Salty Snow Makes Snowman Joy

Hello.

It's time for another challenge at CAS Watercolour

When I first started card making, I saw an article about using salt on watercolor

and I was fascinated.  But I never got around to trying it.

So I chose it for this month's challenge at

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The Design Team and Guest Designer, Ros have had a wonderful time 

playing with salt this past month so we would have lots to inspire you.

To do this card I first did a wash of Gansai Tambi Watercolor on a piece of watercolor paper.

With the paper still quite wet I sprinkled a mixture of Sea Salt and some 

Himalayan Fine Pink salt that DH thought looked interesting and had stashed.

Here's what the piece looked like after it had dried and I brushed the salt off.

I thought the piece looked like snow.

Here's another card I made with this background.

My dear friend and teammate, Susan, sent me this die cut a while back.

It's a perfect fit!

Oh, and I have a few more little pieces left.

You'll have to wait to see what I do with them.

We have lots of videos to help inspire you at the challenge site.

I hope you'll get out some water, color and salt and have a play with us.

It really is a lot of fun!

My good friend Karen is hosting the TLC Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers 

this week and the challenge is SALT.  So I can take these over there to share.

And the Just Us Girls challenge #404 is

The Snowman Joy die is new.

It was a gift from my win from the Foiled Fox and Heather.

I hope you'll try this fun technique and share your creations with us at

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Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Holiday Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Midnight Muse (SU)

Paper:   Neena, Watercolor (Arches for the background, TH for the snowman)

Other:  Snowman Joy Die (PB), Stitched Snowdrifts Dies (MFT), Stitched Rectangles (LI), Gambi Tansai Watercolors (#61 Cornflower Blue, #64 Blue, #66 Menthol Violet), Sea Salt and Himalayan Fine Pink Salt

Card  Recipe (card 2)

Stamps: Mixed Christmas Messages (HLS)

Ink:  Midnight Muse (SU)

Paper:  Neena, Watercolor (Arches)

Other:  Snowflake Block Die (SSS), Gambi Tansai Watercolors (#61 Cornflower Blue, #64 Blue, #66 Menthol Violet), Sea Salt and Himalayan Fine Pink Salt, Glue, Coarse Glitter (MS)