Connolly Creations

Sometimes a play  with ink, paper and water can result in completely different out come to the one intended.

That’s exactly what happened with the background to this card. I was spritzing some Whisper White card stock with a mix of Tranquil Tide and Pool Party but wasn’t happy with the result till I turned it over and loved the effect. I called it Reverse Water Wash!

So happily I copied this card in the catalogue as did the Crafty Creators on Friday.

You may notice that the group image has a different yellow umbrella. That’s because the demonstrator – me – left  the Daffodil Delight CS at home. We improvised by using our Blender Pens with the Daffodil Ink.

Of course using water and ink means the original can never be copied so we have  a great variety of rainy backgrounds in our cards.  First we spritzed the Whisper White with water, just in the center, then Spritzed the combined Tranquil Tide and Pool Party,
wiping sides of paper to keep colours in the middle.

The amount of saturation with ink determined the depth of colour on the under side.  We helped the drying process along with the Heat Gun. We also dyed the twine with the Daffodil ink to match.

The group is planning to play at home during the week so am excited to see what they create using the same technique. I must do one with the Colorful Seasons stamp set soon, I can see the background now with leaves scattered around and all those lovely autumn colors.

Till next time

Happy crafting Naomi

Supplies used.

Weather Together Photopolymer Stamp Set [141543] $37.00	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Pad [126944] $11.50	Berry Burst Classic Stampin’ Pad [144083] $11.50
Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin’ Pad [144085] $11.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Very Vanilla A4 Thick Cardstock [144238] $12.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.75	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $14.00	Berry Burst A4 Cardstock [144249] $14.00
Umbrella Weather Framelits Dies [141479] $41.00	Twine Baker’s Whisper White [124262] $5.25	Neutrals Stampin’ Write Markers [131261] $40.75
Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $7.00	Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $6.00 Stampin’ Spritzer [126185] $5.00