With watercolour so "in" at the moment, I thought I'd have a bit of an experiment using Gelatos, clear embossing and black ink. Using watercolour paper, I created the base layer of my panel by scribbling Gelatos in pink/red/orange/light orange/yellow, then diluting and blending these colours with water and a paintbrush. Once this layer was thoroughly dried, I stamped these gorgeous Avery Elle scallops in Versamark
Watermark and American Crafts
Zing clear embossing powder, and heat set. Lastly I used my Momento Ink
Tuxedo Black and Momento Luxe
Tuxedo Black to soak into the watercolour paper in the areas not heat embossed, wiping off the excess ink with a baby wipe. I mounted the watercolour panel onto black cardstock, before pop-dotting onto the black front panel. I love the contrast between the glossy coloured surface and the matt black. After a few unsatisfoctory attempts at adding a sentiment, I decided I prefer this card without one ;)
Wow ! Looks Stunning ..
ReplyDeletegorgeous Lyndal!
ReplyDeleteI love how you achieved the water colored background. Embossing over the background and added black ink over that is genius. Thanks for playing with us at JUGS!
ReplyDeleteThose colors are stunning against the black background. Love it! Thanks for playing along with Avery Elle!
ReplyDeleteSuch a dynamic card, Lyndal--absolutely gorgeous colors! Thanks so much for joining the AE Watercolor Challenge!
ReplyDeleteFabulous! Very pretty card! Thank you for joining us at AE's challenge!
ReplyDeleteWow, that turned out beautifully! Love the saturated color:)
ReplyDeleteJust fabulous!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much for playing with us at CASolgoy. May
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely GORGEOUS background!!!! I love what you did! Now I am going to try it! Thanks so much for playing with us over at a Blog Named Hero! :)
ReplyDeleteI love the ombre look! Thanks for joining our challenge for A Blog Named Hero!
ReplyDeletewatercolor is so hot right now that is for sure! your card is just smashing- love those brilliant colors! Thanks for joining us at Just Us Girls this week!!
ReplyDeleteWhoa!! This is an awesome technique!! Love, love, love the way those fun bright colors really pop against that black - I'll be trying this technique myself!! Thanks so much for playing with the AEI♥U Challenge - we're so glad you did!!
ReplyDeleteBold and Brilliant Lyndal! Thanks for playing along with us over at Just Us Girls!
ReplyDeleteYou are rocking the watercoloring on your cards, Lyndal! This one is particularly stunning! Thank you for describing the whole technique. I can imagine how brilliant it must be IRL!! Happy Easter/Spring to you!! Hugs, Darnell
ReplyDeleteYour experiment turned out awesome :) love the clear embossing over the bright gelatos
ReplyDeleteVery cool background! The technique is fabulous! Thanks for playing with Just Us Girls!
ReplyDeleteI'll have to try that technique myself - now that I have some gelatos!! Thanks so much! and thanks for sharing your card in our "Create a Background" challenge at A Blog Named Hero :)
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