1/30/2018

Watercolored Floral Heart

Good morning!  Today's card is for this week's challenge on the CAS Colours & Sketches blog.
Because it is the fifth Tuesday of the month, we have a DOUBLE challenge - a sketch and colors!  Here is the challenge that was posted.
I did not have card stock  in all the challenge colors, but I did have ink.  So I decided to make a watercolor wash for the background and also a wash that I could use for die cutting the background of the flower and leaves.
By layering the inks I was able to get variety in my colors.  I added ink, used my heat gun and then added more.  An interesting thing happened - my Apricot Appeal is a bit old and you can see the very solid spot in the middle of the wash.  It acted almost like one of the new Distress Oxide Inks and became somewhat opaque and chalky when it hit the water on the paper.  Odd, but it gave a nice effect.

Please join us at the challenge.  It's quite fun and a good jumpstart for your creativity!

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8 comments:

  1. LOVE your watercolour wash BG. Such a beautiful and elegant card. You rocked the double! Hugs Bev x

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  2. LOVE that you made a watercolor card !!!! It's beautiful.

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  3. Gorgeous watercolor background. Love how you combined it with the intricate diecuts.

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  4. So beautiful, Jeanne! Love how you've created with watercolors. The heart die is elegant, too.

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  5. Beautiful card. The watercolor wash is perfect!

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  6. Your watercoloring is terrific! I love how nicely the rose die coordinates with the heart die. You've done an amazing job with this challenge! :)

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  7. Love the watercolour and the card is so pretty!

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  8. Beautiful card, Jeanne, so romantic! I love your watercolour background and how you used the colours x

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