Friday, June 5, 2015

Life is too short...

Hi all!  Yay for Friday!  I wanted to share this card I made using the newly released TAWS set called Slurp.  It's super fun with awesome images and how true is this sentiment???  ;)  I colored the image with Copics then fussy cut it.  The sentiment is embossed with white EP.  So I hope y'all aren't tired of seeing watercoloring!  It is EVERYWHERE these days and if you haven't tried it, I highly recommend that you do!  It is SO FUN and there is NO wrong way and you get different results almost every time.  This time I took 4 different distress ink pads and stamped them directly onto my craft mat, leaving a little space in between colors.  Then I spritzed them with water, being careful to not have them blend too much (leaving the space between them helps with this).  Then I took smooth white card stock (nope, NOT watercolor paper!) and smooshed it onto the inky spots.  I carefully pressed around the back of the card stock which helps the ink/water to spread.  Lifted the card stock and voila!  A little blast with your heat gun and done!  I decided to break up the panel so I took an element from Blueprints 9 and cut out strips. After that, I adhered them to a layer of pool party card stock.  A little silver cording and a few gumdrops finish up the details.



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22 comments:

Redhead said...

Those watercolors are SO pretty. Nice job!

Celeste Goff said...

Angel, I couldn't agree more with the fantastic sentiment on this great card!!!LOL

Shanna Shands said...

I couldn't agree more. Great card!

Shona Chambers said...

Such a beautiful mix of colours for the background and love the strips across. Gorgeous!!

Bunny Dobbie said...

Lovely background watercolor! Great transitions.

Bunny said...

Love these strips of color. You're right...........eat dessert first. Beautiful card.

Rubeena I. said...

This is just soo pretty!!!!

Unknown said...

Wow, what a wonderful striking background

Corilyn Noreen said...

I like how you used the stitched borders. And the colors are great!

Unknown said...

I love your card! The colours are so fun and happy! I love the message in your sentiment :) *going to eat some cake haha

Unknown said...

Love, love the bright happy colors!! Lovely!

Anonymous said...

Love the smooshing technique and the colors you chose! Cute sentiment, too!

Kristina B. said...

What an awesome background!

Kristina B. said...

Love it! So bright and cheery!

Brandi R said...

Oh YUM! Gorgeous colors. Love this ♥

Claire Broadwater said...

Such a FUN card! Love the bright colors and the watercolor panels! SMILE:)! XX

Taunya Butler said...

I love EVERYTHING about this card -you have done such a marvelous job with the smooshing and I think it is positively cool the way you broke the whole watercolored piece into parts - such a fun way to add to this stellar card!! Super fun!! I would like to invite you to come to my blog where I am hosting a giveaway!! daisiesgirl.com

Daniela Dobson said...

very pretty!

Kim Faucher said...

So beautiful! I love how you did the background!!

Nora Noll said...

Totally adorable!! Love the colors, the fun dies you used and that sentiment. Really beautiful card.

D.Ann C said...

Gorgeous color combo!

maria f. said...

Your background... Genius.

 
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