This week's MIM challenge is faux watercoloring.
It involves stamping with a die ink, and using an aqua-painter (or a brush dipped in water) to make the ink bleed a bit.
In the tutorial, Lisa was careful to stay within the lines, but I did my best to grunge it up a bit.
I started with a kraft card-base and stamped images from PTI "grunge me" and set it aside.
From a sheet of white cardstock, I die-cut a tag sale 3 shape and stamped images from simple circles in pool party, lucky limeade, soft suede, and peach parfait inks (all SU.)
With my aqua-painted, I blurred the lines around each circle and let the sheet dry.
I apologize that it's hard to see the blurring in the photos, but it's there! The green and brown inks really bled, but the lighter colors really need a lot of saturation to start breaking down in the obvious way that I was looking for...
I stamped some paint splatter images from "grunge me" over-top and also the gridlines from lawn fawn's "schoolhouse backdrops."
I stamped the bird and sentiment from "grunge me" in a bold, black ink.
Thanks for looking!
Love this card. There are so many interesting things going on, especially that Lawn Fawn background stamp. I am a sucker for tags on a card, and I'm pinning this one to case. I love the Grunge Me set, but am always looking for creative ways to use it, as I can never think of any on my own. And, if anyone out there is listening.....This girl
ReplyDeleteGreat card. You did a nice job with the MiM challenge. Grunge me is one set I don't have. Maybe I need to get it.
ReplyDeleteGreat card! Really pretty color combination too.
ReplyDeleteFabulous card, Elena! Great job with the MIM challenge!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool tag! The technique was perfect for that set. I will have to remember that.
ReplyDeleteso pretty!!
ReplyDeleteoh, I love this! The tag is fabulous by itself and it looks great as a focal point on the card! Love the twine, too.
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