Wednesday 9 August 2023

Dream In Colour


Hi everyone, this month's ATC swap over on FB UK Stampers' Forum is on the theme of "Silhouettes". I haven't joined in for a while but I love my silhouette stamping so decided to give it a go. The swap requires 3 ATC's but I got so into this project that I ended up making 6, giving me 3 extra ones to trade separately.


I cut six pieces of hot pressed watercolour card each 3.25" x 2.25", and on each one I create a rainbow coloured dribbling wash effect by colouring puddles of each colour with a watercolour brush pen, then dragging out the colour with a wet paintbrush. This was a bit of an experiment as I bought a small pack of cheap watercolour brush pens to see if I liked the general idea, as a precursor to a more considered purchase of better quality ones ... and I do like them!!  I  stamped my focal flowers, beetles, hearts and background text in black Versafine Clair, then stamped my sentiment onto black card with Versamark and heat embossed with white powder, cut out and attached. I edged each piece with black marker pen and attached to black linen cardstock cut to standard ATC 3.5" x 2.5".

Here is a close up of each of the 2 designs.



Stamps: Woodware Mini Floral Silhouettes, Additions (background text), Blooming (hearts); AALL & Create Paint Your Dreams (sentiment);
Media: Watercolour brush pens from The Works; Versafine Clair (Nocturne); Versamark; white embossing powder.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Allsorts #739/740 - Anything But Square (2nd entry)
As You Like It - Favourite Florals or Gingham (and why) (2nd entry)
(I love both, but I never tire of floral images and the many different ways you can use them)
Beautiful Blossoms #7 - Anything Floral Goes (5th entry)
Colourful Options (August) - Yellow/Green or Rainbow Inspired
Crafting From the Heart #4 - Anything Goes (no cards)
Crafty Calendar (August) - Anything Goes
Paper A La Mode (August) - Seriously Art Inspired
Path of Positivity #114 Anything Goes Positive
Word Art Wednesday #607/608 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Rainbow themed posts always make me feel cheerful - hope they make you feel cheerful too! Until next time - take care, and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,

20 comments:

crafty-stamper said...

Fabulous ATCs and watercolour background,love the beautiful silhouette stamps.Very nice of Tracy to make you a video of the new stamp you were having trouble with
Carol x

Diane said...

Beautifully created ATC's, lots of creative work here!!
Thank you for joining our challenge at Beautiful Blossoms and Colorful Options!
Diane BB and CO DT
{Nellies Nest}
{Beautiful Blossoms}

ScrappyHorses said...

So beautiful with the gorgeous color and flowers! Such a happy and creative design; very artistic! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Paper à la Mode! ~Katrina

ScrappyHorses said...

So beautiful and positive with the rainbow colors! Just perfect for our challenge over at Path of Positivity! Thanks for sharing! ~Katrina

Ellibelle said...

These are so beautiful and artistic, I love the watercolor background and the stamps are gorgeous!
Thanks so much for joining us this week at Allsorts challenge!

Ellibelle said...

I'm back again :) so nice to see these beauties linked up at my Crafty Wednesday challenge, too!

brenda said...

Like you enjoy working with silhouette stamps and love the colourful backgrounds here, many thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts current challenge.

B x

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

You are so clever to design each ATC so beautifully Pauline, love the colours and designs.
Faith x

Sandra said...

Beautiful ATC cards!! Thanks for joining The Outlawz PAM challenge

Elaine Stark said...

Lovely and colourful. Thanks for joining AYLI challenge. Elaine

Rainey's Craft Room said...

The backgrounds on your ATC's are just fab! Love them and your detailed stamping. Thanks for sharing at Allsorts this week.
Lorraine

Linby said...

These look wonderful and very arty. Great colours too.

Darlene said...

How creative and absolutely beautiful! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at Beautiful Blossoms! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often. We appreciate your support!

Darlene
BB DT
BEAUTIFUL BLOSSOMS CHALLENGE
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS

Gina said...

What a fabulous collection of colourful atcs :D Thank you for sharing them with us at Crafting From the Heart XXX

Aimeslee Winans said...

Love the rainbow backgrounds! Thanks for linking this up at Beautiful Blossoms Challenge!
XOX, Aimeslee

Donna Walls said...

Gorgeous collection of ATC's. Thanks for sharing with us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge. We hope you'll play again soon.
Donna xx
Beautiful Blossoms Challenge
Paper Funday Challenge
Inspiration Station Challenge

Deanne Saunders said...

So cool!! Thanks so much for participating in our COLORFUL OPTIONS challenge!!! I appreciate that you play along and I enjoy visiting your blog!! Have a happy crafty day!! Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper

Hi! I'm Shirley and said...

These are such lovely ATC's! I love the design!!! Thank you for joining us at The Outlawz Paper A La Mode Challenge. Shirley M., DT

Carla's Cards said...

Lovely colorful cards!
DT. Carla Brooke

SarahR said...

Hello, what wonderful ATCs you have made - loving all the rainbows! Thanks for joining in with us at Crafty Calendar Challenges this month, Sarah - DT.