Mountain Watercolor Card Art for Cricut Projects

Create Stunning Handmade Cards with Cricut Watercolor Cards

For those who appreciate an artwork style of unique cards but also appreciate a level of meticulous accuracy, an ideal solution rests in the combination of aquarelle beauty and the art of cutting machines. This watercolor mountain design is tailored to crafters who would wish to improve the standard of their greeting cards, invitations, and art prints. It provides an effortless approach between the combine watercolor painting and the Cricut and getting every result to look flawless and polished.

This design features a delicate mountain scene composed of gentle washes of blended colors that portray the feeling of a watercolor painting. The file is designed to be compatible with the Cricut machine, allowing you to cut cardstock, watercolor paper, and even some specialty items. Remember that order matters. As an example, you could use this design as an elaborate stencil made from your strongest material, as the top layer that is bonded to a elegant painted canvas, or even as that last thin cover that goes over a pleather painted canvas.

In case of seeking most vibrant colors and original results, it would be prudent to incorporate Cricut watercolor markers on the design. These markers are created to integrate with the device’s drawing capability. To illustrate, you can insert one of the markers into the Cricut pen clamp and have it ‘draw’ the outline of the mountain scene on watercolor paper for painting. Afterwards, utilizing a dampened brush, color may be pulled from the outline, leaving a signature bleed effect watercolor that is an original creation. This method is brilliant as it achieves a desired effect without losing the feel of being hand painted.

Another method would be to alter the original idea and incorporate effects from the Cricut Infusible Ink watercolor patterns. Although Infusible Ink is most known for imprinting brilliant colors on lighter background, the set of watercolor sheets has softer, gradient patterns. This you can integrate the mountain design cut from Infusible Ink to permanently and fade resistant transfer a delicate shimmer of watercolor on a suitable coaster or bookmark. This would broaden the project range beyond paper.

This file is fascinating because of its versatility. For a novice embarking on this file, it is quite simple enough. On the other hand, an advanced user attempting a mixed media project may find it useful as a point of departure. Incorporation of these elements shifts the user from the world of mere crafts into the domain of genuine artistic creation. The user is not simply designing a card. Rather, the user is designing an art piece which, despite being mechanically manufactured, has the genuine warmth of a hand crafted artifact. It is a testimony of the coexistence of conventional art and digital technology which widens the scope of artistic work.