Vibrant Watercolour Wash Background

In the second lesson of the online watercolour for card makers classes Laura Bassen showed us how to make great backgrounds using an acrylic block and a selection of  Distress ink pads.

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For my card I chose to use Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed and Peacock Feathers Distress inks and Bockingford 300g (140lb) Cold Pressed watercolour paper. The inks were applied to an acrylic block, one at a time, spritzed with water and "stamped" onto the watercolour paper. The water allowed the inks to blend together nicely, producing a really bright background. I tried this technique a few times - it was really easy and each background was unique.

 

I simply mounted my panel onto a black card blank, added a black die cut from a Sizzix die and embellished with three black gems. 



Soft Watercolour Wash Background (with Stencils) - part 4

My final card in this series from lesson one in the watercolour for cardmakers online class is a bright one, done with The Crafters Workshop Mini Marakesh stencil and yellow and blue paints. These produced a lovely range of green colours when they mixed together on the wet paper.

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I simply trimmed and mounted my square background panel onto a black 6" square card blank and added a couple of strips of blue and yellow card to ground my sentiment. I added a row of hand stitching to the edge of my card strips then added a black die cut sentiment from a Sizzix die. I think that this flat card will be ideal for posting but still has some interesting details.

Cure for the Monday Blues Challenge # 16

This week Taheerah Atchia has chosen an inspiration photo which I found truly challenging! Taheerah's card is fresh and modern looking - check it out here http://littlemisst-papercraft.blogspot.com/2014/05/cure-for-monday-blues-challenge-16.html .

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I decided to use the geometrical pattern on the bedding as my main feature and found a small triangular stamp in the "On Deer" stamp set by Kelly Purkey for Simon Says Stamp. I used Memento dye inks in Canteloupe, London Fog, Rose Red and Tuxedo Black to stamp my pattern. I scored several lines at the top right of my card to represent the boarding on the ceiling and highlighted them with a very fine black Pitt pen.

 

I don't have any really large sentiment stamps that would have been suitable, so I used a Sizzix die cut instead. Finally I embellished with a few coloured pearls. I hope you like it!