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Make It Monday #77: Ink Pads As Watercolors

August 6, 2012      Nichole Heady      19 Comments

Take a little time before the August Release starts and learn a watercolor technique from Dawn McVey.  It's a great way to stretch your supplies and get a whole new look. 

 

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If you are joining along this week, here are the details concerning the Make It Monday Challenge.

–A new Make It Monday Challenge will go up every Monday morning at 9am EST.

–Create a project utilizing your take on the challenge. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product and some form of watercoloring using ink pads.

–Post your project on your blog, in your gallery or on any other photo-hosting site (such as photobucket or flickr).

–-Add your project to our —>InLinkz List HERE<—

–You will have until 7am, Monday, August 13th, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. And you can enter as many times as you like.

–We will be tweeting and posting on our Facebook page every night (between 5-9pm EST) highlighting a Featured Project. These tweets/Facebook postings will just be a shout-out regarding projects that caught our eye. 

–One randomly selected winner will be chosen from ALL the entries on Monday,  August 13th, after 7am. The winner will be posted here on this blog post, on Twitter and Facebook. The randomly selected winner will get a $25 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!

Good luck to everyone and we look forward to seeing your projects!

EDITED TO ADD RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNER: 

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Congratulations Diana L.!  You have been randomly selected to receive a $25 PTI gift certificate to spend however you choose!  Please send a note to customer service with the email address you would like the gift certificate sent to.  And thank you to EVERYONE who played along with this week's challenge! 


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  1. Brenda B says

    August 6, 2012 at 8:37 AM

    This is an awesome technique! Thanks for helping us stretch our supplies!

    Reply
  2. Shelly S says

    August 6, 2012 at 9:08 AM

    Your card is simply amazing! It looks soo easy too! I can’t wait to try it! I especially love the grid lines..unfortunately I don’t have any. I’ll have to see what I can come up with to duplicate the effect. Thanks for a great video!

    Reply
  3. Janet B says

    August 6, 2012 at 9:40 AM

    This is so pretty!

    Reply
  4. Jill Norwood says

    August 6, 2012 at 9:49 AM

    This looks like fun! I love the depth you created with the darker and lighter color inks! Great video!

    Reply
  5. Mary Lee K says

    August 6, 2012 at 11:22 AM

    Love this card! Can’t wait 2 play!
    Very nice ring also! Not only is Turquoise my favorite stone, it’s my Birthstone also!

    Reply
  6. Holly Saveur says

    August 6, 2012 at 11:50 AM

    Great idea and card Dawn!

    Reply
  7. DIANA L says

    August 6, 2012 at 1:19 PM

    CONGRATULATIONS Andrea, for winning last MIM.
    Thanks for the wonderful video Dawn. Love the technique

    DIANA L.
    http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  8. Kathy H says

    August 6, 2012 at 2:57 PM

    Watercoloring is my favorite technique and Dawn makes it look even easier. I love not worrying about going outside the lines. Great card!

    Reply
  9. Dee in NH says

    August 6, 2012 at 6:20 PM

    Great video Dawn! Great to push ourselves!!

    Reply
  10. Patti says

    August 6, 2012 at 8:45 PM

    Thanks for the great tips. So many combinations with all the ink pads I have. Where do you get that grid paper….I love it.

    Reply
  11. CherylQuilts says

    August 7, 2012 at 9:24 AM

    What a great technique, Dawn! You always make great videos, and this was very inspiring…and so relaxing! 😀

    Reply
  12. Maribeth says

    August 7, 2012 at 9:25 AM

    Pretty card, Dawn. I have the guidelines cardstock too so I have to try this technique!

    Reply
  13. Maribeth says

    August 7, 2012 at 9:27 AM

    Patti – PTI sells the guidelines cardstock. Search for grid and you should find it.

    Reply
  14. Renee VanEpps says

    August 7, 2012 at 10:56 AM

    I am loving everything and anything watercolor and I’ve learned a lot from watching this video! I’m *running* to my scraproom to make a card for this challenge! Thanks for sharing Dawn, love your work and videos 🙂

    Reply
  15. Nancy Penir says

    August 7, 2012 at 4:38 PM

    Ooooh that was fun! Thanks Dawn for inspiring, and for all those who make these challenges great!

    Reply
  16. Karen says

    August 8, 2012 at 6:17 PM

    really enjoyed this technique

    Reply
  17. Gregory Urbano says

    August 8, 2012 at 9:27 PM

    Very creative! I just happened to stumble across your blog and was surprised to find a very nice video. I have been looking to incorporate ink stamps into my finished and printed photography as sort of a watermark, this video inspires me to look further.

    Reply
  18. karen says

    August 9, 2012 at 11:47 AM

    so sorry enter the same photo twice 🙁

    Reply
  19. DIANA L. says

    August 14, 2012 at 12:04 PM

    Thanks for choosing me to win.

    DIANA L.
    http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/

    Reply

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