No Line Watercolor Background + Blog Hop
Hello friends! I’m very excited to be bringing you more inspiration featuring the new Believe in You collection from Simon Says Stamp (did you see the post I shared yesterday?)! Today’s video showcases the new Stripe Jumble background, along with the Greetings Mix 1 stamp set.
This post is also part of the Simon Says Stamp Believe in You release blog hop. If you have already been hopping along, you should have arrived from my friend, Cathy Zielske’s blog! All the hop details are at the bottom of this post.
I loved the organic, layered lines in this new Stripe Jumble background. When I saw the stamp, I thought it would look gorgeous watercolored with gold metallics and a rainbow of bright colors… and I love the result! To color the background, I started by stamping the Stripe Jumble with a light colored ink and then used Finetec gold watercolors and a mix of Prima and Daniel Smith watercolors to do the painting.
The background on this card is so detailed, I really wanted to keep the design very simple. So to finish off I added a sentiment from the Greetings Mix 1 set and a few gold sequins.
I love the simplicity of this card and I hope it inspires you to create with the new Simon Says Stamp Believe in You collection! Keep on reading for the details on the blog hop. Thanks for visiting me today!
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There is much more to see in this Believe in You release hop! Your next stop is Jessica Frost-Ballas! You can find the entire hop order over at the Simon blog.
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such an amazing card! wonderful background
Wow. I really liked the smattering of beautiful colors with the gold surround! Very creative! Thanks for sharing!
Just love this background, it’s so versatile!
Wow! So beautiful and detailed!
You always rock it, girl. You make fabulous cards.
Kudos to you for all the time that must have taken! If you would have suggested it to me I’d have said “Ain’t nobody got time for that!” but I guess I’d be wrong ;-)
Wow! Gorgeous background with gold embossing! Love the color combination of your card!Thanks for the inspiration!
This is stunning. Thanks for opening my eyes to Finetec watercolors too… I have a feeling those are going on my Christmas list!
This is one of those projects I would do when I need to immerse myself in a stress releasing situation. Its
hard to focus on problems and worries when you do something like this. I’d rather focus on coloring any day.
Thanks for sharing it!!!
Beautiful background!!
I was immediately drawn to your card Nina. I love the gold with the bright colors. I have definitely added the stamp and paints to my wish list!
This is really pretty. Very ambitious but the results are so worth it. TFS!
Absolutely gorgeous, Nina Marie! Love it! Thanks for the inspiration!
This turned out beautifully. Thanks for sharing your process video.
I love the way this turned ot! It’s beautiful!
Beautiful card, very pretty colours!
This is such a cool background! Great new stamp set.
Cool card. Great new release.
Beautiful watercoloring! Looked very therapeutic! Thanks for all the great ideas!
Wow–this is fabulous!
Love the look of your card. Sooo pretty.
Great card and releases.
Great card, I am going to use your technique for my sons birthday. I think it will work perfectly.
Wow! That came out beautifully.
What a gorgeous design!!!
It is something on how the card was watercolored. so pretty. thanks for sharing.
Wow! What a cool card! You did an awesome job watercoloring all of those little spaces!
Wow, so detailed and such lovely, bright colors.
So pretty & vibrant. A great spin on using this background stamp. Thank you for making me think out the box x
Very vivid and very pretty!!
What a beautiful card! I love the richness of the colours!
This is an beautiful card. The navy and gold was an inspired and elegant choice.
These bold colours have an exotic feel. They remind me of the colours of spices from hot and tropical countries. Gorgeous!!
Great colors! Beautiful card!
Love the card but yes very time consuming, you could gold emboss the background and then color in with water colors for a bit of time saving and ease in coloring all those thin lines. Still love your results nice card.
Love your card! The gold is stunning and I love the other colors you chose. Very striking!
I love your card!!! Thank you for sharing!
Wow what a stunning striking card. Loved watching you create and the wonderful inspiration. At first glance it makes one wonder why or what would you use that stamp to create, but then when you water colored it wow became a must have!! Thank you for sharing your talents and inspiration. Amazing!!!
wow what a wonderful and vivid watercoloured background.
What a pretty and very unique look , love that you added the gold
Awesome effect and use of that background. And with the sentiment it is even more perfect.
Gorgeous card! I love your technique!
This is gorgeous with all the gold to fancy it up! Thanks for this fabulous idea.
Very creative. Just a lovely card. Thanks for the inspiration!
What a great idea and absolutely beautiful card!
really fun design, Nina! could be used on a masculine card too!
Great cards! Love them all!
WOW! This is just Amazing and so BEAUTIFUL!! This is something that I would not be able to do..
Have a wonderful day,
Migdalia Rodriguez
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This is a gorgeous card. I really appreciate your explanation on how you created it.
Amazing, Nina. I never would have thought to paint the background that way. You always have unique ideas. Thank you.
I love how you watercolored this background stamp! Such a great look and a wonderful card. :)
You always make the most amazing cards. You amaze me.
Absolutely love this stamp and the excellent card you made. Will definitely need to buy the metallic watercolors.
this is going to be a fun stamp to play with.
So many color combinations. thanks
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Gorgeous card and colors. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Awesome graphic card – I love the warm colours of it and it makes such a nice, bold, colourful impact!
Amazing card! Love the depth and texture!
Really loved the background stamp and the colors you used!! Awesomeness!!!
Dramatic colors! I need to try no line coloring – of all sorts. Thanks for your contribution!
Amazing colorful card!
WOW!! What a fun, bright and bold card! Love the colors mixed with the gold!
Nina, this turned out beautiful, and such a labor of love! Anyone should feel so special to receive this card. :) Thanks for such lovely inspiration.
WOW! What a bold FUN card, thanks for the video!
Very nice!! I like the look of no-line watercolored cards!!
Absolutely Gorgeous!!
Stunning! I love the how the beautiful gold frames the gorgeous colored pattern. The black card base and sentiment are so sharp. Superb!
Another gorgeous card! Love watching you create. Thanks, Nina for the inspiration.
Amazing card with the no line water coloring….beautiful!!
A BEAUTIFUL JOB, Nina! LOVE what you’ve done with this new stamp! I think it looks a bit masculine! We’re ALWAYS IN NEED of masculine card ideas! LOL AND I’m with you, I LOVE the Finetech Water Colors, of which I NEED to get yet! LOL A SUPER JOB!!!!!!!!! ;)<3
Love what you created with the stripe jumble background stamp. Enjoyed the video. You really have a steady hand and the results are amazing.
How fun! Just love what you did with that fabulous background stamp, brilliant!
The gold really makes this card. Colors remind me of Klimt’s The Kiss.
I love that background stamp!
Love geometric elements, this is gorgeous!
Gorgeous card! I love the bright colors!
Super cool card! I love the mix of colors and such a clever technique.
Stunning. TFS ????
very stylish design
The card may have taken time but the results are stunning. The simple sentiment is all that is needed to convey the appreciation felt. thank you…
I love a good stripe!
Love your patience to watercolor all that, but the end result is fantastic.
Love the idea of painting over the lines with gold paint.
I just purchased the Fintec gold watercolors and now have you to thank for all the inspiration! Thank you Nina!
What a fun idea for a card. Love the gold with the bright colors
Ambitious you are with your detail work!
Love this technique and your card. I love background stamps!! So much versatility.
That background looks stunning and it fun to color those stripes !
Fun card! Thanks for sharing.
Such a unique background!
Just gorgeous! Beautiful and elegant!
What a cool card!
FABULOUS card! FABULOUS skill! WOW!
What a cool card! Love the colors and the design. What a great background stamp.
So unique and fun. Nice card for anyone!
Bright and beautiful card, Nina Marie. Really eye catching!
This card came out so cool!
I just love the geometric design and all the beautiful colours.
Lots of work…gorgeous results. I wish I had a steady hand for this kind of detailed work.
When I first saw this design it reminded me of a beautiful array of colored pencils.
This stamp looks cool
how you created it on
your card!
Carla from Utah
Great card and I really like the sentiment stamp set.
Love the encouraging stamp sets & great background stamps.
Very nice card. Love the colours
What a gorgeous card!
Love all the yellow. Very pretty.
Oh wow, this is just gorgeous
Wow! you make it look so easy. The colors are lovely and sp pretty in this form.
great looking card. love the color scheme
What a fun card! I love the colors I love the pattern! Perfect!
This card is so colorful that it sparks happiness just by looking at it! Great job, Nina!
Your card and that background stamp are beautiful! Love the gold with color! It looks like it is right out of the “roaring 20’s!”
The background gives me a feel of Africa and many of the fabrics I’ve seen in their collections in shops? Wonderful creation!
Amazing background…a lot of work but really amazing.
Very bright and cheerful card. Loving this release.
The gold looks great with the other colors. Very cool.
I love the Stripe Jumble background stamp and your idea to water color the stripes is beautiful!
I still need to try the watercoloring. This looks wonderful
I love this! So pretty! Your cards always make me feel cheerful!
The paint also adds texture. Cool!
Love all the bright colors you used on this card.
Wow! Your card is a stunner! Love the different colors and how they pop against the black background – great idea to use gold! Very creative!
Stunning as always!! Thanks for sharing.
Amazing card! The mix of colors with the gold is beautiful!
I love this card! Stunning!
Wow. Gorgeous card! I thought the gold lines were embossed, but you painted them!? Such a cool effect. And you’ve inspired me to get this background stamp just to try this technique. Such fun!
I love that fun, colorful background. Wonderful card.
Fabulous card, love the bold colors!
Very nice card thanks you for sharing.
Wonderful design, thanks for sharing your tips and the technique video.
Very much in love with this background
Wow! What a great use for the background stamp. Really beautiful!
Very unique and unusual
Love how this card turned out with all the beautiful colors!
Lovely affect – I wouldn’t have the patience
Absolutely awesome!!! Wow, those stripes with gold on navy are gorgeous.
Very colorful and cheerful! Thanks for your video.
Love the rich, colorful background you’ve acheived by using this new stamp.
Absolutely amazing! I love it!
Wow! Your card really pops! Love all of the bright color.
What a great idea for a cool background! Thanks for sharing!
You put a lot of work in this card! I am not sure I could do and make it look good.
Your card is gorgeous–I love how you water colored this awesome background stamp!
Just Stunning! Such a pretty card.
WOW. What a classy card. Totally gorgeous. Thanks for the inspiration.
AWESOMENESS! MAKES A VIBRANT CARD!????????
Stunning. All the colors and gold, love it. Thank you.
How stunning! I don’t have this stamp yet, but I have something like this I think will work. I’m using my watercolors this weekend!
The colors and design are drop dead gorgeous!
Awesome! Love these.
fabulous background and coloring-thanks for the video!
Beautiful use of the background stamp.
this card is so pretty – love the creativity behind the awesome background
Wowser!!!!! This is stunning
I’m amazed that you watercolored each of those lines! That is mighty impressive. This is a beautiful creation.
awesome card! what a great way to use that background and the colors are beautiful!
Awesome card! I love to watercolor – would be relaxing to sit and watercolor this background with different color combos! Love your creation!
Divine coloring Nina! You just amaze me with your patience and talent!
A great stamp set. Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful card. For one who can not draw a line (me) this technique is a hit !
Your time was well spent Nina. Those colours are amazing for this background. Love it!
I love how you do your watercolor. I’m not brave enough to do no-line yet. :-)
Beautiful card!!! That gold is striking with all those beautiful colors!!!
Thank you for sharing this project video! Great watercolor.
Absolutely stunning! And of course, the gold paint is out of stock :(
This card is so awesome! Well worth all the time it must have taken you to color. Love the jewel-like tones of the watercolors against the gold background.
Gorgeous card! My hands aren’t steady enough to do this so I would probably hide my mistakes with gold embossing powder instead of gold paint.
I love the simplicity of the card, yet just by looking at it, you know it was a labor of love. I was so hoping someone would color this stamp this way. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful water coloring!
Just beautiful. Guess cleaning my house today is not happening so I can look at all the blogs.
Soo soo pretty, I love the ambra effects in the lines. Very creative and love how it turned out.
Don’t know if I would try this. My luck I would sneeze after colouring most of the lines and ruin the whole thing. Great looking card though.
Beautiful background stamp! I like how you added the gold color. It gave your card a richer look. ????
I like those pearlescent paints you’ve used.
Wow! It looks like a beautiful piece of ornate fabric. Thanks for sharing it.
Very nice! Love the bright colors.
Looks awesome. I especially like the background.
Beautiful technique!
Wow what an unusual and unique way to use a background stamp. I loved that you really used bold colours and metallic colours together. Who ever receives that card is very fortunate.
Fun card!! Love the way you used the background stamp.
Unique and well worth the effort it took to create this.
Great card!!!! LOTS of coloring!! Love the metallic and originality thought it was heat embossed! I think I’d still heat emboss :)
Love this bright, bold and stunning card!
Love the bold colors!
Soooooooooooooooooo pretty!
The background is absolutely stunning!
Wow Nina, coloring over the lines with gold really took this card to the next level. This background stamp is definitely on my wish list.
WOW what a great card!!
Such an amazing card! Love the colorful background.
Great release. Thanks for sharing…
I wasn’t sure I liked this particular stamp, until I saw your card! Now I want that stamp! I love this card!
Love the colors, great for a guy or gal.
I love this card! It looks beautiful!
This is SUCH a cool card! Love the metallic elements and all the colours used as well. Gorgeous! (Sorry if this comment gets double-posted – I made a typo the first time!)
This is SUCH a cool card! Love the metallic elements and all the colours used as well. Gorgeous!
very fun! the colours are awesome!
What a beautiful card! Love the colors.
Great card! Even though it’s sparkly it would be a great masculine card and I’m always looking for ideas for that!
Great car, Nina!
Love what you created!
Wowzer! what a beautiful and unique card! Well done, Nina Marie!
That’s a wonderful card! :)
Great card! Love it!
Your card is mesmerizing. So pretty.
What a cool and unique card.
Love the gold with all the colors :)
Love this fun card!