Jewel-toned Tangles

 Happy Saturday, crafty friends.

One more water-colored entry to Neat & Tangled's current challenge:

I used the same Tiny Triangles stamp, this time heat-embossed in silver. I washed three jewel-tone inks over top (Peacock Feathers, Chipped Sapphire and Seedless Preserves.  Then I coloured in the outlined triangles with more of those colours, mixing them where the original wash overlapped.

 It gives almost a stained-glass look--love it! 

The sentiment is from a newer Lil'Inker Designs stamp set, "Girl's Best Friend." It was heat-embossed in the same silver, onto vellum to allow some of the colour beneath to show through.

The silver cord finishes the card, along with matting in Rich Razzleberry.

So, two different water-colour looks with one stamp.

Enjoy your day,

Caroline

Supplies:

Colonial white cardstock- CTMH

Rich Razzleberry cardstock-Stampin' Up

Watercolour paper, vellum - Michael's 

Silver cord, silver embossing powder- Paper Wishes

Girls' Best Friend stamp set, Stitched Rectangles die - Lil'Inker Designs

Tiny Triangles stamp - Neat & Tangled

Distress Inks - Ranger

Neat, Tangled and Water-coloured

I seem to be in Valentine's mode, still. Or at least still in love with hearts...

Neat & Tangled's challenge this month is to watercolour.

The N&T design team is also teaming up with Cosmo Cricket this week, to showcase a new CC product: colour-ready paper. It has embossed images; all you need do is add ink or watercolor (or both) for some spectacular but simple-to-do results.

Following along those lines, I played with Neat & Tangles Tiny Triangles background stamp.

Today's card has the triangles heat-embossed in white, with a watercolour wash over top, in shades of pink, merging with red and yellow.

 

The upside down triangles made me think of little hearts, so I punched some tiny ones from water-colour paper scraps, tinted them with the same Distress Inks, and mounted them over triangles of the matching colours.

I like the cascading effect.

Go check out Neat & Tangled's blog for more watercolor inspiration.

Happy crafting,

Caroline

Supplies:

Watercolor card stock- Michaels

Cardstock in Honey, Hollyhock and Baby Pink- Close to My Heart

Distress Inks in Spun Sugar, Victorian Velvet, Fired Brick and Wild Honey- Ranger

Small heart die- Paper Smooches

Stitched rectangle die- Lil'Inker designs