SMILE -- MORE WATERCOLOR POWDERS AND SPRITZING

HEY BLOGGIES,

I am back again as I promised with another card using watercolor powders and a water mister/spritzer.    We determined we L.O.V.E the previous brand of powders better than these Brusho powders we used  today.  Yesterday we used COLOR BURST by Ken Oliver Crafts. and they were so much more vibrant.

As the previous posting, first Tammy ironed on the waxed paper die cut balloons onto the white watercolor paper.  Then she spritzed the whole card with water and shook on the color powders.  The action of the powder granules hitting the water is  A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.

 I added a small layer of coastal cabana card stock that shows slightly and then attached it to a whisper white card base. I die cut the HAPPY BIRTHDAY out of whisper white and attached to the card. I die cut some of the insides of the balloons and adhered before adding two layers of crystal effects over it to give some dimension.

I added a few moonstone drops and VOILA - an amazingly beautiful card.

p.s. The birthday card  was given to a good friend who had her 80th birthday this past week (I told her it wasn't 80, but FOUR SCORE YEARS)  hee hee.  She LOVED the card.

Thanks for stopping by.  IF you have any questions, let me know.  Come visit again, won't you?

SMACKING ACETATE TECHNIQUE

Today I have a fun card for you with a technique called SMACKING ACETATE.  Weird kind of name, but it gets your attention, doesn't it?  Basically you use your markers on plastic, acetate, even the solid acrylic blocks and lay down some ink in stripes, etc.  Then when you have your colors down, you spritz it all over with water and add your paper on top and rub it to get the ink into the paper.  Kind of like print making I think.  IT IS FUN.

 I used midnight muse, crisp cantaloupe and pistachio pudding for my ink colors.  The card stock used is midnight muse and crisp cantaloupe.

 I wanted to show a closeup of the banner with WISH BIG on it.  It is a very small banner stamped in midnight muse and crisp cantaloupe inks.

I used my markers to color in the second step of the two step stamp so that the colors would be a bit brighter than the background.  I LOVE how it turned out!!

Thanks for stopping by.  Try this technique, you will have some fun with it I am sure.

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