it's Mandy's turn to choose the challenge and she's going with, "For the Love of Water" which means that she wants to see a project with a watercolour technique.
Oof. What a time I had with this one, let me tell you. I tried a couple of different times to get sumthin' started and nuthin' happened. Procrastinated A LOT. Whined quite a bit too. I even complained about it to Mandy when we were at the same crop a couple of weeks ago. Spent some time on Pinterest. Had two attempts go into the garbage can. I actually thought I was beat. But, I finally dug deep yesterday, and came up with this.....
It's watercolour, right? If you look close at the background you can see that I started with a watercolour wash using distress inks. Got that all done but I thought it looked kinda boring. That's when I had the idea to just smunch the ink pad directly on the paper. Made a pretty cool background if I do say so myself. Added a strip of patterned paper/cardstock, a cardstock title I had, and a couple of buttons.....wiped my brow and declared this challenge completed. And, with just enough time to take a photo before it got dark.
So, why not get out your watercolour paints or pencils or inks and enter the challenge? Then you can head on over to Little Red Wagon and link up. And, while you're there, be sure to check out the wonderful projects the other Girlfriends have created.
Also for:
Shopping Our Stash: something for the big or biggest boy
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: create your own background paper
Looks awesome Jan....but is 'smunch' a real word?? LOL!!
ReplyDeleteLooks awesome Jan....but is 'smunch' a real word?? LOL!!
ReplyDeleteThis looks amazing!! I LOVE the look of your "smunched" ink!! Super colour combination too!
ReplyDeleteMaybe my next challenge will be smunching, I love this look and now it has a name! Way to persevere and with such a wonderful result.
ReplyDeleteThis is great. As all have commented, I really do like the look you gave it by "smunching" the ink on it. Hugs!!
ReplyDeleteSee it wasn't so hard and your card is absolutely fabulous!!!! we may have to do another watercolour challenge again! Lol :)
ReplyDeleteFabulous masculine card Jan. Love the colours! happy weekend :)
ReplyDeleteI like this a lot Jan! Despite a bit of struggle I think it's awesome!!
ReplyDeleteOhhh that background is awesome, never thought to use the mini inks directly to paper! Fab idea! Thanks for playing along with the crew at SHOPPING OUR STASH this week for our "For the Biggest Boys" challenge!
ReplyDeleteok, that's just so totally cool!!! & yes, totally counts as watercoloring!!! not to mention a great "guy card"! thanks for SHOPPING YOUR STASH with us this week! ♥♥♥
ReplyDeletegreat masculine card mf...
ReplyDeleteFabulous project perfect for our Make Your Own Background challenge at Craft this week. Good luck and hope to see you next week.
ReplyDeleteAunty Sue DT