Watercolor and Salt Technique

Hello and Happy Saturday!  Today I am over on the a2z Scrapbooking Blog sharing how I did a fun watercolor technique using Sprays, Daubers, Water and salt.

Here is a sneak of the card:

To see the full card and directions on how I achieved this effect please visit the a2z Scrapbooking Blog. I also have a discount code over there for my readers to get 15% off of your order of $25.

Make sure to come back on Monday to see how I turned a beautiful flower set into a wintery scene. I've really been trying to stretch my stamps lately and this one I really pushed.

See you then.

Michelle

Watercolor background/Cyber Monday

Hello! Today I have a card with a water colored background. There is a new challenge on the a2z Scrapbooking blog and this month is all about Watercolor.

Have you ever had a card you loved. I mean really, really loved and then botched the Title? Yep, that is this card. I love how the background came out on this one. Mind you, I made at least 4 and not one came out nearly as pretty as this one. Most were a total disaster with blue and dark green every where...I just couldn't get the purple to show.

See, I started out by putting my Distress inks on a large acrylic block. The Tumbled Glass and The shaded Lilac were so over powered by the Evergreen Bough, but I love the combination. So I resorted to using my re-inkers for the Tumbled Glass and Shaded Lilac. The colors were most definitely bolder!  Too bold in fact. I had to use less re-inker and more water for the softness I was going for.

Enter the FOURTH try and it finally gave me what I wanted. YAY!!!

I used the ink pads directly onto the Peacock Feather.  Then I went to do the title. Never and I mean NEVER watch an interesting show on the computer when you are in the midst of making a card that you have re-done 4 times!  Yes, I was distracted and I thought I grabbed the Silver Embossing Powder and I accidentally grabbed the Liquid Platinum (which by the way I love). I just don't love it on this card.  It's BLAH! It looks so muddy in the photo but I am telling you....I couldn't recreate that background again so I am going with it.  The good news is that is looks 100% better in real life than in this picture that was shot at 2:00 a.m. ;)

Let's just forget about the title and oooh and ahhhhh over that background and peacock feather shall we?

A little bit of Stardust Stickles on the feather and some sequins and I have forgotten all bout the sentiment.

Please stop by a2z Scrapbooking to see what the other design team members have done. You won't be disappointed.

It's CYBER MONDAY too and I have a coupon code for you for Today...Use CYBER20 for 20% off your order of $25.  Click HERE to go to the store.

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Have a great day!

Michelle

Supplies used:

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Be Happy!

HI! I am taking the Online Card Class "Watercolor for Cardmakers" with Jen McGuire and Kristina Werner. I love these classes. So informative...so fun! Today's card is from Day 1's homework. While I had it done I haven't had the chance to photograph it. We just got a 7 week old Golden Retriever and he is a handful to say the least! LOL My other 2 dogs aren't so happy about him right now so I am lacking in "free" time. I hope this stops soon. I want to participate in every aspect of this class.

Anyhow, today's homework shows how to create your own watercolor background. The awesome Laura Bassen showed this technique and I LOVED her card. I did mine a tad differently but I was thrilled with the effects.

The colors used are all Distress inks. Both stamps are Hero Arts. Gotta run, pup is trying to eat my laptop cord.

Until next time...Have a great day!