MAKE IT MONDAY #230: COVER PLATE WATERCOLORING

Hello Crafty Friends!  I have had the busiest week and am just now getting to Ashley's MIM;)  I enjoyed my morning getting messy but if you'd like to see her not so messy process of how to use your cover plates for watercoloring, you can check out her video here.

 I decided to use Cover Plate: Center Stage as the stencil for my watercolor background.  I added more water to the green color as I moved across the card hoping for an ombre effect.  The gradient look turned out rather nice if I do say so myself;)  

After letting this dry, I stamped the sentiment from Wet Paint Holiday and trimmed the piece to show the New Leaf Green card base.  For the poinsettias, I smooshed 2 different shades of red on my craft mat then spritzed it with water.  After blending the colors with a small brush, I smashed my water color paper into the ink.  A quick way to watercolor an entire piece of paper:)

The variation in color of the poinsettias wasn't as prominent as I had hoped, but that is the element of surprise with watercoloring, right?!


Cardstock:  PTI New Leaf Green and TH watercolor paper
Stamps:  PTI Year of Flowers: Poinsettias & Wet Paint Holiday
Ink:  PTI Smokey Shadow, PTI Pure Poppy, Versamark, Tim Holtz Fired Brick & Festive Berries
Dies:  PTI YOF: Poinsettias & Cover Plate: Center Stage

Other:  Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors, white embossing powder, Wink of Stella

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the PTI release:)  It IS the most wonderful time of the month!

Crafting mightily,

Jeni Jenne