Distress Watercolor Over Embossed Canvas

Hi Everyone!

I made a birthday card for my nephew – and I seem to have trouble making cards that are more masculine. I lean towards using light colors – which typically make my cards look more feminine. I’ve used a lot of different advice from people in this video on how to make cards more masculine (Carissa Wiley), how to store embossing powder (Jennifer McGuire), and how to use a laminated white piece of cardstock to help you see the color you’re picking up with a brush when you do watercolor with distress ink (Kristina Werner) – these ladies are all brilliant! You’ll have to see my video to see what I’m talking about – or you can check out their videos on YouTube :).

I like that the embossed canvas gives this card a lot of texture. I haven’t used distress inks in a while so I thought I would use them as well for this card.

Here’s my video – I hope you like it. Sorry if I sound tired (it’s pretty late here and I’ve had a rough couple of days with my youngest having a fever that won’t seem to let up).

SUPPLIES:

Distress ink colors: Fired Brick, Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers

Not Listed: Stacked With Love Designer Series Paper (Retired Stampin’ Up! Product)

Versamark Ink	Basic Black Cardstock	Night of Navy Cardstock	Recollections 110 lb
Canson XL Watercolor Paper Pad	Big Shot	Big Shot Magnetic Platform	Standard Cutting Pads
SU Hello You Thinlits Dies	LF Stitched Borders	Simply Simmons Round Brush	White Embossing Powder
ATG Gun	Mini Multi Medium Matte Glue	3M Scotch Double-Sided Permanent Foam Tape	Crazy About You
HA Canvas BG