CTC #485 CASE a Water Colour technique

CASE-ing The Catty Crew are a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators from Australia & New Zealand who take inspiration weekly from the catalogues. The catalogues are a fantastic resource, and we love to inspire you to seek inspiration there too. 

The assignment is CASE a watercolor technique and several are shared on pages118-119 in the Stampin' Up! annual catalogue. Firstly, a disclaimer, I am by no means an expert here, but I do watch others and thought I could give it a try. So I have CASE-d water colouring like for the pears in sample one, but mine is sloppier!

There are two choices when you watercolour. You can stamp in Stazon ink which is waterproof, or you can heat emboss. The second method wasn't actually mentioned in that section, but I went ahead, stamped Layers of Beauty in Versamark onto Fluid 100 5" X 7" watercolor paper and applied white embossing powder.

This created another problem for me as white on almost white is difficult to see! I was attempting to selectively wet portions of the image e.g. the flowers or the leaves to prevent colour from running between them. It was challenging but I am happy with the result.

I like to create a palette on a large acrylic block and drop ink there to dilute with more water. I have used a mix of Pretty in Pink and Petunia Pop for the roses and Granny Apple Green in different strengths for leaves. A very diluted Granny Apple Green was applied to the background.

Now it's your turn. We do request that the projects you submit have been created especially for this challenge. You can CASE directly or be inspired by a sketch/layout, colour combo or embellishment. Ask to join our Facebook group, and then add a picture of your CASE.

Next along the hop is the amazing Andrea Sargent.

I have been an active Stampin' Up! demonstrator for 14 years, and thanks to my wonderful team, I am at Silver Elite level. One of the joys of crafting is sharing it with others, so I hold monthly classes both in my home and in the community. Do get in touch if you have questions about classes or Stampin' Up! products.

 

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