Showing posts with label Messy watercolouring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Messy watercolouring. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

FAUX SHAKER TECHNIQUE

Shaker cards are notoriously fiddly, so this is a cheats version that very simple to do.  You're still using a frame (but it has no acetate), and you're still using little embellishments like sequins (but they're not loose).  As long as your frame is raised by using foam tape, your little sequins or the like are mainly glued down the bottom (with just a few scattered up higher) you have a very simple shaker technique that can be applied to atc's or just as easily to cards.  As you can see from the 2nd example, "Shimmering", the frame doesn't even need to go right to the edges and you can have your main focal piece peeking out from under it as this one is.

"Under water"...
(The background seaweed is a die-cut from JAC double-sided
paper and then foil pressed on.  The fishing line is Liquid Pearls in silver.)

"Shimmering"...
(The frame for this one has several coats of silver, black and 
a little pink embossing powder to give it a weathered look.)

"Somber"...
(Very simple style, and yes, somber can be
spelt either as somber or sombre... trust
me, it didn't look right to me either!)

"Before"...

 "Gene Pool"...
(The background is Soot Technique over a Distress Oxide
coloured gloss card.  The frame is a chipboard frame, coloured
with a black permanent marker, then dabbed into Tumbled
Glass Distress Oxide Ink that has been mixed 
with a little water, on a craft sheet.)

Finally, another one from last week's Messy Watercolour class.
"Dinner is Poured"...

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

MESSY WATERCOLOURING

It's been a while since we've used our watercolours so thought this was a good opportunity to drag them out.  I used my Gansai Tambi watercolour palette set as well as my smaller Gansai Tambi Pearl set of 6 gorgeous shimmery pearl colours.  The trick to making this look cohesive is to repeat your colours on your images that you've stamped and the best part of all.... don't worry about staying in the lines.  Like all watercolouring, if you allow the sections to dry so you are not putting wet against wet, you won't have the bleeding issue that causes the colours to blend too much.  So the heat gun is your friend in this class.  All you need then is a little quote, an embellishment and you're done!

"Live in colour"...

"The best bugs"...
(the little bugs are stamped onto pre-sanded
shrink plastic, shrunk, then an alcohol pen
was used to add colour on the back of them)

"Dig it"...

"Sparkle"...


"Original style"...
(this one has a chipboard frame mounted
around the edge that has been embossed
with black UTEE, then while hot, a few
sprinkles of gold UTEE, heated again and
then I dragged a pin through the gold while 
still hot to move it around a little)