Sunday, May 31, 2020

Happy Little Stampers: Watercolour


Here we are zipping into June already - and my cardmaking month starts with the Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge! This month our optional theme is LAYERS. Before we get into things, I want to let you know that Happy Little Stampers will be taking a six-month break - our fearless leader, Kylie, who does so much in the papercrafting community, is taking a well-deserved sabbatical. We all hope to be back, refreshed and virus-free, in January!  
Some papercrafters work magic with layers; me, not so much. But I did my best to layer it on: 


I suppose I could call this the cheater's guide to layers, since adding black mats to everything doubles the layers easily! I started with the cloud panel, embossing the clouds in white then adding blue watercolour powder - I love the way some of the smaller clouds stayed white, along with some of the tiny parts of the big clouds. While that dried, I stamped and embossed the globe blueprint image and watercoloured with my Gansai Tambi paints. I also stamped and embossed the "you + me" and coloured it with the same blue watercolour powder as the clouds. Finally, I brushed a wash of green watercolour on the background panel then blotted it with a paper towel to get a mottled look. Somewhere along the way, I managed to get a couple of small ink smudges on it - which just gave me an excuse to splatter it with some spray mist. :D After matting the three large panels, I put the card together. I'll add this to the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Anything Goes. 


Lots of beautiful watercoloured and layered inspiration on the HLS website for this challenge - layers or not, I hope you will be inspired and join us! 



Supplies: Neenah white, Bazzill marshmallow & Recollections black cardstock, Canson watercolour paper, Tim Holtz/Stamptember blueprints, Pinkfresh So Sweet & Paper Smooches Nirvana stamps, Versamark, Verafine onyx black & Colorbox frost white ink, Wow clear gloss & white embossing powders, Magenta Nuance cerulean blue watercolour powder, Gansai Tambi watercolours, MFT stitched square & blueprints 24 stitched rectangle dies, Mister Huey's pinstripe colour mist, foam tape 

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10 comments:

Paper Therapy Ponderings said...

you did a great job with your layers - I love layers
wonderful card
Barb Housner

Anna M. said...

Amazing Lindsey! I love that cloud panel!

Claire (Mrs H) said...

Amazing card I love the clouds

JulieP said...

Another great card to use right now!

Kim Heggins said...

Love your fabulous card....that globe is amazing as well as your coloring!!!

Tracey McNeely said...

Love this beautiful card and your layering Lindsey!

Ina G said...

Love this card Lindsey and how appropriate the sentiment is for these present times. You did a super job with this layout and layers.

Helen said...

A great card, Lindsey! I love that lovely water coloured background! Adding black matting is always a winner with me as it really helps the panels to 'pop'! Lovely sentiment!

cm said...

From the combination of images to the colouring techniques to the layers, this is one fabulous card! I'm especially crushing over the various blues of the clouds; so pretty!!
hugs~c

Sue - said...

Great use of layers. I like the fact that you edged them all with black.