Well it is a new year, and one of my goals this year is to simply play more, take a few things far less series. So today, I am fully playing around with some Elizabeth Craft Design stamps and watercolor just for the fun of it. In fact, I set out of make a bit of a mess.

Step One: Stamp and emboss the sentiment from the Hello stamp set on some watercolor paper. I used a rose gold embossing powder.

Step Two: Using a stamping platform, I stamped poppies over the watercolor paper from the Poppy Dream stamp set.

Step Three: Hand stamp background images from the Words & Layers stamp set.

Step Four: Watercolor the image keeping it loose and messy. I purposely splattered the watercolor onto the paper to keep that loose feeling. I used ECD’s Watercolor Palette to watercolor.

Step Five: Adhere the watercolor paper to an A2 cardframe using 10mm Clear Double Sided Adhesive.

What are your new year crafting goals? Let me know in the comments below. Until then, Happy Crafting.