Too Much Salt

Hi ya'll.

Want to see what NOT to do with salt and watercolor?

I wanted to try using two kinds of salt on one piece.

I stamped and heat embossed these beautiful flowers that my dear friend, Loll
gave me for my birthday.

After adding the watercolor with lots of water, I sprinkled
Fine Himalayan Pink salt on the green and
table salt on the pink.

But I was too heavy handed.

Salt is definitely better used in moderation!

It actually took almost all the color out of the flowers
so I had to add some more back in.

Well, I hated to throw this away.

So I fussy cut the flowers out.

The die is now on my "need to get" list!

Here's the finished product...

I hope you'll join in the fun at
CAS Watercolour

There are some amazing entries in the gallery!

Challenge is open until the 24th.

And I think I can take this to the Dare to Get Dirty Challenge 

 at Splitcoaststampers.  This challenge is for Fan Club Members.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bouquet of Thanks (SSS)

Ink:    Whisper White (SU)

Paper:   Neena, Mixed Media (Strath), Basic Black (SU)

Other:  Gansai Tambi Watercolors (#35 Carmine, #43 Mid Yellow, #51 May Green), Fine Himalayan Pink Salt, Table Salt, Sentimental Elle-ments Die (Avery Elle), Tiny Crystals

Seas Today

Hello my friends.

These hot days of summer make me think of water.

I happened to have some alcohol ink backgrounds that looked like water to me

so I stamped some coral and added these little Memory Box seahorses 

to swim in the sea.

Memory Box Out of the Box Challenge

CAS Mix Up August Challenge

Also adding it to the DTGD17 Challenge at Splitcoaststampers.

It's a challenge for Fan Club Members there.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  By the Tide (ret. SU)

Ink:   Jet Black StazOn

Paper:   Neena, Photo (Kodak), Copper Foil (SU)

Other:  Swimming Seahorses (MB), Seaside EF (SU), Square Lattice EF (ret. SU), Rainstones (PTI)

Alcohol Wrap

Hello there.

I've been playing with alcohol inks on Yupo paper.

This time I split a cellophane bag and dropped a few different colors on one side of the bag

and spritzed with some blending solution

.

I laid some photo paper on the ink, closed the bag and smooshed.

While the ink was still wet, I  added some scrunched plastic wrap on top and left it to dry.

What a fun look!

I cut the finished piece in half and made 2 cards.

The images were stamped with StazOn ink.

The CAS Mix Up August challenge is

Using stamping, alcohol inks, plastic wrap and die cutting.

I'm also going to enter at

Craft Stamper Magazine Take It, Make It August Challenge

ANYTHING GOES STAMPING

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Distress Crayon Watercolor Kit (TH)

Ink:   StazOn Jet Black

Paper:   Neena, Photo (Kodak)

Other:  Alcohol Ink & Blending Solution (Ranger), Plastic Wrap (store brand), Stitched Rectangles (SSS: card 1) - Stitched Mats Rectangles (LI: card 2), Smile Die (Peachy Cheap) 

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

CAS Watercolour

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

CAS Watercolour

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)

Alcohol Ink and Dragonfly Corner For CAS Mix Up

Hi Ya'll.

There's a new challenge at CAS Mix Up

I used alcohol ink, stamping, heat embossing and die cuts.

The alcohol ink background was made by smooshing some paper on the
ceramic tile we were using as a palette.


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Thinking of You (Alt.)

Ink:   Whisper White (SU)

Paper:   Basic Black, Whisper White (SU), Glossy

Other:  Alcohol Ink, Dragonfly Stems Left Corner Die (MB), White EP