I have to say that the CAS Challenges managed by Loll and Bonnie, certainly do just that... challenge! However there is so much inspiration together with links to videos to help with new techniques that it really is a terrific place to have fun!
This is another attempt for their watercolour challenge, which is to use watercolour on vellum.
In the first card I entered, I coloured on the back of the vellum, this time I coloured on the front.
This is from an old wood mounted stamp from Magenta. It had been sitting in a drawer for quite some time and when I first stamped it, part of the image was missing, I guess it had got a little squashed. So to be able to double or triple stamp in order to ensure I got a good image, I decided to take it off the block to use in my MISTI. After a few seconds in the microwave it came off easily and in the MISTI worked beautifully. I embossed it in gold and coloured using the little box of paints which I bought for the art class on my last cruise.
I think the sentiment is from Clearly Besotted. It was quite a game trying to find stitched dies to cut out the sentiment. Having done the white piece of card, I wanted a really slim surround in the black card. With a little trial and error and a bit of jiggling to reduce the size of the second die cut, I managed to get the effect I wanted.
This is a beautiful bouquet of flowers, Chrissie! I love the gold embossing! Good for you getting the stitched die just the right size! I always mess it up when I try to do that! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at CAS Watercolour! I'm glad you like this technique!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous watercolouring on vellum, Chrissie. LOVE this beautiful bouquet of flowers. So pretty with the black framing and black framed sentiment banner. Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Watercolour!
ReplyDeleteJust stunning!!! I 'm so glad you took up the challenge again and shared at CAS Watercolour:)
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