Tuesday, May 06, 2014

Rescued Background


Hi everyone.  Second post for today! :)  I mentioned earlier that I had dug through my discarded watercolor pieces from yesterday.  One of the pieces was an embossed resist watercolored background, using the large En Francais stamp from SU! (love this stamp!).  I stamped and embossed in clear and then added my watercoloring.  Because of the texture on watercolor paper, sometimes it's hard to get a clean stamped image and that's what happened to my full-size background ... there was a big gap in the middle where the script didn't stamp or emboss.  So I decided to look at it again today, and used only a portion, cutting off the mistake.  I sponged a little of the baked brown sugar ink around the edges and then took a wet brush to blend it into the watercolored background.  I actually surprised myself with how this turned out.  I LOVE everything about this card.  This has a vintage feel, but is still in my CAS style.

I was planning on giving the card I posted early today (Happy Mother's Day) to Nikki to celebrate her first year as a mom ... but now I'm thinking I might give her this one instead. :)

I'm entering this card into ATS&M #94 - CAS and Simon Says - Anything Goes challenges.







Stamps:  En Francais (SU!); Be Happy Sentiments (Amy R)
Paper:  Watercolor (Arches); 110 lb. white (Neenah); Baked Brown Sugar, Real Red (SU!)
Ink:  watercolor paints (pink, med. brown, dark brown, coral); baked brown sugar (SU!); versamark
Accessories & Tools:  Big Shot, Lavish Branch die (Memory Box), Hydrangea punch (Martha Stewart), clear embossing powder, heat tool, watercolor brushes, sponge, Stamp-a-ma-jig, mini bronze pearls


Challenges:
ATS&M #94 - CAS
Simon Says Anything Goes

24 comments:

Lee-Anne said...

Beautiful colors on your emboss resist...perfect backdrop for your die cuts, Loll!

nancy littrell said...

OMG Loll...absolutely Stunning...AGAIN! All in the same day...WOW! I love your colors you used for your W/C background and the B Brown Sugar sponging along the edges. Gorgeous flower spray too. I think it was how all the colors blended so well together, including your die cut branch and punched flowers. Nikki will love either card. :-) TFS my friend.

Betty said...

gorgeous colors and design - aren't you glad you rescued it?!!! wonderful card!!

Brenda said...

Oh my this is gorgeous Loll! So glad you were able to rescue this piece of water color-I love the colors in this one, love the script on top-give a romantic feel to this card. And the spray of flowers are just beautiful on that water color background!! Great rescue! Hugs

Kathryn A said...

Lovely card!!! Super background for the flowers, and I love the CAS feel to your card.

scrappymo! said...

This is fabulous. I love your watercolour over resist script background!

Deepti said...

Absolutely beautiful card!! I love the clear emboss resist BG on this one :)

Susan said...

Loll, I love this card! Gorgeous rich colours and lovely flowers. The technique from the course worked really well on this one!

Marianne said...

So glad you decided to rescue the watercoloured panel. Your card is simply stunning!

Stamps and Paper said...

Such a gorgeous card Loll lovely colours and so pleased you rescued you background

Anne

debby4000 said...

Absolutely gorgeous card, the background is fabulous, well worth saving.

Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.

luv

Debby

Unknown said...

Oh, well rescued Loll........this is so effective and makes a lovely card.

Karen x

Nancy Seed said...

Glad to see that you used up some of your ops! paper like I had mentioned yesterday. We personally may look at it as a mistake or technique gone wrong, but I think what you have turned out is fantastic and your friend would love to receive either of these cards. Great job! Looking forward to more watercolour posts.

Benzi said...

This is really beautiful, Loll. Great job blending and I like the darker edges.

Diane said...

What a pretty design Loll.

Hugs diane

Colorado Crafter said...

I was "ooh-ing" and "aah-ing" over this one as soon as I opened the page. How great that you rescued the background from the trash!! I can't believe that I have that same hydrangea punch and have never used it! Shame on me!!! I see you use it often and i love it every time I see it on one of your cards!

Sue said...

Absolutely gorgeous, Loll! I love the rich colours and the resist embossing. Fabulous inking too. Thanks for your kind comment about my grunge card, I'm not very confident about it and not sure if I will be doing using that style very much in future but I wanted to have a go. Have a great rest of the week. Sue xx

shirley-bee said...

Oh, fabulous save, Loll!

Anonymous said...

Wonderful colors lately Loll. Love this card and the Mother's day card is beautiful!

Jacquie Southas said...

Beautiful background - gorgeous card!

Anita in France said...

OH WOW! That was worth the rummage, Loll ... this is so gorgeous! Anita :)

Anonymous said...

Hi Loll. Fabulous rescue attempt. Love the way you combined it with the little flowers for a vintage feel CAS. Thanks for joining the fun at ATSM. Monika

Danielle Vincent said...

I had that very same thing happen to me with that very same stamp Loll. Mine is quite as noticeable because I did it in light blue. I still have the panel sitting on my craft desk as I didn't know what to do with it then. Now I do :o) Thanks for the gorgeous inspiration and for joining us at ATS&M this week. FABULOUS!

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