I saw some beautiful cards today over on the Blog of KT FIT KITTY and I was busting to try her technique out... so off I went.
Well - it all went a bit 'snafu' on me but I carried on and made some cards with my results anyways :-(
Here's what I ended up with.
Now, I don't know whether my watercolour paper was too thick or I was using the wrong sort of inks, but it didn't do what I wanted. I know I had the paper wet enough cuz I had to hang it out on the line to dry off. The puss cats were stamped on but I had to go over this one with a marker as it didn't come out too well.
I used BoHo Chic papers from First Edition and flower buttons from my stash and copied Sketch #357 (inverted) from Sketch Saturday.
I tried this one using Stayzon but I think the watercolour paper is too bumpy for a good image.
Stripey paper is from my snippets box and the twine is part of a recent Prize and is from STAMPIN' UP .. 'In Colour Accessory Pack'.
I followed Sketch #235 for this one.
This one totally didn't really work because I blobbed it with Tim Holtz alcohol dies - and of course, they don't go with water !!! :-( I wuite like the effect, so I used it anyway.
The papers are bits from my snippets box and I don't know who they are by. The kitties on these cards are from De-Stempelwinkel - Cherry Pie range. This one uses Sketch #340 (rotated).
Since I semi-failed at this I decided to have a go with bleach on coloured card and I made these.....
The Puss cat is from TLC Creations and the other two are from The Graphics Fairy.
With these, I bleached the red card using a mister containing ordinary household bleach and a little water and then dried it with my heat gun.
I then printed the images onto it - having lined them up, added sentiments and then test printed them first.
I made two little cards and a kitty ATC with a tiny cat brad embellie :-D
I added my own sentiment to the Cow card and she is placed on a backing paper that says 'Hello' in lots of different languages :-)
So - I got lovely inky fingers and had a pretty good time today. :-D
It's no good.... I shall just have to fly over to see KT FIT KITTY for some lessons :-D hee hee
Thanks for dropping in. xxx
Challenges I am entering:
Sketch Saturday Week #376 - Use any Sketch #215 -375.
Glitter & Sparkle Challenge #152 - Add Buttons
Crafting From The Heart Challenge #75 - Anything Goes
Pile It On Challenge #84 - Friends/Friendly Hello (Moo Cow card)
Snippets Playground Week #192 **WINNER**
Hmmm . . . I think it's just that some colours work better together than others. Some will produce that sort of muddy colour. I don't know which work with which though . . . so it's just trial and error! Your bleached ones look fab. Bumpy watercolour paper is never conducive to great stamping, especially with large area of solid rubber! If you have a black permanent marker, you might be able to colour over the rough areas.
ReplyDeleteI still like them all though - and they are each unique - which is half the fun of making your own cards isn't it?
Hugs, Sarn xxx
love your cards
ReplyDeleteI think you did a very great job
very pretty
have a nice day
hugs
The technique worked perfect - liked the look. Thanksos much for joining us this week at the Pile it On Challenge, Elizabeth (DT)
ReplyDeleteWow what a wonderful selection of cart cards Ginny x
ReplyDeleteI think these look amazing, Ike! Your watercolour looks beautiful! Love the colours you chose - and I definitely love the subject matter! I really like the one with alcohol inks too! The bleached ones are awesome!
ReplyDeleteAs for the faded-out images, that's due to the nature of the watercolour paper, especially stamping with a solid image. Sometimes there is a smooth side to the watercolour sheet, and the smooth side is better for stamping. When using the rough side, I end up stamping 2-3 times (you need a stamp-a-ma-jig or misti to get it dead on). I guess this is an instance where digis work better because they print vibrantly on the watercolour paper. Nevertheless, I love how yours turned out and I think they were a huge success! I like this technique a lot and plan to do some more, probably with digis again as I have a few images picked out that I think will work well. Thank you for the shout-out! I'm thrilled that you tried this and had fun with it!
Yes - thanks Kitty... I think that my watercolour paper was too thick !! :-)
DeleteOh yeah, and I should mention that I used lighter-weight watercolour paper - student grade 90 lb. It buckles more when wet but I had mine all taped down with painter's tape until it dried, and that helped with the warping. I did 4 watercolour backgrounds on the sheet and put painter's tape down and across the middle to keep each background separate since I had to put the full sheet into my printer.
ReplyDeleteamazing cards...thanks for sharing at pile it on
ReplyDeleteI love these! You sure had a good play, much braver than me - and what fun that you had to dry one or more on the washing line :)
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Di xx
LoL yeah - in this heat too it only took about 2 minutes :-D xx
DeleteWonderful cards you have made and lovely ATC too! Sounds like a fun technique! =)
ReplyDeleteHugs, Elenor
What a wonderful collection. I love all the different techniques. Thank you for sharing this with us over at Crafting from the Heart. Sue DT xx
ReplyDeleteLovely set of cards, love the effects, thanks for sharing at Glitter n Sparkle Chris DT x
ReplyDeleteHello, Ike! I just saw that you were the winner over at Pixie's Snippets! Congratulations!!!!
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