CAS(E) #236

Today I am participating in CAS(E) this sketch #236. I knew I wanted to do some sort of watercoloring so what I ended up doing was making a background by doing a little smooshing. I inked up my stamp block, spritzed with water, and then placed it on my paper to soak up all that delicious color.

I decided that I really wanted this torn edge look, if I had a sewing machine I would have also added a stitching all the way around the torn edge. If you have a sewing a machine that can stitch on paper, I would love for you to try it out and share the results.

I stamped my images out on white card stock, heat embossed with white ink, and then did a little watercoloring. No fancy water color palette needed. I simply tapped the color I wanted onto one of my stamping blocks, grabbed my trusty aqua painter and off we went. I really love how it turned out. Here's a tip, by using your regular ink pads for watercoloring, you can be sure your projects always match and coordinate. Here's another tip, I didn't have any watercolor paper handy that wasn't off white so I used my Stampin' Up whisper white thick to watercolor on.When using the aqua painters you don't need to soak your paper in a ton of water. The thick card stock holds up very well with this technique.

For the flowers and leaves I used the Falling Flowers stamp set and May Flowers Framelits.The sentiment is from Watercolor Wishes, it is a retired kit but I can't get enough of these go to sentiments.

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a fabulous day, and happy crafting!
-Sherry

Make It:

• Falling Flowers Clear-Mount Stamp Set [139556]
• May Flowers Framelits Dies [140276]
• Aqua Painters [103954]

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CAS(E) #236