Yesterday I had time to play around for awhile with watercolors. Although I've been following the CAS Watercolor Challenge for some time, I don't often have a chance to play. The current challenge is "Something Blue."
Here's my card:
Once again, I pulled out the Altenew 36 pan watercolor set. I contemplated using my good Daniel Smith watercolors, but that would have required a bit of mixing to get the blues I wanted. It was easier to start with the several blues in the Altenew set and do a bit of mixing both on the palette and on the watercolor paper as well. I love the rich colors in the background piece, and decided a white die cut would be most effective.
This die cut is Simon Says' "Morning Glory Vine." The sentiment is from Simon Says "Tiny Words" white embossed on black and trimmed out. This will most likely be a birthday card since that's the most frequent card I send. The sentiment lends itself to other occasions so it's more versatile than usual. I decided to add some dimension by layering the watercolored piece on a smaller piece of Bristol cardstock and then again on the card base. I used a set of Spellbinder dies to cut each of the layers.
