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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Stencils Day 2 - Tracing and Watercolors

So for day two I used a stencil that had small stars on it. This was a big mistake I later learned because the end result was these teeny tiny stars from tracing or rather coloring in with the colored pencil. Then to give it some depth I stamped some slightly larger stars and of course even bigger stars to help this poor card out. Added a bit of bling and a sentiment. Not my favorite but it kind of works.


Next up is this watercolor card and I am going to tell you right now...it was the result of a lot and I mean a lot of mistakes and attempts and frustrations. But through it all I decided I think it workd.

First up I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed it so I could have resist from the watercolors. I used watercolor paper since it is designed to soak up the colors.

I then used this Pinwheel stencil and painted watercolors in the open area. Unfortunately water colors like to blend and bleed and I just can't do messy.

I set it aside and let it dry, then got the idea to paint the remaining white areas and that became even messier so I grabbed a baby wipe and wiped it all over which kind of gave it one big blend. I set it aside frustrated..After awhile I glanced back and thought hey it's not too bad, maybe I can salvage this and spritzed on some Tatter Angels spray and finished it with enamel dots, a big fat pink bow with a bit of toile for accent. I will confess I don't know if I will ever do stencils with watercolors again.



7 comments:

  1. I like the rich colors of the first and I think you achieved an awesome effect on the second! Sorry to hear that there was much frustration involved though!

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  2. Wow, Leslie! These are both fantastic! I love the mix of stars on the first card with a few sequins sprinkled about. The background on the second card is so beautiful! You are rocking the stencils!

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  3. lol It's funny reading your process (and frustration) for these cards, because I LOVE them. I think they turned out fabulous, both of them. I love the mixed colors on the 2nd card, super pretty! And the star card is my favorite. I'm a star fan in general, but I love the colors and sequins.
    I think these turned out fabulous and you should keep at it!

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  4. Both cards are beautiful!! I really love how the blended one came out! :) Evie

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  5. These are beautiful! I really love the first one. I love the colors and those stars are gorgeous! :)

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  6. I think these are fabulous! I LOVE all of the stars!

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