Hiya, Welcome back to NICS :)
Watercolour has been very popular on all the crafting videos I am seeing - so of course I had to play! I have made a rainbow style background and have used it in a few different ways - hope you like it :)
I started with Watercolour paper and I am using 'woodless watercolour pencils' from my local art store. To add the water effect I am using my waterbrush - there are different brands on the market and also different brush sizes - I am using the wide water brush from Tim Holtz.
Watercolour has been very popular on all the crafting videos I am seeing - so of course I had to play! I have made a rainbow style background and have used it in a few different ways - hope you like it :)
I started with Watercolour paper and I am using 'woodless watercolour pencils' from my local art store. To add the water effect I am using my waterbrush - there are different brands on the market and also different brush sizes - I am using the wide water brush from Tim Holtz.
| It is really easy - I just started to scribble the colour sticks - overlapping between colours and can create additional colours - just wait until you add water! |  |
Then with the water brush (you could also use a paintbrush with water) I blended the colours - follow the direction of the 'scribble' and start with the light colour otherwise the dark colour will overlap and you will mess up the 'blending'. I love the bright rainbow colours and the way the pencil just melts :)
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Before I could do anything else I needed to let this dry - you could use a heat tool to make it faster - but I wanted to take advantage of everything already being out on my desk and I made a few more backgrounds ....... after the paper was dry I die cut out hearts - using SSS heart shape die and the Cuttlebug machine.
Ok - so now what to make with the backgrounds? I decided to make a 'shaker card' the colours were so pretty it ended up being the perfect card for Mothers day - I added a sentiment that I cut with my Cricut machine and the card looks so pretty. It matched with the flowers that we gave her and also the "White Paper Layered Frames" (I showed these on my Facebook page and will post the details soon)
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So then what do I do with the heart? Well my niece was having a 'bike party' for her birthday - so I used my Cuttlebug to die cut the 'Retro Bike' from 'Fancy-that' I used the sentiment that came with the 'Australian Simply Cards' Magazine on the same day - perfect timing! I added some sparkle to the heart, bike and sentiment using 'liquid perfect pearl' spray from Ranger.
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I have been dying to try out my new stencils and texture paste - and with an engagement coming up - this makes the perfect happy 'love' card. This also meant I could use my new 'love' die from SSS. I ended up with a few spare pieces - so here is another card :)
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There is so much that you can do with the same background to create different cards, shapes and images. And never let anything go to waste - I love to challenge myself with 'left-overs' to create something - or always save them for another project.
I hope you have some inspiration - I also found the watercolour pencils are great for crafting with the kids - I bought some cheap water colour paper pads from the local craft store and my nieces had so much fun when they stayed over - and the best part - it is relatively "un-messy" :)
I hope you have some inspiration - I also found the watercolour pencils are great for crafting with the kids - I bought some cheap water colour paper pads from the local craft store and my nieces had so much fun when they stayed over - and the best part - it is relatively "un-messy" :)
Have a wonderful day and thanks for visiting NICS :)
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