Monday, May 25, 2015

MFT Ingenious Inking Challenge - Watercolor Wash



Hello Friends!
Welcome to this months MFT Ingenious Inking Challenge! This month's theme is watercolor wash!




Watercolor is a forgiving technique that produces a wonderfully ethereal look on cards and projects. The beauty of MFT ink pads and refills is their versatility and ability to be used to create such a look. We can’t wait to share the inky projects our team has created this month featuring subtle washes and bold swathes of color. Pull out your brushes and make something beautiful with us!


For my card, I started with watercolor paper and wet the whole piece liberally. I then used my Sno Cone dye ink pad and pressed it down on my craft sheet and used a wet paintbrush to pick it up and dab it onto my wet paper. I continued in this manner until I was happy with the coverage. I then pressed a bit of Blu Raspberry dye ink onto my craft sheet, and using a smaller paintbrush, mixed a little water with it, and splattered it onto my paper. I then stamped and cut out the flowers and leaves from Build-Able Blooms stamps and Die-namics and adhered them to the card with foam tape. The colors I used for the flowers are Blu Raspberry, Sno Cone, Grout Gray, Natural and Spearmint. I stamped my sentiment from The Whole Herd stamp set in Black Licorice ink, and attached the whole panel to a Smooth White top folded card base.



The MFT design team has made some amazing samples using watercolor washes, so hop on over to the MFT blog to be inspired!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Kay :)





15 comments:

  1. You do watercolors like no other Kay!! This is just as pretty as can be. Love the blues!!

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  2. So pretty, Kay! Love the soft pastels.

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  3. Another beauty by the supremely talented Kay! Wow! Thanks for sharing how you achieved this look, Kay. You do make it look easy. Love the colors your chose. Those flowers are lovely. Excellent work!

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  4. OMG OMG OMG!! I LOVE this!! The Soft Colors are so soothing!! =) Have a FABULUS WEEK!! =)

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  5. Wow great color choices. Your card is super. Thanks

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  6. WOW! This is really stunning, Kay! Your background is beautiful...the soft wash of colors and your splatters make the flowers really pop on this card! I think it's time for me to try MFT inks :)

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  7. No one will ever be able to compete with you on soft touch watercolor backgrounds in my humble opinion. Simply gorgeous,Kay! We can dream!

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  8. Kay, your card is so very beautiful as always!! Love the pastel colours so much!!! Superb!!

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  9. Kay everything about this is gorgeous. I love the colours you used!

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  10. WOW! SO pretty!! The background,of course,is amazing and i love the beautiful flowers!! Beautiful job my sweet friend!!!

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  11. I'm just back from officiating at a bike race, which wasn't on my agenda when I went to 'watch', but...give me a clipboard, a pen, and a 'will you help' request and..what could I do *grin* Before I get to 'trying' to create some cards, I'm keeping my running shoes on to gallery stroll through you stunning creations of late. Hope you won't be bored reading "awesome' and 'gorgeous' over and over and over! Like my response to this one: gorgeous. And AWESOME!
    Hugs~c

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