Watercolour & PearlEx

This page has been created for the Paper Artsty Challenge - Paint with Infusions.
As I sait in the previous post, I don't have any Infusions, although I would love some, so have again substituted Jaquard PearEx.

This page came together from a few things I had started. I work on the background specifically for this challenge, sprinkling the PearlEx on the page and spraying with water. As it has no binder, I wanted to fix it as it tend to rub off otherwise so dabbed some matt medium onto it with a brush. I probably should have used gloss as I may have kept more of the iridescence. I then added more texture with some stamping.

I had been playing with water colours to paint some small water colour flowers so decided to layer one of these with calico and various papers to create the focal image. All in all, I'm quite pleased with the finished page.

This Moment - Card

Set out to create a card to fit with a couple of challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Powder Power
• Addicted to CAS - Code Word 'Stitched'

I started with watercolour paper and applied a layer of sewing pattern paper. I decided to try stamping with the end of a cotton reel as I thought this would fit nicely with the theme of my card. It worked quite well with the paint (very subtle in pale green) but not quite at defined with the clear embossing stamp. I think the stamp pad is a bit squishy and the reel wasn't completely covered - still OK though. I dripped Liquitex ink and sewed around the edge as well as sewing on the sentiment. Maybe not as CAS as it is supposed to be - my first time at this challenge. It is tricky sometimes to keep is simple, especially as I'm trying to get better at layering!

Just Be Happy

I created this card for the Simon Say Stamp Monday Challenge - It's A Stitch Up.

The black cards seemed a good idea as I often seemed to be painting a black background on cards. The I realised that not everyone may have a pen to write on the black inside (I sometimes give blank cards to others as gifts for them to use) so I decided to insert some red paper that I had used as a background layer on the from. The front design was created using Liquitex Inks, an embossed stamp and machine stitching. I carried this design inside and onto the envelope.