Altenew + The Daily Marker Watercolor Therapy


I know, I know, you’ve been dying to get your hands on the new Woodless Watercolor Pencils. We’ll now’s the time! And, we’re celebrating with a Watercolor Therapy blog hop with Kathy Racoosin over at The Daily Marker for her 11 Day Coloring Challenge. You should be arriving from LauraJane’s blog. If not, you can track back to the Altenew Card Blog to start at the beginning, or continue around until you loop back here.

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watercolor pencils = easy NO LINE watercoloring!

OMG! Is no-line watercoloring the biggest challenge for you? Then these pencils are THE answer! If you can color inside the lines with a crayon or pencil, then, you can do it! Now, granted, I used the Flowing Drops stencil for this project, but the concept is the same.

I picked a color palette from the collection of 24 pencils to create a gorgeous, flowing blend. In some instances I outlined the drop completely in one color, but as I worked my way down to blend, I just outlined the top of a drop in one color and the bottom of the drop in the next color. Then, when I added in water, I let it do the blending for me! It was soooooo easy!

keep it simple

To let that beautiful watercoloring really shine, I kept everything else to a minimum. The sentiment was diecut using the Linear Pathway Alpha solid die set – one of my new favorites! The dark green mat underneath really let the sentiment and the watercoloring pop!

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see it in action!

Join me TOMORROW – November 19th at 4PM US Central to see these pencils in action! It’s my weekly YouTube craft live stream – Running with Scissors! We have a ton of fun creating and chatting about all sorts of crafty topics! Click the reminder link below so you don’t miss out!

🔴Running With Scissors | Live Craft Stream with Nicole | Ep.34 Nov 19, 2020

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Time is precious and I’m truly grateful that you chose to spend a few minutes of your day here!
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Now, about that GIVEAWAY…

Altenew and Kathy from The Daily Marker are giving away over $350 prizes to 17 lucky winners!

Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below for a chance to win by 11/24/2020. All winners will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on 11/30/2020.

Time to hop along!

Be sure to hop over to Caly Person for more amazing inspiration. And don’t forget to leave comments along the way to enter all the giveaways!

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71 thoughts on “Altenew + The Daily Marker Watercolor Therapy”

  1. Oh Nicole, this is sooo beautiful! I do forget to get my stencils out & now I can’t wait to get them out & play. The new pencils look wonderful & they are at the top of my Christmas list after seeing your post! Thanks for sharing!!

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  2. Wow, what a super technique to get this finish. Think I may give it a try. I love to watercolor with pencils and these fit the bill for me. Adding to my long Wish List. Thanks for the helpful information and guidance . Great Hop !

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  3. I never would have thought to use watercolor pencils with stencils. I have a lot of stencils so will be trying this technique. Thanks for sharing your creativity and ideas. Love the new Altenew woodless watercolor pencils and am adding them to my wish list. 🙂

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  4. Nicole you used one of my favorite stencils. would have never thought to use watercolor pencils inside stencil for the no line technique. great job/art!
    stamping sue

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  5. I love the colors you choose, these pencils are amazing… I love all the cards everyone has made using them .
    Thank you for sharing!!

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  6. Just beautiful Nicole. Love the way you used the stencil to water colour. Love the colours you’ve used. Thanks for sharing these techniques.

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  7. Absolutely ingenious! I am just learning watercoloring and this is such a nest concept. Great way to practice color blending and could swatch dime favorites in a stencil. Love that idea! Thanks

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  8. What a wonderful way to use this pretty stencil! Love the soft delicate washes of colour! Thanks so much for lots of helpful hints and inspiration!

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  9. I love how you made it look like a wash of aquamarine and soft coloring!! The die cutting is such great inspiration for me too!!

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