Thursday 17 October 2024

Dream In Colour (2)



Hi everyone, today I would like to share a second set of ATC’s I made for this month’s Tracy Evans FB swap on the theme of Silhouettes. These are closely modelled on a set of ATC’s I made a year ago for a different swap using a different brand of stamps, but I thought the idea  adapted well to some of Tracy’s silhouette stamps. I have called this set “Dream In Colour II”.


I cut 4 pieces of watercolour paper, and on each one I used a rainbow coloured selection of Zig pens and a watercolour brush to drag out pools of colour to form dribbles. I then stamped a focal flower on each one using Nocturne VFC, a little background circle in Morning Mist and some teeny hearts for added interest. I stamped the sentiment onto separate snippets of black card, heat embossed in white, then cut out and attached. I added a few white Oosca highlights to the flowers and leaves, then to finish I edged each finished piece with black marker and matted onto standard ATC size pieces of black linen card stock cut from more snippets!

Here are some closeups.

ATC1
ATC2
ATC3
ATC4

Stamps: all ATC’s - AALL & Create #340 Paint Your Dreams, Tracy Evans Boutique Designs TE30 Garden Elements (background circle), TE10 Quirky Birds (hearts); ATC1 - A&C #987 Periwinkle,  ATC2 - A&C #985  Flower Smudge, ATC3 - A&C #896 Forget Me Not, ATC4 - Tracy Evans TE 13 Delight In Nature;
Media: Kuretake Zig Clean Color watercolour pens; Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Morning Mist); Versamark; WOW ultra fine white embossing powder; Posca pen (white).

Challenges I would like to enter:

Allsorts #802 - Anything Goes (2nd entry) (ATC1)
Beautiful Blossoms #22 - Anything Floral Goes
Colourful Options (October) - Rainbow Inspired
Dragonfly Dreams (October) - Anything but a Card (2nd entry)
Dream Valley #323 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)
Outlawz (October) - Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone (2nd entry)
Path of Positivity #124 - Anything Goes Positive
Snippets Playground #491Use Snippets
Word Art Wednesday #669/670 - Anything Goes (3rd entry)

I’m off out later as the weather seems FINALLY to have cleared up after the horrendous downpours of yesterday. Take care everyone, and thanks for visiting.
Hugs,

9 comments:

Linby said...

All such striking little works of art.

Chris said...

These are gorgeous Pauline, the background is so effective and colourful, perfect with the bold stamping.
xx

Sarn said...

Fabulously colourful ATCs and lovely floral silhouettes.

Thanks for entering a piece of homework to the Snippets Playground. See you up in the treehouse later - after a round of conkers! xxx

brenda said...

Loving the rainbow effect Pauline, all very pretty, many thanks for sharing another at Allsorts challenge.

B x

crafty-stamper said...

Beautiful ATCs love the stamps and rainbow coloured backgrounds.
Carol x

Aquarius said...

A great collection of ATCs with the super rainbow watercolour 'dribbles' to set off the silhouette flowers. The extra touches really are the icing on the cake and I'm sure the people who receive these as swaps will be thrilled.

ScrappyHorses said...

What a beautiful set of ATC's! Wonderful florals and streaks of bold color. Thanks for sharing with us at Path of Positivity. Katrina

Ellibelle said...

What a great watercolor technique Pauline, not one I tried before. Love how these turned out! Thanks so much for sharing at Allsorts challenge too!

Gail L said...

Your background is very effective on these silhouette ATCs!
Thank you for joining us at Allsorts!