Not so keen in the UK where there is a tendency to look at it as if we've never seen snow before ..... But yes I agree it is far pleasanter than wind and rain and dreary grey.
I'm so happy you made your way over here, and enjoyed it... the few minutes of fun are always about trying to find some flow! Thank you so much for watching and commenting.
Hello Alison! LOVE x 10 this few minutes of fun with winter greenery!!! I enjoyed every moment of it and will enjoy watching it just as much at least a couple more times. It’s probably my favorite Saturday morning video although that’s probably not fair to say to the other videos without scrolling through them to remind me of what has come before! =) I think the watercolor stamping is one of my very favorite techniques and probably the one I’ve done the most over the years but I absolutely LOVE the way you almost always use more than one color on the stamp! I’m so encouraged my this video because I really, really want to create my Christmas cards again this year but I’ve been so tired that it’s been overwhelming to even pull out all my Christmas options let alone get creative with them. This would be a lovely, enjoyable, simple yet stunning option. I can do this! I don’t have most of the TH stamps you used but I have lots of other option both TH and others including your newest stamps, winter grasses, etc. I do think the red rubber works a bit better than clear stamps but I’ll play around with those as well if need be. I also have quite a few TH dies that I think could work in nicely as well. On a side note: I watched a couple of videos about watercolor including a flip through of a floral journal by Emma Jane Lefebvre in which she showed a resource book Flower Color Guide which I’ve ordered for myself for Christmas - they’re 400 photos for flowers arranged by color. Since the beginning I’ve wanted to do flowers so I think that’s perfect. I’m going to wait until Christmas to open it along with a set of Paul Reuben watercolors I got on sale and haven’t even swatched yet. I’ve got so many journals that I’ll just pull one (probably A5 Moleskine) to add to my gift but I won’t wrap my Silver brushes! LOL =) Thanks so much for sharing your creativity and inspiration- you are such a blessing to me and so many others! Happy Sunday! 🙂 Forgot to mention that I also have dies for winter greenery and thought about using that as well somehow maybe with an embossed background...
I completely understand the tiredness and overwhelm and inability to get creative... there's a lot of it about! I'm happy if this video has given you a window on a possible path for creating your cards. As you say, it's a simple but delightful technique, and I know handmade cards will spread some much-needed joy around if you find the energy. And of course it will work beautifully with whatever stamps you have to hand! I found a Flower Colour Guide, but that's by Taylor and Michael Putnam - looks like what you are describing though. (There is a watercolour book by E.J.L. but not floral.) They also have one called Flower Colour Theory, which looks beautiful too. More for the Christmas wishlist... I spent yesterday doing a winter version of my autumn leaf die-cutting session. I didn't film, I'm afraid, but should be sharing photos later today over on IG of the results so far. So yes - embossing, die-cutting, or just keep it simple with the watercolour stamping. Either way, give yourself the gift of some creative play distraction! Hope you have a good Sunday.
@w0rdsandp1ctures YES... the Putnam book is the one I ordered. EmJ mentioned the Putnam bouquet book, too, but I liked the idea of individual blooms to practice with. The bouquet book could be a good 2025 add on. I have a couple of bookshelves and a couple of boxes of various books for a variety of artistic mediums from drawing, colored pencil, watercolor, to pastel, etc. I'll have a stroll through those, I think, before adding more. I also have a drawer of coloring books of varied qualities. I'm a fan of the phrase "shop your stash." LOL...
Yes, indeed... shopping my stash needs to be my watchword for 2025. And I'm like you in having a shelf full of books which I should also spend some time exploring. Can I put "more time in the day" on my Christmas wishlist?!
I really love these. I even have the very same watercolour paper pad. My dilemma now is whether to invest in some Distress watercolour crayons while there are some great offers about! 🤔
I'm a bargain hunter... I waited quite a long time to get the pencils at a price that felt okay. I'm happy I took the leap when I did! Glad you enjoyed these few minutes of fun. Thanks so much for your company and your comment.
Were you a watercolor artist in another lifetime or maybe still are in this lifetime. These are beautiful. But I honestly think I could paint them with my watercolors faster than this. Not sure I'd get some of the good background that you have however. Now I'm getting the bright idea of maybe including stamping and watercolor painting together. I'm definitely going to give this a try. Blessings from New Mexico
Well, stamping with additional painting is basically what I'm doing by the end with the pencils - I almost got a brush out to help... so yes, by all means combine the two. You don't have to go very far on my channel to see some watercolour work... here are a few to explore if you're interested: botanical flipthrough part 1: ruclips.net/video/MjHUEywOj48/видео.html botanical flipthrough part 2: ruclips.net/video/_3h6AdAlrCg/видео.html me in action, watercolouring some of my own designs on tissue: ruclips.net/video/AMisrNYVfRo/видео.html as well as lots of swatching here: ruclips.net/p/PL8YgZDGC0XQX2eMWHYf8hDP_1sfNi7UG8 Glad you enjoyed this one - thank you so much for watching and commenting.
Beautiful project! What I particularly appreciate is the mentoring in color usage in this video. And the pointer about using our watercolor pencils on our stamps! What size micron were you initially using to circle the berries and what size did you end up using to cup the berries on one side? I am just starting to use pens in my work and find it very intimidating so your subtle use of the lines to define the berries was brilliant for where I am in my play. Thank you!
Very happy that you found so much of use in this video. The first pen was either an 01 or an 005 Pigma Micron in brown, but it had basically run out, which is why I switched over. (I don't know which as they're lying next to each other now.) The second pen is a Pilot V5 Hi-Tecpoint 0.5, which is just a writing pen, not designed for sketching, so the ink is not archival, as it is with the Pigma Microns. Hope that helps.
Lovely cards - the purples remind me of Beauty Berry plants. I dont have (and can't afford) all the inks and stamps you use but would love to learn how to attempt these with ordinary watercolour paints and stamps - so I could still try it out?
Of course... have a play with whatever you have to hand. I've built up my supplies over many years, but in the early days I just worked with whatever I had and played and explored and had fun - that's the main thing! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Well, the pad that I'm using here, which I held up to the camera at the beginning (and it's listed in the description) is a good mid-price option. Arches is my absolute favourite watercolour paper, but I wouldn't use that for crafting or mixed media work like this, only for proper watercolour work, like the botanicals you may have seen earlier in the week - ruclips.net/video/_3h6AdAlrCg/видео.html (though the sketchbooks in that video are the Moleskine watercolour sketchbooks, which are also very good, if you want your paper in a book form). Hope that's of some help - though paper is quite a personal preference, so one thing to look out for in good art stores is offers on sample packs of papers, so that you can try them out, and see what works for you. Somewhere like Jacksons Art in the UK www.jacksonsart.com/ or Blicks in the US www.dickblick.com/ usually have something like that around. You need to experiment. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Beautiful! I just ran across your video and now subscribed. I learned so much watching this. Have a question…what’s the difference between the inks and oxides? Cheers!
Happy you found your way here - welcome! I hope you'll enjoy exploring the channel - glad to hear you liked this one for starters! The quick answer to your question is that Distress Inks are translucent and Distress Oxides are opaque. If you want to see them in action for comparison, there's a whole video about those basics here: ruclips.net/video/2gUKA8QcGuI/видео.html I hope that will answer your question more fully. Thanks so much for watching, commenting and subscribing.
Oh I love watercolour stamping, it's so much fun. Especially when one can't watercolour 😅 I'm slowly building up my Oxide inkpads, but I do really want the watercolour pencils too. Please do more videos like this, prefferably 12 hours long 😂 as you are very good company when I craft along hehe. Have a lovely weekend Alison xx
I agree - it's so lovely using a technique where you're not completely in control... it's those random happy accidents of too much water, or too little, which make magic. Do you have just Oxides, or do you have Distress Inks too? I really enjoy the contrast between the chalky matte Oxides and the translucent glow of the Inks, but if I had to choose only one formulation, it would be the Ink every time.
The pencils are lovely to play with - I waited a long time for offers which brought the price down to where I could manage it! There's a swatching video of them, if you haven't seen it already, with lots of detail about different ways to apply them - ruclips.net/video/hMFUm9M7McM/видео.html ... just to tempt you a bit more!!
Thanks so much for watching and commenting - very happy to have your crafting company along the way. Have fun playing!
@w0rdsandp1ctures I have all the normal inkpads, a few inks and 7 oxide inkpads. I also have all the markers. The discontinued ones. They are great for the detail work on watercolour stamping, but for that I actually prefer the Tombow markers... I want all the oxide inkpads, all the inks, all the crayons ( only have 1 set), all the watercolour pencils and all the embossing glazes and and and 🥴🤣 it gets expensive LOL I wont be getting the watercolour pencils until I have all the Oxide inkpads, I'm funny like that, one "medium" at a time 😅
Yes, I have some of the markers, but the pencils have definitely taken their place in my heart! I know very well how expensive it can get. I was lucky to build quite a lot of my stash through working on design teams and getting products either free or with discounted rates.
But given I don't spend money on make-up or perfume or shoes or handbags or really on clothes much either, I think it's fine! I prefer to spend my money on books, music and art supplies - things which bring me joy - and that seems like money well spent! Good luck with your collecting.
@w0rdsandp1ctures I know exactly what you mean. I prefer spending money on supplies too 🩷
You just make me happy. Thanks for this!
Oh, that's so nice to hear - thank you!!
Would love to sit in the meadowlands of your making, Alison! There are colors like, Evergreen Bough and Rustic Wilderness that are so intense that I pull them out and don’t use them. Watercoloring and 3rd or 4th stamping did the trick! I always learn so much from you. Your completed panels are so very beautiful 💐💐💐
Rustic Wilderness is insanely potent, isn't it?! I love the Oxide of it, but the Ink always has to be at least third stamping! And yes, I have very mixed feelings about Evergreen Bough for some reason. Never like it on its own, but it definitely brings something to the party when it's there in the layers. Thank you so much for stopping by and for your lovely comment.
I absolutely loved this. I can’t explain the joy I have felt watching it haha. I am a 46 year old complete beginner to stamping. I have just bought a few little ones and an acrylic block. I haven’t dare try it yet, but this video has given me confidence to just give it a go. Thank you ❤
That's such a lovely comment to read... I'm thrilled that you had such a joyful response to seeing this unfold, and even happier that you're inspired to have a play yourself. Set out with curiosity and exploration in mind rather than expectations, and nothing can go wrong... there is no "wrong". Hope you'll have lots of fun. Thank you so much for watching and for your heartwarming words.
Always so beautiful Allison! 😁😁
Thank you so much!
Inspirational tags with such great techniques and lively results!
Thanks so much for that lovely comment - I certainly had fun with these (which is why we ended up with four instead of the planned pair!).
The panels are simply gorgeous! Saturday mornings have become such a special time for me watching your videos and learning new techniques. Thank you so much for sharing your incredible gifts, Alison!
Oh, that's such a lovely comment to read - thank you very much. I love to think of my Saturday videos having become part of people's weekends, and offering up inspiration. Have a lovely weekend.
Gorgeous combinations of colours and textures for these winter hedgerow beauties😍
Thank you... I did have a lovely time (which is why we ended up with four instead of the planned twosome).
How lovely for me to find you just now, right here, right now. Your soothing voice, your soothing color palette, your soothing art in motion. Thank you sincerely, and here’s hoping you find the spirit that we are all seeking….soon…cheers Alison 🤍🤍🤍
I came here to say the exact same thing. I love her soothing voice and bravery to push on and make adjustments on the fly, How lovely for me to find her just now too.
Very happy you found some calm and gentleness here today... it's so much needed in the world at the moment. Delighted if I can be a source of soothing! Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment.
@Maribeth1379 Thank you so much for that lovely thought. Playtime and creativity are all about being in the moment and responding, as far as I'm concerned - so to me it's less about bravery and more about embracing that sense of flow and exploration. Very happy you found some calm and some inspiration here today.
Love watching while I drink my morning coffee!!!
Oh, that's double inspiration then - creativity and caffeine! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment - you made me smile with that one.
Such a beautiful effect. You are a magician with color and stamps!
Oh, that's so kind of you - thank you for your lovely comment, which has put a big smile on my face.
These are so lovely. Thank you for all your tips and techniques.
Delighted you enjoyed it - thank you for taking the time to watch and comment.
You managed to capture the feel of early winter perfectly!
Thank you so much for that lovely thought.
I love this technique! Dainty and beautiful
Thank you - it's such a great technique... so simple, but always with lovely results.
So inspiring and the makes give such a peaceful and dreamy vibe for the dark of the year.❤
Thank you so much for that lovely thought.
Absolutely beautiful. Your color combinations and the way you use water is so lovely.
Thank you so much for that lovely thought... water really is the magic ingredient in so many art and craft techniques!
Really beautiful water colour stamping, Alison - and you show how to do it so well. The finished cards are really lovely and it was so helpful to see how you built up the layers to give a softened, gentle look. Thank you.
Thank you so much for that lovely, thoughtful comment. I'm delighted you enjoyed watching the process... I certainly enjoyed creating them.
just lovely work, thank you. the lavender is what I want for my bedroom xxx
Very happy you enjoyed it... I hope you can manage to match the colour for your bedroom!! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Beautiful! Great technique!
Thanks so much... I do love a technique that means I'm not in complete control! It's the happy accidents of too much or too little water which make the magic.
The watercolor pencils on stamps is brilliant! Can’t wait to try it myself! ❤
It's really great because it allows much more precision in adding the colour. You need the nibs nice and wet to get the colour onto the stamp, so it can get a bit messy, but as long as you have some paper towel nearby to lay them down, you'll be able to contain it! Have fun playing. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Just beautiful!! I was skeptical of the evergreen bough when you first stamped. However, it is actually one of my favorite areas since it accentuates the purple berries and brings the greenery to life. I'm so enjoying all the tips and techniques....and learning so much. Thank you for sharing your talent!
It's funny... Evergreen Bough is a colour I can never quite make up my mind about. I completely agree with your wariness when you see it by itself, but somehow in the overall mix it definitely adds something! Delighted to hear you are learning as well as enjoying the fun. Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment.
I just loved watching you create and the foliage and berries are truly magnificent! Thank You❤
Thank you so much for that lovely comment - hope you'll be inspired to have your own few minutes of fun soon.
Beautiful and inspiring as always!❤
Thank you so much for that lovely thought!
Gorgeous! Love watching you create these backgrounds, always stunning.
So happy you enjoyed it - thank you for your company and your lovely comment.
It always makes my day when I see that you've uploaded another brilliant tutorial. Those are so pretty, I love the colours, very subtle and realistic too. I must get some more stamps. Thank you so much for inspiring us. Take care and enjoy the rest of your weekend. Best wishes, from the UK xx❤❤
By all means, add some stamps to your wishlist, but this technique will work well with lots of different stamps - so have a play with whatever you've already got.
Thank you so much for your lovely, thoughtful comment - you've put a big smile on my face. Happy Sunday to you.
ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS❤❤❤
Thank you so much - I had a lovely time with them, as you can probably tell!
@ that is what is most important as you had fun creating beautiful artwork
I am in love with these pieces! Adding some of the colors to my wishlist.
So happy to hear that you enjoyed it. I hope your wishlist will come true soon! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Wow! you are quite the artist! This is stunning! Thanks for the tutorial of how you create a masterpiece!
Thank you so much for that generous comment - you've put a big smile on my face. Hope you'll have fun playing with some of the ideas and techniques here, with whatever you have in your supplies.
Your videos are wonderful! I learn so much. TFS😊
I'm so happy to hear that - thank you for watching and taking the time to comment... much appreciated.
Beautiful work! Stunning!
Thank you so much, Tracy. I've just seen your delightful take on the panels over on IG - so happy you were inspired to play!
@ thank you very much! You are a wonderful inspiration!
These are so lovely and soft. Wasn’t aware that you can manipulate the stamps with watercolour and pen. Looking forward to giving it a go. Thanks kindly for sharing Alison❤️🇨🇦
You can always add more detail to a stamped image... it can give it a really hand-drawn look if you're lucky!! Very happy that you've picked up some extra tips and tricks today. Thank you so much for your company and your lovely comments always.
Beautiful ❤
Thank you very much.
Your sleeves matched the colourways of the green/purple pieces. All lovely pieces...tfs
Well spotted! Happy you like them - thank you so much for watching and commenting.
Thank you for this! I just love how you take various greenery stamps and make them into a coherent, and very lovely, card front! I always learn so much from your videos! TFS
I'm so happy that you are discovering things as well as enjoying the videos - hope you'll be inspired to have your own few minutes of fun very soon. Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment.
As always, such an inspiration! ❤
So happy to offer up some inspiration - thank you for watching and taking the time to comment.
So inspiring Alison, I absolutely love the way these turned out ❤
Happy to hear you are inspired! Thank you so much for your company and your comments.
So gorgeous!!!
❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you very much.
Pretty simple cards still takes talent to do these things well done🤗
Yes, there's nothing complicated - the series is called a few minutes of fun, after all! But I'm not sure these are finished yet... we'll see what happens next with them. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Love your watercolour panels Alison x Great depth created and your sentiment stamp is a favourite of mine too x Have a lovely weekend ❤
Thank you so much for stopping by, Annie... yes, I think the Bleak Midwinter is probably going to be the choice for at least one of these!
So gorgeous, soft and just all round lovely, your technique's are great, thanks 😊
Thank you very much - happy you enjoyed it. I can't claim it as "my" technique - it's been doing the rounds for ages, but I think I probably first picked it up from Tim Holtz himself!
@w0rdsandp1ctures awesome!
Absolutely stunning! 🤗 New subscriber ❤
Very happy you found your way here - welcome! I'm so happy you love these, and I hope you'll enjoy exploring here on the channel. Thank you so much for watching, commenting and subscribing - much appreciated.
@ Thanks! I did 4 today. Not as pretty as yours. I need to add some branches and twig stamps to my arsenal. I am more used to actual watercoloring my own drawings, so i need practice. Have a great weekend!
Oh great - well, if you're used to drawing and painting, you can always add extra details by hand to whatever stamps you have got... nothing easier than to put in some twiggy branches! You have a great weekend too (whatever's left of it when you read this!).
I love the warmth of these colours. The greens and soft purples add such a delicious depth of colour. Such joy! The composition of your four pieces is perfect as always. ❤️🇨🇦❤️
Thank you so much for that lovely comment. I'm so happy you found such joy and beauty in the panels. I certainly had a wonderful time creating them.
Beautiful - such a relaxing video to watch as well! Thank you. 🙏
That's lovely feedback - thank you so much. Beauty and relaxation... who could ask for anything more?!
@ just the inks to do the project! 😂 My Xmas wish is very long….
I hear you!!
I love these! Those stamp sets are on my list to get next year to use at Christmas.
Happy you like them. By all means keep these on your list - they are lovely stamps - but you can use the technique with any stamps you have to hand - it doesn't have to be these. (I did mean to say that during the filming, and forgot!) Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
I love this, I have never tried water color stamping, I have plenty of water color pencils and stamps, I’m going to try this, of course I realize you make this look easy but I do love it… so pretty as all your makes are. Thanks for showing.
I promise it is easy! Do have a play and you'll find out how easy!! As long as you explore with curiosity rather than expectations, there's nothing that can go wrong - there is no "wrong"!! Hope you'll have fun playing with your supplies. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.
Really lovely, and you make it look so easy.
I promise that it is easy... it doesn't just look that way! Give it a go - you can use any stamps you have (look in the description of the video for a link to another "watercolour stamping" video using summer meadowgrass stamps), and just play. As long as you explore with curiosity rather than expectations, then there's nothing that can go wrong... there is no "wrong"!
Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment.
how beautiful these turned out....was thinking I'll put some blue flowers in with the purples
That sounds lovely - very happy that you're inspired to have a play. Hope you'll have as much fun as I did. Thank you so much for watching and commenting.
I am so glad that you made these beautiful prints! I have many of the same stamps, but was never sure what to do with them, until now.
Oh, I'm thrilled to hear that this has given you some new ways to play with your stamps. I hope you'll have lots of fun exploring and experimenting with them. Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment.
These are simply stunning! I must try some of these… more stamps to buy… LOL… Thank you,friend… these are DIVINE❣️
Thank you so much, Jane! You can achieve lovely effects with whatever stamps you've got (though I have to say these two Winter Watercolour sets are amongst my favourites that I own).
Beautiful!!!!!!
Thank you very much.
I am back to say these are sooooo pretty! Many birthday cards for me! ❤
Fine by me!!
Thank you for all the lovely inspiration! 💖💙💚
You're very welcome - happy you enjoyed it!
Beautiful, very very beautiful 😍 I love this technique and will try it tomorrow 😍🫶♥️😍
It's such a lovely technique, isn't it? So simple, yet the results are always delightful. Have a lovely Sunday, and I hope you'll have lots of fun playing.
Love this. Can’t wait to try it!!
So happy you're inspired to have your own few minutes of fun! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
toujours magnifique !.quelle magie de vous voir créer
Merci beaucoup!
Beautiful panels Alison! That was joy to wake up to this cold morning. It is in the low 40s Fahrenheit, for Florida and Me that is cold. Any way, I love the depth you achieved with your stamping. I am going to save this video so I can go back and stamp along with you. Right now I have a number of unfinished projects on my table and a dog asleep in my lap. :) I hope you are having a lovely day.
I get that that's cold for Florida, but I can beat it! We're well below 0C at the moment (below 30F), with a real feel in the wind of 10F at times!! It's due to go back up to the low teens (C) this coming week (about 55F), but then it will plunge again... I get used to wearing my thermal underwear in the winter here. (A dog on your lap is a good alternative!) But we usually have cold, bright days with beautiful blue skies, which I'd much rather have than the (warmer) murky grey weather which was winter in the south-east of the UK, where I used to live.
Enough about the weather! So happy you enjoyed the stamping today... it's definitely one of my favourite episodes so far - I had a lovely time with it all, including the red berries which unexpectedly turned up!
Hope you have a good weekend, and thanks as always for your company and comments.
TFS this lovely project :)
You're welcome - happy you enjoyed it. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Gorgeous, I might give this a try ❤
Thank you... I do hope you will. It's a lovely technique - so simple but the results are always delightful. And it will work well with whatever stamps you have to hand. (There's another whole watercolour stamping video with completely different stamps - summer meadow grasses - here, just to prove that point! ruclips.net/video/R_jBcTkk-nc/видео.html )
Just when I think you have already made my favorite to date, you make a new one that becomes my favorite😊 Gorgeous combination of colors!
I think this might be my new favourite too! Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment, which put a big smile on my face.
Beautiful Alison!! You always inspire me! I just love these! Am off to buy a few goodies!❤
So happy to hear you are inspired to play (and to shop... but do try it out with whatever stamps you already have too!). Thank you so much for watching and commenting.
Always so enjoyable…just watching you create!❤❤
That's lovely to hear - thank you so much.
Love these!
Thank you very much.
I love your work, you know I do! I’d love, personally, to see your inks neatly lined up - I’d like to see them properly. It’s just me, I expect (neat freak!). ❤❤🇦🇺
Your talent shines. I so enjoyed watching you bring the cards to life. I only hope my cards will look good. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for that lovely comment... I hope you'll have lots of fun playing (that's the main thing), and I'm sure whatever you create will be lovely.
Most inspirational!
Happy to hear that - thank you!
Love these, I’m going to have to try to make some similar ones.
So happy you're inspired to play - that's the best possible response to the videos here! Thank you so much for watching and commenting, and I hope you'll have your own minutes of fun very soon.
I love your videos - you give me lots of inspiration ❤
So happy to hear that - thank you so much for taking the time to let me know... much appreciated.
Beautiful. In fact I am not ready for Christmas, but I had these stampsets on my desk since yesterday. Not because I am starting yet, but to make up my mind what I'll probably will be doing for Christmas this year. So your 'watercolor' stamping came just in time for some extra ideas.
No, I'm not really there yet... Advent Sunday is usually the start of me feeling vaguely that Christmas is coming. I hate when it's in the shops in September!! Happy to have added to the ideas for when you are ready to start...
@@w0rdsandp1ctures You know me probably, I want to live with the seasons, no Christmas before Sinterklaas birthday (December 5th). Still, my brains do some work, so that I can make a late start to make and finish a lot of Christmas cards that will have the same look/design.
You are running in the background of paper sorting and Albinoni playing softly even further back. Nice to hear your voice on this truly dismal UK day 😊 xx
It's been gloriously sunny here - went up the hill again earlier - but very cold. Real feel supposedly -14C in the wind, but due to head up into the low teens this week. Bonkers!
@w0rdsandp1ctures It's due to go to 17 here....
@@cestina5427hi, I’m in the West Midlands and preferred the snow! I’d rather have cold and fresh over what we have at the moment. The torrential rain woke me this morning
@traceybartlam7737 I don't mind mind snow in the Czech Republic where we are all geared up for it with winter tyres on every vehicle and gritting taking place with great speed and efficiency even on minor roads. Not so keen in the UK where there is a tendency to look at it as if we've never seen snow before ..... But yes I agree it is far pleasanter than wind and rain and dreary grey.
Very nice videos … thanks for reminding how lovely Watercolor stomping is.. 😀 hugs 🇨🇦
It's such a great technique, isn't it? Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Happy weekend to you.
So pretty
Thank you so much - happy you like them.
I saw your post on Instagram and had to check out your video. Love the softness and go with the flow creativity!
I'm so happy you made your way over here, and enjoyed it... the few minutes of fun are always about trying to find some flow! Thank you so much for watching and commenting.
Das ist so schön geworden, ein großes Lob dafür. Liebe Grüße von Barbara
Vielen Dank!
Wonderful thank you ☺️
You're very welcome - thanks for watching and commenting.
Hello Alison! LOVE x 10 this few minutes of fun with winter greenery!!! I enjoyed every moment of it and will enjoy watching it just as much at least a couple more times. It’s probably my favorite Saturday morning video although that’s probably not fair to say to the other videos without scrolling through them to remind me of what has come before! =)
I think the watercolor stamping is one of my very favorite techniques and probably the one I’ve done the most over the years but I absolutely LOVE the way you almost always use more than one color on the stamp! I’m so encouraged my this video because I really, really want to create my Christmas cards again this year but I’ve been so tired that it’s been overwhelming to even pull out all my Christmas options let alone get creative with them. This would be a lovely, enjoyable, simple yet stunning option. I can do this! I don’t have most of the TH stamps you used but I have lots of other option both TH and others including your newest stamps, winter grasses, etc. I do think the red rubber works a bit better than clear stamps but I’ll play around with those as well if need be. I also have quite a few TH dies that I think could work in nicely as well.
On a side note: I watched a couple of videos about watercolor including a flip through of a floral journal by Emma Jane Lefebvre in which she showed a resource book Flower Color Guide which I’ve ordered for myself for Christmas - they’re 400 photos for flowers arranged by color. Since the beginning I’ve wanted to do flowers so I think that’s perfect. I’m going to wait until Christmas to open it along with a set of Paul Reuben watercolors I got on sale and haven’t even swatched yet. I’ve got so many journals that I’ll just pull one (probably A5 Moleskine) to add to my gift but I won’t wrap my Silver brushes! LOL =)
Thanks so much for sharing your creativity and inspiration- you are such a blessing to me and so many others! Happy Sunday! 🙂
Forgot to mention that I also have dies for winter greenery and thought about using that as well somehow maybe with an embossed background...
I completely understand the tiredness and overwhelm and inability to get creative... there's a lot of it about! I'm happy if this video has given you a window on a possible path for creating your cards. As you say, it's a simple but delightful technique, and I know handmade cards will spread some much-needed joy around if you find the energy. And of course it will work beautifully with whatever stamps you have to hand!
I found a Flower Colour Guide, but that's by Taylor and Michael Putnam - looks like what you are describing though. (There is a watercolour book by E.J.L. but not floral.) They also have one called Flower Colour Theory, which looks beautiful too. More for the Christmas wishlist...
I spent yesterday doing a winter version of my autumn leaf die-cutting session. I didn't film, I'm afraid, but should be sharing photos later today over on IG of the results so far. So yes - embossing, die-cutting, or just keep it simple with the watercolour stamping. Either way, give yourself the gift of some creative play distraction! Hope you have a good Sunday.
@w0rdsandp1ctures YES... the Putnam book is the one I ordered. EmJ mentioned the Putnam bouquet book, too, but I liked the idea of individual blooms to practice with. The bouquet book could be a good 2025 add on. I have a couple of bookshelves and a couple of boxes of various books for a variety of artistic mediums from drawing, colored pencil, watercolor, to pastel, etc. I'll have a stroll through those, I think, before adding more. I also have a drawer of coloring books of varied qualities. I'm a fan of the phrase "shop your stash." LOL...
Yes, indeed... shopping my stash needs to be my watchword for 2025. And I'm like you in having a shelf full of books which I should also spend some time exploring. Can I put "more time in the day" on my Christmas wishlist?!
I really love these. I even have the very same watercolour paper pad. My dilemma now is whether to invest in some Distress watercolour crayons while there are some great offers about! 🤔
I'm a bargain hunter... I waited quite a long time to get the pencils at a price that felt okay. I'm happy I took the leap when I did! Glad you enjoyed these few minutes of fun. Thanks so much for your company and your comment.
Shhhhh don’t tell anyone….but I ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I'll keep it quiet, promise!
I got a giggle out of your "toothpaste" green comments. Beautiful panels.
Happy to make you giggle... but you see what I mean, right?! Thank you so much for watching and commenting.
Were you a watercolor artist in another lifetime or maybe still are in this lifetime. These are beautiful. But I honestly think I could paint them with my watercolors faster than this. Not sure I'd get some of the good background that you have however. Now I'm getting the bright idea of maybe including stamping and watercolor painting together. I'm definitely going to give this a try. Blessings from New Mexico
Well, stamping with additional painting is basically what I'm doing by the end with the pencils - I almost got a brush out to help... so yes, by all means combine the two.
You don't have to go very far on my channel to see some watercolour work... here are a few to explore if you're interested:
botanical flipthrough part 1: ruclips.net/video/MjHUEywOj48/видео.html
botanical flipthrough part 2: ruclips.net/video/_3h6AdAlrCg/видео.html
me in action, watercolouring some of my own designs on tissue: ruclips.net/video/AMisrNYVfRo/видео.html
as well as lots of swatching here: ruclips.net/p/PL8YgZDGC0XQX2eMWHYf8hDP_1sfNi7UG8
Glad you enjoyed this one - thank you so much for watching and commenting.
Beautiful project! What I particularly appreciate is the mentoring in color usage in this video. And the pointer about using our watercolor pencils on our stamps! What size micron were you initially using to circle the berries and what size did you end up using to cup the berries on one side? I am just starting to use pens in my work and find it very intimidating so your subtle use of the lines to define the berries was brilliant for where I am in my play. Thank you!
Very happy that you found so much of use in this video.
The first pen was either an 01 or an 005 Pigma Micron in brown, but it had basically run out, which is why I switched over. (I don't know which as they're lying next to each other now.) The second pen is a Pilot V5 Hi-Tecpoint 0.5, which is just a writing pen, not designed for sketching, so the ink is not archival, as it is with the Pigma Microns.
Hope that helps.
Lovely cards - the purples remind me of Beauty Berry plants.
I dont have (and can't afford) all the inks and stamps you use but would love to learn how to attempt these with ordinary watercolour paints and stamps - so I could still try it out?
Of course... have a play with whatever you have to hand. I've built up my supplies over many years, but in the early days I just worked with whatever I had and played and explored and had fun - that's the main thing! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Beautiful work Alison. Do you have recommendation on watercolor paper? I am still looking for one, which would suit my love for water 😅
Well, the pad that I'm using here, which I held up to the camera at the beginning (and it's listed in the description) is a good mid-price option. Arches is my absolute favourite watercolour paper, but I wouldn't use that for crafting or mixed media work like this, only for proper watercolour work, like the botanicals you may have seen earlier in the week - ruclips.net/video/_3h6AdAlrCg/видео.html (though the sketchbooks in that video are the Moleskine watercolour sketchbooks, which are also very good, if you want your paper in a book form).
Hope that's of some help - though paper is quite a personal preference, so one thing to look out for in good art stores is offers on sample packs of papers, so that you can try them out, and see what works for you. Somewhere like Jacksons Art in the UK www.jacksonsart.com/ or Blicks in the US www.dickblick.com/ usually have something like that around. You need to experiment.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Beautiful! I just ran across your video and now subscribed. I learned so much watching this. Have a question…what’s the difference between the inks and oxides? Cheers!
Happy you found your way here - welcome! I hope you'll enjoy exploring the channel - glad to hear you liked this one for starters!
The quick answer to your question is that Distress Inks are translucent and Distress Oxides are opaque. If you want to see them in action for comparison, there's a whole video about those basics here: ruclips.net/video/2gUKA8QcGuI/видео.html I hope that will answer your question more fully.
Thanks so much for watching, commenting and subscribing.
Just curious….what brand of green toothpaste are you buying ?? 🤣🤣
Thank you for that... I needed a laugh today!!!