Salty Marigold or is it a Dahlia

Hello dear friends.

Here's another sample of salt play and a reminder that there's still time to enter at
CAS Watercolour.

I covered a piece of watercolor paper with a wash of yellows using my

Gansai Tambi watercolors.

While it was still quite wet, I sprinkled some Himalayan Fine Pink salt in a couple of areas.

I just used a pinch and tried to keep it in a small section.

To my surprise, it looked like a couple of flowers when it dried!

I probably couldn't do this again but that's what's fun about using salt on watercolor.

You never know how it's going to look!

I used a water soluble marker to outline the lighter "petals".

The background piece used as a mat was done using the same colors of paint and table salt.

I've covered most of it up so you can't really see much of the pattern left from the salt.

Sorry I didn't get a photo of the piece before I cut it up.

I'll try to do better next time.

The CAS Watercolour Challenge 

this month is

The challenge is open until the 24th.

The Design Team and our awesome Guest Designer, Ros, have lots

of gorgeous samples to share with you there.

And if you need some video help, there's links at the 

challenge site.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Soft Suede (SU), SU Marker (Old Olive)

Paper:   Watercolor (Strathmore CP for background, Arches CP for watercolor)

Other:  Gansai Tambi Watercolors (#43 Mid Yellow, #42 Bright Yellow, #33 Orange), Himalayan Fine Pink Salt, Table Salt

Alcohol Swirls for CAS Mix Up

Hi there.

It's the middle of the month and time for a reminder for
CAS Mix Up

While playing with the alcohol inks, I tried just twisting the felt applicator.

I love the swirls so I filled the piece of glossy paper with them.

I should have written down the colors.

Sometimes I get so excited that I don't write things down and just can't remember what I used.

Do you do that?

I found this butterfly in my butterfly box.  I loved that you could still see the swirls

when I plopped him on.

I used vellum for the sentiment so it wouldn't cover up all the movement.

After stamping, I heat embossed it so it would show up really nice

and not smear.

There's still time to join in the challenge at

CAS Mix Up

Using stamping, alcohol ink, die cuts, vellum and heat embossing.

also adding to  Concord & 9th

Happy Birthday C&9

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sending you a hug (Verses

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:  Neena, Coastal Cabana (SU), Glossy, Basic Black, Vellum (SU)

Other:  Alcohol Ink, Black Crystals

Salt Water Continued

Hi.

I've had so much fun using salt with my watercolors.

I've gotten so many different looks.

This time I  dripped salt water on my wet watercolor wash.

I used plain table salt to mix.

Kind of backwards of what I did on the cards in this post.

I used the right side of this piece this time.

Then I drew some lines on some of the places where the salt had removed the color.

I've learned that the trick is to not think about what the pen is doing.
Just relax and go with the flow.

I stamped in some of the spots too.

Here's what that looks like on a card.

If you like watercolor, try sprinkling some salt on it, or mixing salt in water

and using it as a wash or on wet watercolor.

So much fun!

CAS Watercolour Challenge

Challenge is open until the 24th

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Choose Joy (PTI)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Delightful Dijon & Soft Suede for center (SU)

Paper:   Neena, Watercolor (Canson CP)

Other:  Gansai Tambi Watercolor (#34 Dk. Pink, #40 yellow), Micron 005 pen, Table Salt, Stitched Squares Dies (LI)

Card Recicpe (cards 2 & 3)

Stamps: Dee's Blooming Buds (Stamplorations)

Ink: Basic Gray, Regal Rose, Pear Pizzaz, Delightful Dijon Marker (all SU)

Other:  X stitch Borders dies (GM), Black Crystals

Salt Water Flowers

Hi ya'll.

While I was having fun using salt with watercolors,
I wanted to try a technique I saw in this video.

I loved the results.

Let's see what you think.

Imagine this without the stems and outlines that I drew.

I used about 1/4 cup of water and a couple pinches of salt to add a wash to 

my watercolor paper.

Then I dropped some watercolor onto the wet paper.

I didn't get quite the "explosion" that Teela got, but enough so it looked like flowers to me.

(I did blot the edges of the color bursts with a paper towel.)

I added stems with a paint brush and some more watercolor and

some definition to the flowers with a Copic Multiliner Pen.

Since the piece was too large for a CAS card,

I cut it in half and made a twofer.

The black dots on the second card were done by dipping a toothpick 

in Black Nuvo drops.

CAS Watercolour August Challenge

Challenge is open until the 24th.

Lots more videos with salt techniques over there.

I hope you'll play along.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (Card 1)

Stamps:  Happy Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:  Neena, Basic Black (SU), Watercolor (Arches CP) 

Other:  Stitched Mats Rectangles (LI: card 1), Stately EF (ret. Crafts Concepts: c.2), Small Sticky Back Black Crystals

I Lift up My Eyes

Hi there.

I have one more card for the Dare to Get Dirty Challenge
at Splitcoaststampers for the Fan Club members.

I pulled out a background that I made using shaving cream and alcohol inks.

I know that's what I used because I actually wrote it down.

Imagine that!

I cut the piece down and added a die cut that my dear friend,
Nancy sent me  a while back.

I stamped one of my favorite scriptures on the piece and masked
the sentiment with a little sticky note.

I thinned out a little acrylic paint in my palette and
splattered it on.

Of course I got a big blob on the side.

Drat!

I cut the piece down a little bit further.

I'm so glad I waited to put the die cut on there!

I had snipped off a little flower from the bottom of the stem.

That's what you see peeking out from the inside.

Since I used alcohol ink in my shaving cream, I can link up to
CAS Mix Up

I used stamping, alcohol ink in shaving cream marbling, splattering with acrylic paint and die cuts.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Psalm 121:1-2 (Verve)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neena, Basic Black

Other:  Alcohol Ink (Pool, Clover - Ranger), Shaving Cream, Licorice Acrylic Paint (Plaid), Wildflower Thinlits (TH)