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Make It Monday #204: Watercolor Smooshing

March 9, 2015      Nichole Heady      12 Comments

The latest trend in watercolor has to be this fun technique known as "smooshing"!  Betsy is sharing her tips for how to create these gorgeous backgrounds that have the look of watercolor, however no watercolor paints are needed!  These are created with a little ink and water!

 

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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 watercolor smooshing.

–Please enter new projects only.

–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 below.  ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON PLEASE.  

–You will have until 6am, Monday, March 16, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. 

–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,  March 16, after 6am. 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!

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Congratulations to Keri H. 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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  1. Keri says

    March 9, 2015 at 9:03 AM

    I love the softness of this technique, Betsy! I usually “smoosh” with my acrylic block, but I love how the acetate creates a larger work surface…perfect for the front panel of a card! 🙂

    Reply
  2. marilyn bailey says

    March 9, 2015 at 10:40 AM

    Love doing this on my acrylic block…fun technique. While watching the video though, I was drawn to the scratch pad underneath…that in itself was a fun background! I remember a teacher from long ago, pointing that out in some stamping class…nothing goes to waste!

    Reply
  3. Marlou McAlees says

    March 9, 2015 at 10:41 AM

    stunning cards ♥

    Reply
  4. Ohhh Snap says

    March 9, 2015 at 10:47 AM

    Well it’s so easy after you’ve demonstrated it lol. Great challenge : D

    Reply
  5. Carolyn says

    March 9, 2015 at 12:14 PM

    I will definitely try this technique using acetate. I never thought of using acrylic blocks for that purpose before. I think it might also work using a craft mat. Very pretty and colorful backgrounds.

    Reply
  6. LauraJane:) says

    March 9, 2015 at 1:05 PM

    Beautiful technique Betsy!! Thanks for the tips:)

    Reply
  7. MaryAnn N. says

    March 9, 2015 at 2:11 PM

    Gorgeous cards , looks easy to do too!

    Reply
  8. TamiB says

    March 9, 2015 at 3:18 PM

    Great tutorial!! I look forward to playing around with that technique!

    Reply
  9. Martha says

    March 9, 2015 at 6:15 PM

    I could just watch videos showing the paper after smooshing! Love this technique!

    Reply
  10. barbara macaskill says

    March 11, 2015 at 10:13 AM

    What beautiful backgrounds! I love how easy they are to create!! TFS!

    Reply
  11. Mona Pendleton says

    March 13, 2015 at 4:00 AM

    Thank you for featuring my card in the last PTI Newsletter! So honored and thrilled! Thanks for another fun challenge to join along with!

    Reply
  12. Darnell says

    March 13, 2015 at 8:14 PM

    Thank you for two (this and doodling) really fun technique videos!! Hugs, Darnell

    Reply

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