Can you believe it! Two days in a row!
I finished a card yesterday that works perfectly for the CAS Watercolour Challenge and the CAS Mix Up Card Challenge. I'm really starting to enjoy doing more water coloring!
This is probably one of my best to-date water color cards! I used a NBUS stamp set from Altenew called Garden Treasure. I stamped the flowers and leaves in versamark and heat embossed with white. Then I used some Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils to add bits of color to the blooms. After coloring with the pencils, I used a Silver brush to move the color around a bit. To get the splashed background, I simply wet my brush and flicked it over the point of the pencil. Too cool! I trimmed the finished piece down to 4 x 5.5 inches and mounted with craft foam over a pink card base. The sentiment is stamped in Versafine Black and is from SSS Uplifting Thoughts. A few sequins sprinkled around and it was complete!
Also from my NBUS stack, was this marbling layer stamp from Waffle Flower. I struggled a bit getting the pieces lined up, but I still think it turned out okay. I mounted the marbled piece over gray card stock, then added a strip across the top with foam tape. I used foil paper to add a stripe over the dark gray strip and then die cut the oval from the shiny foil paper to add a sentiment. I heat embossed the sentiment on the shiny foil oval...and I can tell you...It is NOT easy. Even using an embossing buddy, that embossing powder stuck to everything! I finally got one that looked "okay"....
That's all for me today....As always, thanks so much for stopping in. I appreciate your visit...and I appreciate each and every comment!
I finished a card yesterday that works perfectly for the CAS Watercolour Challenge and the CAS Mix Up Card Challenge. I'm really starting to enjoy doing more water coloring!
This is probably one of my best to-date water color cards! I used a NBUS stamp set from Altenew called Garden Treasure. I stamped the flowers and leaves in versamark and heat embossed with white. Then I used some Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils to add bits of color to the blooms. After coloring with the pencils, I used a Silver brush to move the color around a bit. To get the splashed background, I simply wet my brush and flicked it over the point of the pencil. Too cool! I trimmed the finished piece down to 4 x 5.5 inches and mounted with craft foam over a pink card base. The sentiment is stamped in Versafine Black and is from SSS Uplifting Thoughts. A few sequins sprinkled around and it was complete!
Also from my NBUS stack, was this marbling layer stamp from Waffle Flower. I struggled a bit getting the pieces lined up, but I still think it turned out okay. I mounted the marbled piece over gray card stock, then added a strip across the top with foam tape. I used foil paper to add a stripe over the dark gray strip and then die cut the oval from the shiny foil paper to add a sentiment. I heat embossed the sentiment on the shiny foil oval...and I can tell you...It is NOT easy. Even using an embossing buddy, that embossing powder stuck to everything! I finally got one that looked "okay"....
That's all for me today....As always, thanks so much for stopping in. I appreciate your visit...and I appreciate each and every comment!
