The use of watercolor for card backgrounds has been really hot for several weeks now. I finally sat down on Friday night with some watercolor paper and played around. After seeing a video today by Julie Ebersole, I would do this differently next time, but I’m pretty happy with some of the samples I created. There’s also a new challenge for watercolor by Virginia Lu that I’ve been wanting to play along with.
I started out with some Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor paper and my gelatos. I’ve hardly played around with them at all, and although it’s hard to see in the photographs, the gelatos create a wonderful sheen to the watercolor background.
After stamping the sentiment from Papertrey’s “Stylish Sentiments: Birthday,” I die cut some stars from a scrap of gold metallic paper with the Simon Says “Holiday Shapes” and “Large Holiday Shapes” to use as confetti. I rounded the top edges and adhered it to a Memory Box card I’ve had in my stash for a long time.
This is the first of two cards I made today, and I have a couple more watercolor backgrounds to play with and a lot more ideas to try!
I want to give this a go too, but watercolouring can be a bit “messy” for me. Love your inlaid cards, particularly the Morning Glory, stunning colours too.
I have to agree that March is a fickle weather month, but in reverse for us. Just as we were getting used to slightly cooler mornings and less humid days, Mother Nature throws in a weekend where temperature and humidity were just like the middle of summer. So I looked with much longing at your snow photos! The front of your house looks like a postcard – I am envious.
This is water-coloring in all its glory, Karen! I am glad that you made it in time for the challenge! The mix of colors and shades really make the design shine!! Thanks so much for joining the fun at the first Virginia’s View Challenge! Hope to see more of your beautiful work in the future!
Oh, how lovely! I’ve never tries anything like this – do some more, please and keep inspiring me 🙂
Now THIS is some card making I can truly get behind! I’ve been so stumped with where to even begin… Maybe I’ll give this a go. Do you think in the challenge examples those thank you cards are stamped first with a resist?
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