Watercolor Flowers with Elizabeth Craft Designs

Hello, friends! Today is my first time posting to the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog! I am sharing a project using Annette Green's NEW Everything’s Blooming Collection!

I will be posting to the ECD Blog once a month to share Annette's Everyday Elements line of products. This first release (Everything's Blooming) contains 10 die sets and 3 stamp sets! 

Today I have used the 2027 Stemmed Flowers die to create some sweet watercolor flowers! I am NOT an accomplished watercolorist, however, coloring up simple images with watercolors is so FAST and EASY!

The first step was to die cut some flowers from the Soft Finish Cardstock using both the 2027 Stemmed Flowers and the 2025 Playful Flowers die sets. My theory is that when you want to do something messy, like playing with watercolor, it is best to to a huge bunch of things, rather than one small thing!

This was my first time using the ECD Watercolor Palette, which comes with 24 luscious colors, two sponges, AND a fillable watercolor brush!

I just roughly watercolored all the petals and leaves that I had die cut. After they were dry, I went back and added some shading to some of the areas. (I made a bit of a mess out of my palette, but art can be messy, right?!) I found the colors to be very bright and vibrant! The paints have a lot of pigment!

I chose a few of the flowers and stems from the 2027 Stemmed Flowers die set to use for this card. I snipped some of the stems apart to make my own unique flower. (The other items that I watercolored, I put away for use later. It is always nice to have some things ready when you need to make a card at the last minute!)

I cut dark brown cardstock to 5″ x 12″ to make a top folding 5″ x 6″ card. I like this odd size for some reason. I then cut a piece of printed paper to 4 7/8″ x 5 7/8″ and attached it to the card front. I tried to pick a pattern that had some HOT pinks in it.

I die cut one of the borders from the 2022 Lace Borders die set and attached it to the right edge of the card as shown above.

I used a paper trimmer to trim a piece of music note printed paper into a banner-ish shape, then matted it with dark brown cardstock. I added the banner to the left side of the card as shown.

Using the largest die in the 2026 Postage Stamps die set, I cut a piece of the Soft Finish Cardstock and while the paper was still in the die, I sponged some distress ink (Antique Linen) onto the shape to give it a soft, antique look. I cut a piece of pink paper and a piece of dark brown cardstock with my trimmer to make a double mat for the postage frame. I glued them together and then used some foam dots to attach the watercolored flowers to the postage stamp shape.

Using the 2020 Everyday Words die set, I cut “Happy Birthday” from dark brown cardstock and added the phrase to the card front. I decided to NOT use the shadow die as the black lettering already popped enough.

I also finished off the inside of the card by adding panels of the Soft Finish Cardstock and cutting two strips of the printed paper for decoration. There is plenty of space to add a stamped or hand written message.

Note: You will be able to purchase Annette Green’s new collection Everything’s Blooming at your favorite shop stocking ECD products! I have linked to Scrapbook.com (and to the ECD site where appropriate) to help you find things. I am not an affiliate at this time, so you can go to your favorite site to order as you wish.

Thanks for joining me today! Happy crafting!

ECD Products Used:
2027 Stemmed Flowers
2026 Postage Stamps
2022 Lace Borders
2020 Everyday Words
Soft Finish Cardstock
Watercolor Palette, 24 Colors
0.25″ Clear Double Sided Adhesive

Other Products Used:
Cardstock: ColorMates Brown
Printed paper: Prima Madeline, Authentique Flourish
Ink: Ranger Distress Antique Linen
Tools: WRMK Layers trimmer, craft knife
Adhesive: ATG, foam dots, Art Glitter Glue