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Make It Monday #161: Watercolor Splats

April 21, 2014      Nichole Heady      20 Comments

Watercoloring is all the rage, but this fun twist lets you use droplets of water to do all the work for you when paired with our dye inks!  You're going to have blast creating these fun and easy backgrounds!  Kids can do them too!

 

Birthday Countdown Card

Green closeup

Green down

Hello Friend Card

Orange closeup

Orange down

Supplies

BIRTHDAY COUNTDOWN CARD

  • STAMPS: Wishes Come True
  • INK: Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Simply Chartreuse, Limeade Ice, True Black
  • PAPER: Stamper's Select White
  • OTHER: By the Numbers Border die, ink dauber (Inkessentials), watercolor brush
  • FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

HELLO FRIEND CARD

  • STAMPS: Wet Paint
  • INK: Raspberry Fizz, Berry Sorbet, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, VersaMark
  • PAPER: Stamper's Select White
  • OTHER: Sketched Stars dies, White Filigree Embossing Powder, ink dauber (Inkessentials), watercolor brush
  • FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

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 the watercolor splats technique.

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

–Add your photo to the InLinkz list below.

 

–You will have until 7am, Monday, April 28th, 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,  April 28th, 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!

An InLinkz Link-up
 
EDITED TO ADD THIS WEEK'S WINNER:
 
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Congratulations to Lauren A. for being randomly selected as this weeks winner!  Please email Customer Service and provide the email address you would like your $25 gift certificate sent to!  And a big thank you to everyone else who participated in this challenge.  There were so many amazing entries!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

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Comments

  1. Lynn Hardy says

    April 21, 2014 at 7:01 PM

    What a great technique! I need to try this out now 🙂

    Reply
  2. Sue says

    April 21, 2014 at 8:24 PM

    I like the watercolor technique a lot; it is a great one for summer time themes. Thanks for the inspiration Nicole!

    Reply
  3. Lisa R says

    April 21, 2014 at 8:38 PM

    Great tutorial! I can’t wait to try it. Where do you get the foam daubers?

    Reply
  4. Lura says

    April 21, 2014 at 8:51 PM

    These are so neat – wish someone would make one for me, ha-ha! Thanks for sharing your gorgeous cards.

    Reply
  5. Helen F. says

    April 21, 2014 at 10:08 PM

    Very Artsy card, Nicole! Looks like a fun MIM Challenge 🙂

    Reply
  6. Renee V. says

    April 21, 2014 at 11:18 PM

    This mixes my fave things right now – die cutting, water color, and bokeh ! Fabulous video, TFS 🙂

    Reply
  7. Holly Saveur says

    April 22, 2014 at 4:03 AM

    Stunning card..love the way you used the numbers!

    Reply
  8. Marianne says

    April 22, 2014 at 5:50 AM

    Too bad I don’t own any PTI products (yet), since this looks like a lot of fun!

    Reply
  9. Anna Jernigan says

    April 22, 2014 at 6:25 AM

    Wow, I have definitely been inspired to do this technique. You make it look so easy. And, it packs a punch. I am loving this whole watercolor trend.
    I liked the number dies going off the edge, looked very cool, and replacing the centers, sure finished it off nicely.
    Great look, it seems like fun. I am all about fun, that’s for sure. LOL
    TFS, splendid splatting! LOL

    Reply
  10. Michele F says

    April 22, 2014 at 6:40 AM

    Nichole! Just so beautiful – can’t wait to try it! [Me thinks this might be one of those techniques I become addicted to =]

    Reply
  11. Maureen Reiss says

    April 22, 2014 at 7:29 AM

    These are Awesome!!! Thanks

    Reply
  12. Myrna Sweet says

    April 22, 2014 at 7:50 AM

    What great fun! I am on my way to try this out!

    Reply
  13. ndheady says

    April 22, 2014 at 8:00 AM

    I picked mine up at Hobby Lobby, so I am sure they are available in the stamping section of any major craft store! 🙂

    Reply
  14. Andrea Walford says

    April 22, 2014 at 8:31 AM

    I just wanted to let you know that we loved your two cards and we gave them a shout out on the Paper Crafter’s Library Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/papercrafterslibrary

    Reply
  15. Wendy Bellino says

    April 22, 2014 at 2:39 PM

    I made an error linking! I didnt use papertrey products! delete mine, sorry!

    Reply
  16. Carol says

    April 22, 2014 at 8:59 PM

    great cards. . . love the number die.

    Reply
  17. janet wilson says

    April 23, 2014 at 7:58 AM

    Fabulous technique and gorgeous cards 🙂

    Reply
  18. Martha says

    April 23, 2014 at 11:52 AM

    Thanks, Nichole, for the lovely inspiration & the fabulous video!

    Reply
  19. Robyn Oliver says

    April 27, 2014 at 2:13 AM

    My apologises…I posted a card #91 but sadly I didn’t read the requirements and don’t have any Papertrey products. Love the technique and great video thanks for your inspiration.

    Reply
  20. Barbara Brenneman says

    April 27, 2014 at 1:46 PM

    I love this technique! Thank you for sharing, the little water plops add so much visual interest and just plain fun.

    Reply

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