I love the inspiration piece for this month’s Papertrey Ink Blog Hop:
The colors are what strike me first, and then the soft watery feel. Those are the things I used when making my card:
The background and shells are done on watercolor paper – all my supplies are listed below. The background was washed with a few different distress inks, splattered with a marker – I loved the speckled background in the inspiration photo. One of the first things I decided when making the card was what I was going to use for the background plant – it is actually a Mistletoe image!
The shells are also first washed with a pale color, and then wet stamped with the 2nd and 3rd images for each shell. I do wish I had an outline image for the shells, I think that would have set them off from the background much better.
I struggled with how to do a sentiment (I didn’t even have a sentiment picked out when I started). Eventually I decided the banners with the shells on top helped the shells to stand out.
Thanks for taking a peek!
Ink: background: Tumbled Glass all-over wash, Salty Ocean wash, Mermaid Lagoon big splatters Distress Ink (Ranger); Pacific Point marker (Stampin’Up); plant: Autumn Rose (PTI); shells: Shaded Lilac wash Distress Ink (Ranger), Winter Wisteria, Royal Velvet (PTI); Aqua Mist wash, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal (PTI); Sweet Blush wash, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz (PTI);
Paper: Watercolor (Ranger); White, Kraft (PTI);
Other: Simple Seashells die, Double Ended Banner die (PTI);
Technique: tearing;
Very pretty I love the idea of the torn paper
Lovely! You captured the look of the inspiration photo just beautifully Karen!! :0)
so soft and beautiful!!!
Very soft and “watery”…love it.
Oh, this is lovely!
Pretty water scene.
a lovely sea design! wonderful torn edge waves and pretty seashells!
The shells are beautiful!
Terrific background and colors! Love the layered torn edged waves, too! Great card!
Love the seashells. Especially gorgeous torn sand and sea!
Very pretty Karen! Love the background you created. Your mistletoe image looks like coral. Awesome!
Very cool! You made that stamo look like coral!
Lovely take on the challenge Karen!
Great take on the inspiration photo.
So soft and pretty!
The banners were a good choice, and I like the torn paper!
Very clever how you layered your card and have the waves!
Karen, what a lovely card this is.
Fabulous take on the challenge.
Great idea for the background!