I love the end result of this card. I got to this card via your 1st tree painting that didn't make the cut. I can only imagine how spectacular the 1st watercolour trees would have been as a card. Both watercolour painting are wonderful! But for me the 1st one had a whimsical magic, maybe because it was the 1st one, that the green trees, for me didn't. I just found your channel yesterday, I haven't watercoloured in a few years now, [life] but watching you has made me want to pull out my brushes. Thank u for inviting me in to your magical watercolour world!!!💜
thank you for sharing your talent with us. I get so many ideas from you and have learned so many tips and tricks from you. you are one of the first artists i started watching on you tube. I became a paper crafter making cards and mini albums.
Kristina I love the whimsy of this card. It is so fresh and easy looking. Spontaneous and happy like when we were kids and drew for the fun of it..No inhibitions or anything just happy and free and fun...Thank you so much you have given me so many ideas...Bless you for that and this card. I still have 20 to make and I need to start now. LOL pat
Oh, I love this card! Sometimes I put on UA-cam Art/craft videos while I am crafting and just let it continue to play....that is how I ended up with this video today. I was actually thinking it was a new one from this year but then couldn’t find it on your blog. I love that you don’t always use an A2 sized card and make it into the size you need....cuz I have always done that😊. Thanks for all of your great tips! I just got a set of handmade Watercolors that would be perfect for a project like this. Jodi
As I watch you work I am just amazed at how fantastic your “simple” little ideas you integrate into your basic card. I have been stamping for a number of years and I am no where near your level of expertise! Hallmark is missing a superior card designer!!! You give me a quality to strive to achieve! Thanks so much for sharing!!!!!!
I love this card. I appreciate that you didn't start over when you noticed the bleeding. Too often when I mess something up, it ends up in the trash. I will be trying this one. Although, I may have to cut my tape. Doubt I'd get the thin tape in time to make my Christmas cards. Thanks so much for sharing your creativity and talents. You truly inspire me. You are my first go to place on UA-cam.
I was thinking what a great idea it was to use that big brush to feed paint to the small brush. So much easier than going back to the palette a million times.
Beautiful and so creative. I just checked out your IG and I could sit and make cards with you all day. I made homemade cards one year for Christmas. It took me forever!
I love when things don't work out completely as planned (the seeping paint) and you don't cover it up or pretend it didn't happen! Makes me relate to you! LOL all of us crafters know things don't always go according to plan.
I love this idea to use masking tape for the shape of the trees. I've painted trees on a couple of Christmas cards using acrylic paint. I must try this with watercolour paint.
Love it, love it, love it!!!!!! This is so much fun. I totally understand what you mean by messing with the paint too much. I have wrecked so many things because I couldn't just let the water do it's thing. By the way, that blueish green color is gorgeous! So pretty.
I love this card! And I love seeing your signature heart too. Every time my cards look like there's just something missing, I think of you and add a heart. Works every time.Hugs, Tracy
Thanks for the inspiration. I made three similar cards for my family. I used Tim Holtz distress inks. Turned out really cute. I appreciated all the tips. Merry Christmas
I know this is old but I just saw it and I HAD to tell you - this is one of my favorite cards you have ever done. I absolutely adore it. So cute. So simple. So beautiful. I might actually try this!
thank u thank u thank u sooooooo much for this.....lol.....I have been looking absolutely EVERYWHERE for a Christmas card idea or sketch that didn't require a certain stamp set or die. I have one christmas sentiment stamp and a small snowflake stamp. I've done tons with them but u wanted to find something else to do on my Christmas cards. thanks again.....hugs from KY.....Laura
Kristina....I love this card and am going to give it a try. I have seen you make 5" x 7" cards before, which for us Canadians, is a "normal" size of card. I remember the first time I made an A2 card and I really thought it looked "funny" because it was not what I was used to. And of course, it is far more economical and more efficient using our 8.5" x 11" cardstock. However, after seeing this tutorial, I thought to myself wouldn't it be great if SSS came out with 5x7 notecards! I would love to know everyone else's thoughts on this because depending on the feedback, and if it's a product we all want (I really think it would be fun to have more space to create on), perhaps it is something art supply stores would consider. What do you think Kristina? Happy crafting everyone!
This is a great card!! Can you do a video of the supplies that you just can't live without? Those things you would suggest to a new cardmaker to make the craft easier or more fun. It gets overwhelming, as a new crafter, to go out to buy supplies or watch these videos and see how many different supplies are used.
your so good hun, those hand drawn bits on the trees almost looked stamped till you colored them. love your card designs so much, I have even started adding little hearts to my cards now as well, i think its adorable, my favorite things are hearts, flowers and butterflies. merry christmas luv, Diana xx
Hey Kristina, when you have time, could you make a video on the different kinds of watercolor paper you use and which one you think is the best to use? I've noticed that you use two different kinds and I don't know the difference between cold press or hot press. Thanks!!! :)
I love skinny tape! I have some 1/8" blue and green tape by 3m.The blue in the 1/8" is #2080 and 2090 and the green is #233+; I got it on amazon as well and wow it was super inexpensive around $3 and prime! I had quite the go with the two blue tapes. The 2090 blue works better on coldpress as it's slightly tackier and grabs the paper more "crisply...crispily" hmm...I think I might have just made those words up..you get it though. The 2080 worked better on hotpress as I expected having an ever so slight less tack. I had no trouble keeping the fibers intact when removing the tape as long as everything was bone dry. I didn't understand why some edges just bled! I found that using my nail to burnish? or crease the overlapped tape to whatever it could stick to, to prevent any hidden cracks for the paint to escape and maybe it's just coincidence, it makes sense to me that by using the warmth of my fingers to slowly rub the tape down made one heck of a difference along with burnishing.
this is simple, but so wonderful! I love all of the colors and bling that you used. I cant tell you how much i'm enjoying this years cards. thanks so much.
This actually turned out really cute and I like that it was so easy and laid back and you can not really make such big mistakes. Good job and thanks for sharing. And yeah the gold really made the card look a lot better.
i love this technique but 9 times out of 10 the tape rips my paper, do you have any tips on how to prevent that? i love your videos, been a fan for about three years now! keep up the good work!!
I am experimenting right now and have found when removing the tape, it pulls up the top layer of paper leaving a rough finish. I'm assuming a different kind of paper would work better?
T. Rex use the lowest tac tape you can, even stick it to ur clothes first to make it less sticky. When you peel it off, start at one end and as u pull it, pull it to the side away from the paper instead of straight up or forward. This should work on most watercolor paper and smooth bristol, probably not on most cardstock
I love this card! I love the idea behind it. So cute, at least when you do it. Thanks so much for the beautiful cards. They are a feast for the eye and happiness for the soul.
Such a beautiful card, I will definently try this out! Could you please consider doing a "101" on glossy accents? I can never get it to work, I don't know if I use to much, or what :-(
Love it!! I admire how you go with how everything turns out, and it really helps us to be able to use your tricks too and learn what kinds of techniques work best!! 😄😄
Just wanted you to know that my daughter's 2nd grade teacher asked me to come up with a Christmas art project so I shamelessly stole this idea, taped up 25 Christmas trees, and we all went to town with watercolors. They'd never seen wet-on-wet before -- the oohs and ahhs went the paint started spreading on its own were impressive.
Hi Kristina! I love the card! Also i was wondering, do You know any good black pens with fine tips that are waterproof? I have a couple that are supposed to be, but smudge when i paint over them with watercolors. I'd be very thankful for Your help!
Hi Kristina, I Love love Love the Tree Card. It is so awesome. TFS. I also Love the Psychedelic Trees. Of Course I like all your other Cards also. Have a peaceful x-mas.
Oh, my goodness! This is THE most adorable Christmas card ever, Kristina! I LOVE the tree doodles! And, who would have thought of making trees with painter's tape? (Plus, I didn't know painter's tape comes in a 1/4" width. Will definitely be buying that!) Can't believe you've completed day 19 already. WAAAA! I don't want it to end. Lol! Thanks for another great video.
I love the end result of this card. I got to this card via your 1st tree painting that didn't make the cut. I can only imagine how spectacular the 1st watercolour trees would have been as a card. Both watercolour painting are wonderful! But for me the 1st one had a whimsical magic, maybe because it was the 1st one, that the green trees, for me didn't.
I just found your channel yesterday, I haven't watercoloured in a few years now, [life] but watching you has made me want to pull out my brushes. Thank u for inviting me in to your magical watercolour world!!!💜
thank you for sharing your talent with us. I get so many ideas from you and have learned so many tips and tricks from you. you are one of the first artists i started watching on you tube. I became a paper crafter making cards and mini albums.
Kristina I love the whimsy of this card. It is so fresh and easy looking. Spontaneous and happy like when we were kids and drew for the fun of it..No inhibitions or anything just happy and free and fun...Thank you so much you have given me so many ideas...Bless you for that and this card. I still have 20 to make and I need to start now. LOL
pat
Oh, I love this card! Sometimes I put on UA-cam Art/craft videos while I am crafting and just let it continue to play....that is how I ended up with this video today. I was actually thinking it was a new one from this year but then couldn’t find it on your blog. I love that you don’t always use an A2 sized card and make it into the size you need....cuz I have always done that😊. Thanks for all of your great tips! I just got a set of handmade Watercolors that would be perfect for a project like this. Jodi
As I watch you work I am just amazed at how fantastic your “simple” little ideas you integrate into your basic card. I have been stamping for a number of years and I am no where near your level of expertise! Hallmark is missing a superior card designer!!! You give me a quality to strive to achieve! Thanks so much for sharing!!!!!!
I love this card. I appreciate that you didn't start over when you noticed the bleeding. Too often when I mess something up, it ends up in the trash. I will be trying this one. Although, I may have to cut my tape. Doubt I'd get the thin tape in time to make my Christmas cards. Thanks so much for sharing your creativity and talents. You truly inspire me. You are my first go to place on UA-cam.
I was thinking what a great idea it was to use that big brush to feed paint to the small brush. So much easier than going back to the palette a million times.
Beautiful and so creative. I just checked out your IG and I could sit and make cards with you all day. I made homemade cards one year for Christmas. It took me forever!
I love when things don't work out completely as planned (the seeping paint) and you don't cover it up or pretend it didn't happen! Makes me relate to you! LOL all of us crafters know things don't always go according to plan.
I love this idea to use masking tape for the shape of the trees. I've painted trees on a couple of Christmas cards using acrylic paint. I must try this with watercolour paint.
This is such a neat Christmas card and you have a keen eye for composition and design. Love to watch you create.Have a wonderful holiday season!
The trees, the black decorations and the glitter accent are perfection! I love your ingenuity is gorgeous
I think this is my favourite card in the series this year. Maybe it's because I love green so much, but I also love the simplicity of it.
Thanks for the brilliant idea Kristina. Really good for crafters who dont have many stamps. More inspiration like this please!
I’ve been binge watching your holiday card videos. I’ve really been enjoying them all. But this is my favorite. Thank you.
Love it, love it, love it!!!!!! This is so much fun. I totally understand what you mean by messing with the paint too much. I have wrecked so many things because I couldn't just let the water do it's thing. By the way, that blueish green color is gorgeous! So pretty.
Beautiful and simple enough to do with my grandkids! Great tip about the larger brush for details!
LOVE YOUR WORK KRISTINA, IM MAKING CARDS AS I'M WATCHING AND LISTENING TO YOU!!! YOU ARE A PRO !!! I KNOW THAT 🌞🎄💕🎨
I love this card! And I love seeing your signature heart too. Every time my cards look like there's just something missing, I think of you and add a heart. Works every time.Hugs, Tracy
Day two of learning watercolor painting and I found you! So easy to follow, thank you.
Thanks for the inspiration. I made three similar cards for my family. I used Tim Holtz distress inks. Turned out really cute. I appreciated all the tips. Merry Christmas
I love how ”fast and pretty easy” this card went fantastic with the small details here and there.
Love them. I always do more than I need
I love this!! Personally I like the look of a hand written greeting vs the stamped.
Cheap Joe's Art Stuff! I live in Boone, NC. It made me so happy to see that brush. I love all of our cards, Kristina! You are so talented.
ashlyncara09 I love Cheap Joe’s. It was one of my favorite places to shop when I lived on Sugar Mtn.
I know this is old but I just saw it and I HAD to tell you - this is one of my favorite cards you have ever done. I absolutely adore it. So cute. So simple. So beautiful. I might actually try this!
This is a beautiful hand drawn card. Simple but beautiful. Great design. TFS.
thank u thank u thank u sooooooo much for this.....lol.....I have been looking absolutely EVERYWHERE for a Christmas card idea or sketch that didn't require a certain stamp set or die. I have one christmas sentiment stamp and a small snowflake stamp. I've done tons with them but u wanted to find something else to do on my Christmas cards. thanks again.....hugs from KY.....Laura
That's awesome! So happy this card could give you some ideas! :)
Kristina....I love this card and am going to give it a try.
I have seen you make 5" x 7" cards before, which for us Canadians, is a "normal" size of card. I remember the first time I made an A2 card and I really thought it looked "funny" because it was not what I was used to. And of course, it is far more economical and more efficient using our 8.5" x 11" cardstock. However, after seeing this tutorial, I thought to myself wouldn't it be great if SSS came out with 5x7 notecards! I would love to know everyone else's thoughts on this because depending on the feedback, and if it's a product we all want (I really think it would be fun to have more space to create on), perhaps it is something art supply stores would consider. What do you think Kristina?
Happy crafting everyone!
This is a great card!! Can you do a video of the supplies that you just can't live without? Those things you would suggest to a new cardmaker to make the craft easier or more fun. It gets overwhelming, as a new crafter, to go out to buy supplies or watch these videos and see how many different supplies are used.
your so good hun, those hand drawn bits on the trees almost looked stamped till you colored them.
love your card designs so much, I have even started adding little hearts to my cards now as well, i think its adorable, my favorite things are hearts, flowers and butterflies.
merry christmas luv, Diana xx
Yay! Those little hearts are addictive, right? :)
Hey Kristina, when you have time, could you make a video on the different kinds of watercolor paper you use and which one you think is the best to use? I've noticed that you use two different kinds and I don't know the difference between cold press or hot press. Thanks!!! :)
Wow... Would never have known this was not done with a stamp set if you hadn't done a video ;) turned out beautiful!
Absolutely love this card! Everything about it is wonderful, the watercolor, the doodles and the sparkle.
You really made this card look easy. Taping off the trees was such a great idea.
Merry Christmas to you and your Family !!
LOVE the artistry of this card. You have inspired me to give this a whirl. I just love the finished card...so professional!
Thanks Kristina! I don't have tree stamps and now I can create my own! Your a genius and your card is gorgeous ❤️
I love skinny tape! I have some 1/8" blue and green tape by 3m.The blue in the 1/8" is #2080 and 2090 and the green is #233+; I got it on amazon as well and wow it was super inexpensive around $3 and prime! I had quite the go with the two blue tapes. The 2090 blue works better on coldpress as it's slightly tackier and grabs the paper more "crisply...crispily" hmm...I think I might have just made those words up..you get it though. The 2080 worked better on hotpress as I expected having an ever so slight less tack. I had no trouble keeping the fibers intact when removing the tape as long as everything was bone dry. I didn't understand why some edges just bled! I found that using my nail to burnish? or crease the overlapped tape to whatever it could stick to, to prevent any hidden cracks for the paint to escape and maybe it's just coincidence, it makes sense to me that by using the warmth of my fingers to slowly rub the tape down made one heck of a difference along with burnishing.
My ABSOLUTE favourite Christmas Card!! Can’t wait to try this...wish me luck!
this is simple, but so wonderful! I love all of the colors and bling that you used. I cant tell you how much i'm enjoying this years cards. thanks so much.
I love the way your cards always look really professional
by the way, I don't have the Merry Christmas stamp but I do have stickers. Works just as well.
So beautiful, you are very talented. Thank you for sharing.
Love this card & how you created the shapes with tape, ingenious- and so pretty
This actually turned out really cute and I like that it was so easy and laid back and you can not really make such big mistakes. Good job and thanks for sharing. And yeah the gold really made the card look a lot better.
LOVE the trees you created here, Kristina, your card is beautiful!!!
This is one of my very favorites! You are so talented & I admire your work so much! TFS!
Wow I love this card. I truly appreciate how you share how to fix it mishaps on cards. A great year of Kristina's Christmas cards. Thanks
Hi. Newbie here, what is it you put onto the heart to give it depth Thank you 😀
Ranger Glossy Accents Mini. There's also a link in the description.
One of my favorites from this year's series!
Love
Another great project! Thank you for sharing your talents.
First time here, totally in love with your work.
This card is beautiful. Thanks for your creativity and for sharing!
I LOVE this idea! Wow....no stamping, and it turned out super! Thanks so much!
Very nice, but when I use this water paint, paper is curved, how do you do to make it so?
Such a cool card, Kristina! I just love the doodles you did on the trees. So cute! The gold was a nice touch at the end, too.
i love this technique but 9 times out of 10 the tape rips my paper, do you have any tips on how to prevent that? i love your videos, been a fan for about three years now! keep up the good work!!
I am SO going to copy this card....but promise to give you FULL credit for the origination and will share your UA-cam channel and your website too!
This card was indeed fun to make and I really enjoyed the process. Thank you, Kristina for the card inspiration!
So pretty! Thank you for sharing! ❤️
I made this tonight and it looks so pretty! Thank you so much for this.
I really LOVE this! I wonder, against all odds, if I could make something like this. I sure hope so. thanks, Kristina!
I am experimenting right now and have found when removing the tape, it pulls up the top layer of paper leaving a rough finish. I'm assuming a different kind of paper would work better?
T. Rex use the lowest tac tape you can, even stick it to ur clothes first to make it less sticky. When you peel it off, start at one end and as u pull it, pull it to the side away from the paper instead of straight up or forward. This should work on most watercolor paper and smooth bristol, probably not on most cardstock
MrsB8T Thanks, I’ll give it a try😀
Lovely Christmas card - simple but beautifully made.
Perfect for a last minute card. Made a very simple version - but it looks great. Thank you.
This is an awesome idea! I would like to make some of these this Christmas! ❤️
I love this card! I love the idea behind it. So cute, at least when you do it. Thanks so much for the beautiful cards. They are a feast for the eye and happiness for the soul.
Love these trees! ❤️
Gorgeous and the way you showed it I think I could make this. Thanks for sharing your artistic talents with us.
Such a beautiful card, I will definently try this out!
Could you please consider doing a "101" on glossy accents? I can never get it to work, I don't know if I use to much, or what :-(
Absolutely love this. So simple. But so effective
Love it!! I admire how you go with how everything turns out, and it really helps us to be able to use your tricks too and learn what kinds of techniques work best!! 😄😄
I love your nails!!!
they're so pretty😍 thanks for the video!♡
So beautiful and unique .🤗
Just one word to describe this card. WOW!
This would be one of my favourite cards of this series. I just love it.
I absolutely love this card idea. Thanks a bunch for sharing.
Beautiful and cute.
Another lovely card. Beautiful.
Simply wonderful! Thank you!
I love this card, your watercolor cards are gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing.
I can't seem to find the link to the metallic paints and I've reviewed the list a few times. Am I missing it? Or is it missing?! Beautiful card.
It looks like coliro pearl colors which are made in Germany by Finetec. Amazon has them.
I love this card design! Classic and cool!
Gorgeous! So original.
what kinda board are you taping the watercolour paper to?
+Lo Blaz It's a hardboard panel. A link to it is in the video description.
A piece of art ... very, very, nice !
This is beautiful, love the glitter paper, and the painting at the end with Finetec!! Very inspiring :)
Just wanted you to know that my daughter's 2nd grade teacher asked me to come up with a Christmas art project so I shamelessly stole this idea, taped up 25 Christmas trees, and we all went to town with watercolors. They'd never seen wet-on-wet before -- the oohs and ahhs went the paint started spreading on its own were impressive.
I think this one is my favorite so far. Just love it!!!! TFS
Hi Kristina!
I love the card! Also i was wondering, do You know any good black pens with fine tips that are waterproof? I have a couple that are supposed to be, but smudge when i paint over them with watercolors. I'd be very thankful for Your help!
This one was my most favorite this season
This is so easy and beautiful! I will make more cards tonight! :-) TY!!!!!
Hi Kristina, I Love love Love the Tree Card. It is so awesome. TFS. I also Love the Psychedelic Trees. Of Course I like all your other Cards also. Have a peaceful x-mas.
Really LOVE this! All your tips are so helpful and the card is gorgeous!
Wow I love this card! What a fun card to make. I am so glad to have found your channel. I look forward to your videos so much. Thank you.
love this, Kristina! So creative!!!
This is an absolutely beautiful card. I will try this with my students as well...thanks for the inspiration!
Oh, my goodness! This is THE most adorable Christmas card ever, Kristina! I LOVE the tree doodles! And, who would have thought of making trees with painter's tape? (Plus, I didn't know painter's tape comes in a 1/4" width. Will definitely be buying that!) Can't believe you've completed day 19 already. WAAAA! I don't want it to end. Lol! Thanks for another great video.
I think this one if my favorite of this series!!! Love everything about it!!!
I am going to try this ! Thanks for sharing your talent. Love this card❄️
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🇬🇧👵🏼you made this look so easy im going to try really enjoying the 2019 collection too but this popped up x