A palette of pastels

Enchant your loved ones with soothing watercolour makes by creating unique inked backgrounds using AquaTint markers from Crafter’s Companion.

Clare used the Cherry’s Wildlife Collection of stamps from Claritystamp for these cards, which she stamped and heat embossed to display the intricate details of the designs. She then paired the stamped images with watercolour backgrounds for a calming scheme.

Clare has inked her own unique panels for some of the backgrounds on the cards, but if you’re not the most confident with inking, choose watercolour-patterned paper to achieve the look. Here, Clare has used Hobbycraft’s Watercolour Dreams pad to layer the stamped panels, which complements the pastel and bleached shades Clare has