Saturday, 25 January 2014

What colour is YOUR umbrella? Dynamic Duos #87


 More multi-media messing with water-colour paper this week! 

Here's the colour challenge from The Dynamic Duos:
Delicious, huh?
I HAD to go with the umbrella option, and what better way than to feature a wet and cloudy sky?
I saw a tutorial by Laurel Beard, where she stamped with water onto Distress inks.
I don't have any Distress inks (markers, yes) so decided to experiment with my CTMH re-inkers, applied with a blending tool onto water-colour paper. 
I used some cute cloud images from this CMTH stamp set,
 spritzing with water before stamping. The inks didn't blend all that much, but the stamps turned a kind of pretty pink!  I added some Smooch spritz in grey, for added splotch and shine.
I love the current trend of angled panels, and used a variation of this sketch for the card:
 
 The umbrella is a stamp-n-die from The Stamps of Life.
A few little grey pearls, and done!
Time to check out the creations by the rest of the Dynamic Duos team:
Anne Marie Hile
Annette Elliott
Angel Johns
Cindy Brumbaugh
Holly Endress
JoAnn Burnham
Julie Gearinger
Michelle Bala
Sarah Fleming 
Tenia Nelson

Hope you'll play along with us this week!

Happy crafting,
Caroline

Supplies:
Paper: Black cardstock, Wausau Papers; White Daisy, CTMH; water-colour paper, Ranger 
Inks: Grey Wool & Grey Flannel re-inkers, Black and Hollyhock ink-pads from CTMH
Blending tool: Tim Holtz for Ranger
Smooch Spritz in grey
Stamp set: umbrellas4us and umbrella die from The Stamps of Life
Grey pearls: CTMH
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10 comments:

  1. JoAnn25 January 2014 at 09:25

    So cute. Love the umbrella. Interesting technique you did with the reinkers, I think it looks great.

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  2. Tenia Nelson25 January 2014 at 17:23

    Totes ADORBS!!!

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  3. Annette Elliott25 January 2014 at 18:35

    Caroline, I watched both tutorials, and I will have to give them a try. Sounds fun! I love your cloudy sky and the angel of the card with the umbrella on the point. Very nicely done!

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  4. Julie Gearinger25 January 2014 at 21:44

    I agree with the others- love your cloudy sky technique!! The colors and sketch work so well with your card- just fabulous!

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  5. Kim Heggins26 January 2014 at 13:45

    Caroline, this is amazing! I love your sweet whispy clouds and what an adorable umbrella and your little touches of grey pearls.

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  6. Cindy Brumbaugh26 January 2014 at 19:17

    Oh, Caroline...your creativity muses me! Love how you made the background- the embellies are so fun and are a perfect accent! Your umbrella is so cute!

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  7. JD/ Jill27 January 2014 at 13:57

    Very pretty...I really like the sentment that you put on this card!

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  8. Emily Leiphart29 January 2014 at 07:25

    Beautiful card, Caroline! I love the watercoloured background. Those are great stamps and I love how you used them!

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  9. Anne31 January 2014 at 07:23

    Gorgeous, love the sky you made! Great umberella and lovely colors. :)

    Hugs, Anne.

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  10. laurelbeard7 March 2014 at 03:34

    Oh this is so pretty! I love that you used what you had on hand to create this beauty! I am so tickled that you watched my video and thought to do this! It looks GORGEOUS! XOXO - Laurel

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