Watercolor Wash Background

Papertrey Ink has a great Make It Monday video this week on making watercolor wash backgrounds. Last night I found out that a good friend was in the hospital. She’s expected to come home today, but will need some recuperation there. I wanted to be sure to get a card in the mail quickly, so I pulled out some watercolor paper by Tim Holtz and gave Laurie’s technique a try. It’s far from perfect, but for once I didn’t feel the need to make five or six before I had one that was usable. I can’t post this one for PTI’s challenge since most of what I used is not Papertrey Ink, but maybe I’ll get another one done this weekend.

I do love the colors, and was able to use one of the many butterflies I stamped and die cut with my friend’s stamps which I’m returning this afternoon. You’ll be seeing these pop up whenever I need a quick card. It is a Papertrey Ink product, “Butterfly Hope.” I only took one photograph (time is of the essence this morning) so you can’t see the pretty glitter on the butterfly added with Spectrum Noir’s Crystal Clear glitter pen. The sentiment is from Simon Says “Sending Happy Thoughts,” part of the July 2014 Card Making Kit. I die cut the watercolor paper with a “Stitched Rectangle” from Simon Says, and added another layer with a piece of patterned paper from Pebbles “Fun in the Sun” paper pack. The final touch was the addition of some Rainstones from Papertrey.

Off to lunch with a friend, then returning the borrowed stamps and dies to another friend before volunteering at the afterschool program downtown.