Easy DIY Thank You Cards (Ombré Watercolor)
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- Creating easy DIY thank you cards with two different watercolor ombré backgrounds.
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I have another DIY watercolor card for you today. In fact, there are two cards! I thought some simple thank you cards would be perfect. :)
The biggest tip I can give you to make your inexpensive paints look there best is to mix unique colors. Colors straight from the palette can be great, but if you want a more complex look, try creating your own colors. I used a Crayola watercolor set that can be found in lots of stores for $2 or less!
I created two ombré watercolor backgrounds for my cards. The first was a smooth blended look. The second used a drier brush technique and I purposely wanted more streaks or stripes. I love how both turned out!
To finish the cards, I wrote "thanks" and "thank you" with a gray marker.
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Send me your cards and they might be featured in an upcoming video! *** Please mark the month your card is for on the outside of the envelope. Only one card per person per month, please. ***
October 2016 Theme:
Thank You Cards
Due October 31, 2016
November 2016 Theme:
Christmas or Holiday Cards
Due November 30, 2016
MAILING ADDRESS (updated February 2021):
Kristina Werner
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Box 509
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You can send a self-addressed stamped envelope if you would like your card(s) returned. :)
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You talk and make your videos easy to understand
Love these videos with minimal supplies! They give me the courage to try my hand at watercolors! Thank you for sharing !
I have NEVER thought of premixing my colors. Beautiful cards and THANK YOU!
Wow those are both gorgeous cards, thank you so much for sharing the watercoloring technique with us. I've watched so many people do this type of thing using expensive water colors, and I put it off simply because I couldn't afford to go to an art store and buy the expensive stuff, Crayola Watercolors are in my budget right now, so your video really brought a smile to my face.
Awe Kristina, these cards are so precious and you are one heck of woman....that's what I took from this tutorial! TFS sweetie!
YES. I've asked a few people for letters of rec and these cards will be PERFECT!
Thank you so much! Great video, I can't wait to try my own cards. Thank you also for explaining how you shade in the letters. :)
I never knew that watercolor could be so simple yet elegant! I loved making this!!
Omg thank you so much.....I almost forgot my sisters b-day and this video reminded me 😬😬😶
These are great Kristina and easy for us beginner water colourists.
Absolutely love these cards! Thank you for sharing these simple beautiful cards, plesae share more simple cards.
So cool i am going to make this for my mothers birthday nextweek but then with watered acrlic paint😍❤️🎨
Thank you! you know I started making My thank you cards this week. I always try to get a bunch done with my holiday cards, so I will be ready to send to people.... for presents or hosting parties etc! Thank you for posting a Thank you card Video, I dont see a lot of them up and I like them!!! I also like that this is simple and personal (not a die cut but hand written) You are a special person and I appreciate all your time to make these videos!
I have a terrible hand writing. Can you stamp a message?
Just beautiful, simple and elegant. Thank you for sharing.
The colours of watercolor me love extraordinario the seal manual and staff.THANKS
Great idea for a very simple card.
Thanks also for using the cheaper watercolours. I use these watercolours and you have given me some good ideas to make them work better for myself. You have definitely shown us that you don't need to use the expensive products to get beautiful results. Bravo!
I'm actually hoping to make watercolor cards/artwork for my aunt's little trinkets booth in a store so this tutorial is going to come in handy!!! thank you!!! (also, more watercolor card tutorials would be greatly appreciated!)
I love your handwriting it’s very beautiful and the painting is perfect
Very simple but just eloquent.
Canson XL is available at my local IL Walmart and is perfect for your watercolor needs , especially for practice exercises. Exceptionally value for light watercolor card fronts for under $10 ! Thank you Kristina , I've yet to learn when to STOP when I should when watercoloring 😂. That's when you need the higher quality paper 🤔😅
Thank you for responding. I appreciate that you took the time to clarify the situation. Thanks again.
So pretty! you make it look so easy. mine always turns out like a hot mess
Crafty Haven same
Phanic! At My Chemical Rømance omg i love your username
Nayeema.Art thank you!
Try not to rush it. Don't panic if anything goes wrong. Just take it easy and slow down. It's bound to come out right.
Thanks for the ideas with pension letters...loved them ...great ideas.
Beautiful handwriting and printing love the cards
Wow you are so good at it
I like it so so much I make it for my teacher and she liked it so much love you 💋💞
You know that you were such an inspiration for me that I made my own Bridesmaid cards :)
Love when you do Watercolors!!! 😚😙😘
its so cool to see the 1st paper straighten out as she speed through the video XD
I just made this for my friends birthday. She loves it!
So pretty! Omg that lead pencil was my fav in middle school!
Nicely done!
Fantastic and don't need to spend a fortune
Thank you for the faux calligraphy. I may even be able to replicate that! 👍
Just what I was looking for simple elegant thankyou
Love them
I'm using this design to my new notebook
Very pretty, always love your faux calligraphy handwriting :)
it worked perfectly. Mine came out really pretty.
Great cards, easy and beautiful.
Blue one more beautiful and simple and classic them the other one but really amazing video till enjoy it😃😍😍
Love your Ombré Watercolor! The colors you picked are so pretty!
very beautiful n easy
Gorgeous cards, Kristina! I especially love the purple one. It looks like streaky clouds (very technical term, I know! LOL) at sunset. Love these--tfs! :)
Best tegok dia boleh belajar kita macam-macam
Simple, but very lovely. TFS.
Beautiful cards! Thank you for using limited supplies in many of your videos as many of us cannot afford artist grade supplies. I had some wonderful results with painting a galaxy after watching your videos and can't wait to try this technique 🙂
I love both of them!
Beautiful and you make it look soooo easy!!! Thank you!!
I had to laugh when you said to "use your own handwriting" on a card! Yeah, right....Kristina, most of us stamp because we are not artists! Goes for the handwriting too! When I first saw the finished card, my immediate thought was "who's stamp is that"? LOL...should have known.
Kristina--great cards, thank you so much! I will try the watercolor techniques but my hands just don't work the way they used to so I will have to rely on stamps or dies for the sentiment! My granddaughter had so much fun playing with my watercolors this summer that I got her some for Christmas. This may be a technique that I could actually teach her?!! Thank you for the great information and inspiration! (Peg)
Beautiful
Simple yet effective. Nice
This is just so satisfying
Great technique and thanks for sharing it......
just love this ❤️❤️❤️
I did this but for a birthday card, and it turned out great :D
This is my first video from u and I think ur great and u can come in handy in ur cards and I SUBSCRIBE
pretty cards. I really like the writing. tyfs
i like all of your designsss 😍😍😍😍 simple ans wow
Man your so good!
Made it so easy for me thank you!
These cards are super pretty! Keep going
wow beautiful cards!!!
Love these cards thank you
On your last card using making fluid in Molot? Pen can you use clear water color crayons. Thanks Barbara
Wow I can’t draw but these looks doable. I am going to try
Fabulous cards! xxx
Simple but beautiful!!
This is the first video i watched from your channel and i immediately love it ! Definitely SUSCRIBED!
Gr8!I was also wondering when you will be doing another minimal supplies video?I love those!
When giving this to someone, or selling them, what do you do about envelopes? Do you use one, and if so, any particular size? Do you make them? Thanks so much, Really love when you use your crayola watercolors!
Love it. Can't wait to try this
This is so relaxing!!!!😌😍
Thanks
Waw beautiful card of thanks and thank you 😚😚😚
Lovely. Thanks!
Pretty and you don't need new stamps or dies.
cool, I like
thank you for this amazing video, can you do more, please!★★★♥♥♥♥♥
So nice weldone
Do you also try other types of coloring materials aside from watercolor?
I love your channel, by the way. xoxo
simple and pretty😉
Like it! Thank you for the tutorial!
wow
What's the difference between using Watercolor paper or cardstock??
Beautiful effects :-)
Hello :) do you have information on how would you save your design digitally to create multiple greeting cards?
Awesome!
thank you very much!
Can you please do more cards using cheaper options in the future please?
You can always use the cheaper watercolor tho :)
Clorox Bleach
All you have to do is get cheap paint, cardstock, a pen, and boom!
Saadiya P wdym the water colors in the video are cheap crayola paints and for paper you can just use any kind of thick paper and for brushes and pens i doubt that you dont have them
Saadiya P that's really cheap i don't know what your expecting
i think Saadiya means in general, not just this video
gna make this!!
Cute 👏
this is so pretty, thanks
hello K werner design how are you? can you able to use any kind of watercolour paper?
Difference in two card strokes? I have watched the video twice and am trying to see what the difference in the strokes are is in creating the one card vs the other. I want to make these cards as they are so beautiful!
Deborah Anne Looks to me that the first card used more water so the colors blended better together. In the second card, she uses less water so the brush is more dry to keep the brush strokes. More water takes the brush strokes away and lets the colors blend easier, less water means you have more strokes. I hope that helped. :)
Thank you Allison, yes that makes sense to me.
Hello Deborah! For the first one, notice how she pretty much painted the entire surface of the card by always keeping the paper wet and making sure every brushstroke with new color stuck to the previous brush stroke? She didn't do that for the second one. She let there be spaces between new colors and sort of let the colors dry so the ombre effect was uneven, creating that beautiful rough look.
Thank you Kisa :)
pretty!!
So, I was wanting to hand make my Thank You cards from my baby shower with water color, would Cardstock work just as well? Please answer back asap. ♡ Love these cards!
I wouldn't recommend regular cardstock. Watercolor paper will look much better.
dont lift the paper, it could make the paper bend.
thx for giving me some inspiration for my homework 😊
Beautiful cards and I will be making these for sure, thank you for a simple card to make. Question: I just stamped all of my Thanksgiving cards with a sentiment and some are smudging? I used a black pigment ink, I am new to this. Does pigment ink smudge and should I be using something different? Thank you.
Deborah Anne Pigment inks do take a longer time to dry. You can still use the ink, but just allow ample time to dry. :)
Thank you, how long would they take to dry? I am new to this stamping world.
That depends on your environment. I live in an area with high humidity, Southern Virginia, so mine can take up to half an hour or so. For many areas it takes less time
Pigment inks are really meant to be covered with embossing powder and heated. That's why they stay wet longer. Switch to dye ink if you're not going to emboss.
Thank you
Hello, what is the pad called that you're working on (with grid lines and such)?