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How to Make Watercolor Cards with Cricut!

How to Make Watercolor Cards with Cricut! Learn how to easily make two different types of watercolor cards using Cricut. Cricut has watercolor cards, watercolor markers and a 2x2 card mat for the Cricut Maker and it makes card making a breeze! Here's how to make watercolor cards two ways: You can use the watercolor markers a couple ways. They are made to click right into the pen slot (A) of the Cricut Machine, I'm using a Maker 3. They work with any design from Cricut Design Space that is a "draw" image. Or you can use the Cricut Watercolor Markers to make beautiful backgrounds and then add designs over it in permanent markers! Which style of Cricut Watercolor cards do you like best? Supplies Needed for Cricut Watercolor Cards: Cricut Machine Cricut Watercolor Cards Cricut Watercolor Markers Cricut 4 Card Mat (2x2) Cricut Design Space  Cricut Permanent Marker (I'm using the biggest ones and I love them!) I'm using these awesome flower bouquet designs and the...

How to do Pumpkin Paint Pouring!

How to do Pumpkin Paint Pouring! Dimensional paint pouring is so much fun and so hard to plan on the finished outcome! So much of the paint just slips off the object and leaves awesome spider web lines on these fun pumpkins. Paint pouring pumpkins might not be cleaner than carving them, but it's a fun option to traditional carving pumpkins! Supplies Needed for Pumpkin Paint Pouring: Pumpkins (plastic, foam or real) Plaid FolkArt Drizzle Pouring Paint Paper Cups Wax Paper Acrylic Craft Paint/Paint Brushes If you shop on Plaid Online , use the code DOODLECRAFT15 for 15% off your purchase! Step 1: Prep Pumpkins I got some plastic pumpkins and ripped the stems right out of the top of them. I wanted to paint them a base color because the paint pouring would likely not cover every little part of them, so having a base color would help. So I painted one teal and one pink. This pumpkin paint pouring technique can be done on any size and shape of pumpkin. Paint pouring is a fun way to do so...