LIST: Colours (White, black, pink, green, aqua), Techniques (stamping)
Elements (floral background, black frame, black dots, rectangle sentiment strip, 3 gems)
INCLUDE: floral background, black frame
MODIFY: technique (watercolor), splatter (gold instead of stamped black dots), colours (added yellow, orange and purple), stamped sentiment on die cut shadow, orientation
EXCLUDE: black dots/splatter
SPIN: negative frame
I love Crystal's Rennie-type roses and the way the coordinating 'coloring' stamps appear to be scribbled. I thought it would be fun to see if scribbling in similar flowers with watercolour would give me a good result.
It didn't.
I'm not a great watercolourist, and when I'm practicing a technique, I always find it helpful to have back-up plans in case things don't end up where I want them. My original intention was to watercolour the flowers and leaves, and then add black splatter. When I was finished painting, I wasn't really happy with how the flowers looked, and I really didn't like the contrast to the white background. Instead of throwing it out, I spritzed a ton of water over it all and got the colours moving, creating a looser, more dreamy look.
Date: Sunday, September 25, 2022 GMT Views: 492
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Ardyth, this is a great case of Crystal's card. I love that you could save your watercolor background with the spritzing. It is beautiful and I really love the gold splatter.
Registered: April 1, 2012 Location: Rogers, AR Posts: 28938
Sun, Sep 25, 2022 @ 6:55 AM
Wow! This is a beautiful card, well done and creative! Beautiful!
------------------------------ Jan 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ'. Philippians 1:6
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83912
Sun, Sep 25, 2022 @ 7:46 AM
I just knew this would be teh card you cased, Ardyth. I thought about it and still may. I love what you did and how you colored up the detail. Super cool and super pretty! Hugz
------------------------------ Nancy Williams - Hope your day is Spirit-filled and ink-filled (in that order)!DRS Designs-DT, Punchkateerforever, Dirty Dozen Alumni
What a lovely floral BG, Ardyth! I love the look you achieved with the spritzing! It gives a dream-like look and the black frames make everything pop!!
Registered: February 19, 2011 Location: Fullerton, CA Posts: 15372
Sun, Sep 25, 2022 @ 1:26 PM
Well, I love the effect you achieved by watering the ink and letting the colors run. This does look dreamy and sweet. Great save and a great card.
I am always a bit amazed how our "mistakes" turn into something better with a bit of a tweak. Thanks for sharing this info, as it may be a "tweak" I need to use in the future.
Registered: October 12, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 70785
Sun, Sep 25, 2022 @ 1:43 PM
Fabulous! Love your ideas. The added water did make it look dreamy. Terrific double matts. Wonderful case. We did choose the same card with much different results. I love that about paper crafts!