Happy Monday OA fans! Lexi here to present you a watercolor challenge. Watercolors have moved up to a permanent place in my scrap space and I enjoy finding new ways to incorporate them.
When thinking about this challenge I wanted to move beyond a scrapbook page and create something for my scrap space. I am needing some prints to hang in the new space and took this as an opportunity to create something.
I read this quote a few weeks ago on a blog and it struck a chord. I wanted to have a reminder of it. October Afternoon has some of the best background stamp designs. I rarely get to use the more floral ones on my boy pages ;) so I took this opportunity to do just that. This is so simple...I brushed different colors of watercolors on my Woodland Park stamp. The only trick is to make sure you work fast enough so it doesn't dry before you stamp. I stamped on watercolor paper. I'm not sure that it matters, cardstock would probably work just fine, but that is what I had handy so I used it. I ran the print through my typewriter to add most of the text, but used a black marker for the word "grace". Then I trimmed out the design and framed in an inexpensive Ikea frame. Done. A new print for the scrap space in under 10 minutes.
Jill joined me for this watercolor challenge. Look at this! She is pure talent.
Here's what she had to say: "Lexi's challenge turned out to be a creative delight for me! The photo that I used includes a shade of blue-violet that is difficult to come by in scrapbook papers and accents, but the challenge gave me the opportunity to create a customized color using watercolors. I mixed some blue with a little red and a bit of white, and painted the back of a Midway rubber stamp. After stamping the image, I filled in a few areas with a navy blue watercolor pencil, and smoothed the color across the cardstock with a brush dipped in water. I then stamped the image again on a piece of scrap paper and cut out the pieces to use as a template, which I used to create a green "mirror" image on the top right of the page."
So creative! Thank you, Jill.
If you join us in this challenge link us up in the comments or add your creation to the OA flickr gallery. Thanks for joining me and have a great Monday!