Step by Step by Mona Hauge
Hi Lavinians 🧚♀️ Hope you enjoy today’s tutorial named “Bella’s Treehouse”
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On some Watercolour card stamp Shadow Bloom LAV904, Lilium LAV653, Vine Set LAV804, Moss Flowers LAV898 all in Versafine Clair Shady Lane. Then stamp Bellas House LAV448, Fairy Path LAV246, Spotty Toadstools LAV363, Small Dwellings LAV640 in Versafine Clair Morning Mist. Now stamp Secret Garden LAV746, Fox Set 1 LAV635 and Bumble and Hum LAV892 in Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves.
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Colour the first layer with Mondeluz watercolour pencils. Start with the base colour and we will build layers of darker and lighter shading in the next step.
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Add some darker colour for shadows and some lighter colour for the Shadow Blooms. See the photograph for placement.
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The finishing touches on the colouring. Use a few colours on each item, this helps to create depth to the image. The Shadow Bloom has purple, lilac, beige and a deep orange. The Spotty Mushrooms has light red, orange, deep red and some light green at the bottom.
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Cut some watercolour card to size 20 cm x 28 cm. Score at 9cm and at 18cm. Then cut down to 7cm in the first scoring fold. Cut down to 15cm in the second scoring fold. See the photograph for placement.
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Now cut out those two pieces to create a step, like in the photograph.
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When folded together it should look like this. This is the front of the card with the first fold opening from left to right.
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Cut out all the items that we had previously stamped and coloured. I did not use the words in the end but you can absolutely fit them in if you want to.
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We will start with Elements ink Olive and a hint of Elements Pine. Apply the colour like you see in the picture on both sides of the card. Do it very uneven and go much lighter as you go upwards. Spray with water and let the magic happen. Dry with a heat tool or let it air dry.
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Now the card looks like this when folded.
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Stamp the Tree Den LAV642 in Versafine Clair Pinecone. Use the Tree of Hope LAV658 and the Tree of Courage LAV657 in Versafine Clair Pinecone to give the Tree Den some branches. Stamp a lot of Bluebells LAV002 in Versafine Clair Shady Lane. Do first, second and third generation stamping. Use the lightest blue Clean colour real brush pen to add some colour and create the water. Blend it with water on a watercolour brush. Do the same stamping on the other side of the card but make sure the trees on the left side will be in line with each other when you close your card.
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It should look like this. (This photograph is not completely closed so you can’t see the trees line up perfectly when closed).
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Now we will use Distress Oxide Tumbled glass for our sky. Leave the middle part white. Do the same on both sides. Use a water brush to create some solid ground under the trees and flowers.
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Let’s colour our trees using the Mondeluz watercolour pencils. I always use a dark brown, medium brown, reddish brown and ochre to colour the trees. The many different colours help to create depth to the images. Stamp the Mini Leaf 1 stamp in Versafine Clair Shady Lane. Do first, second and third generation stamping for the leaves. Colour a bit of shadows on the ground with a dark brown pencil. Repeat everything on the other side of your card.
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We need a branch for our tree house so I found that we can stamp the Tree of Courage LAV657 in Versafine Clair Pinecone as a big branch on our Tree Den. Make sure to stamp it so that it is fully visible when you close your card. Colour it the same way we did colour our other trees and give it some leaves too. Glue the tallest house directly onto the card – the roof of the house will be above the card as in the photograph.
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Glue the shortest house on with some 2mm 3D foam. The Secret Garden sign and the gorgeous Bee are also glued on with some 2mm 3D foam. The rest of the pieces are glued on with Bippity Boppity glue. For our Bluebells we will use a Beige Posca pen as the base colour for all of them.
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When you close your card it should look like this.
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These items are all glued on with Bippity Boppity glue and not 3D foam. This is because if you did you would not be able to close the card completely.
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We will now use some Mondeluz watercolour pencils to colour our Bluebells. Use a few different colours. I used orange, dark pink and blue. Make sure the Posca pen is completely dry before drawing on top of it. Draw a shadow with the pencils on each “belle”. Do these in different colours.
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Now we will decorate the front of our card. I have used 3D foam on everything but the first Shadow Blooms. I think we need some company for our fox , so let’s do a fox from Fox set 2 LAV636 in Versafine Clair Pinecone. Colour him with the Mondeluz watercolour pencils to give him some depth. I think the Shadow Blooms needs a trim but we will have to close our card before we will decide.
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Yes they need a trim. I cut off the Shadow Blooms so that I can use the cut offs as flowers in the trees.
Final Picture
Here you can see the finished card from different angles. I hope you have enjoyed making this card. If there is anything you want to ask me just type in the comments and I will answer as soon as I can.
Big hugs from Mona
