Sunday, May 27, 2012

Compendium of Curiosities 2 Challenge - Brushless Watercolor

The 7th Challenge from Tim Holtz's book "Compendium of Curiosities 2" is up on Linda's blog. This time the technique is Brushless Watercolor on pg. 49 of the book. As an added bonus, eclectic Paperie is offering a 425 gift certificate to one lucky participant in this week's challenge.
I love this brushless watercolor technique. I used chipped sapphire Distress Stain and tilted the paper to let the color run to the left and bottom of my paper.
 To turn this into an atc, I stamped flourishes using silver Encore! Ink and used this ink to color the edges.
 Stamped a saying with black India Ink and added a ballerina image.

6 comments:

Gaby Bee said...

Gorgeous card, Carol! The background looks fantastic! Simply perfect for this image:)

Have a wonderful Monday!

Hugs,
Gaby

EmeralDQueen said...

I love the background is gorgeous :)

Maria said...

This is so pretty, Carol! The little dancer is the perfect finishing touch!

Jan said...

The technique works beautifully as a background to the lovely ballerina image.

Unknown said...

Simply beautiful - I love the layering you did and the technique worked so well with your theme. Love it!

Linda Ledbetter said...

Oh, my, I LOVE this, Carol! The background is absolutely gorgeous-- really great job on the brushless watercolor!-- and the tiny dance is so sweet.