Monday 8 August 2016

Retrorubber 44 CTS184 Casology Watercolour

The colour challenge at Retrorubber this week worked exactly as I imagine it was intended to. The gorgeous colours made me think of watery pools with leaves floating on them, which made me think of one of the first ever stamp sets I ever got - French Foliage. My children got it for me for Christmas the year I discovered Stampin' Up, so maybe three catalogues ago. Certainly a set more than a year old!






The sentiment is also more than a year old as I bought it second hand at a retired stamp sale in February.

The background watercolour started out as a colour wash in a masked area. Once the tape was removed, I stamped and embossed the leaves then added in more accents of colour to accentuate them. Finally, I overstamped using the script and splatter stamps from the same set. And then, the sequins started begging to be included.

I do think the result does give the idea I started with - a deep, cool pool of water and leaves floating.

I was also inspired by the sketch challenge at CAS(E) This Sketch, which I just couldn't quite get out of my head. The resulting card is perhaps not as CAS as I usually go for but I had such a great time making it, I'll enter it anyway. And the same goes for the Watercolour challenge at CAS-ology.



Update: So very delighted to be a Top Pick at Retrorubber and to get a guest designer offer as well!

Ingredients
Card: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Cucumber Crush, Watercolour paper.
Stamps: French Foliage, Four You
Inks:Pacific Point, Cucumber Crush, Versamark
Other: Copper embossing powder, aqua painter, dimensional, random sequins.




15 comments:

  1. Wow, amazing card Jan!
    Thanks for joining CASology and CTS this week!

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  2. Hello Jan: What a beautiful card, love the way you combined our Retro Rubber colors in your water colored wash, looks like a little river where your embossed leaves are floating in, the stamped script and the splatter look lovely too.
    I think your French Foliage stamp set dates back to the 2010 SU Holiday catalog, this set is a keeper, it's gorgeous.
    Thank you for playing along with us at Retro Rubber, we hope you join us again soon.
    Hugs,
    Maria Rodriguez.

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  3. It looks gorgeous, the embossed leaves against the watery background are beautiful
    Jane GDT at Retro Rubber

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  4. Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at Retro Rubber, good luck!!! Amy DT

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  5. Hey Jan!! Great watercoloring and embossing! You did a wonderful job on this cue card.Thank you so much for playing with us this week at CASology.

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  6. Hi Jan! This card is spectacular! The leaves do look like they are floating - are you sure you didn't emboss them on acetate and do an overlay? I keep going back and looking - so beautiful and I want to touch this card! French foliage is one of my very favorite SU! sets. I use it quite a bit! Stunning spectacular card! I am going to give this technique a try! Thanks for joining us at Retro Rubber!

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    1. Embossing onto acetate would have been a cool trick - if I'd have thought of it! I think it's the addition of colour shading around the shapes that's done it. :-)

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  7. Oh, this is gorgeous! Fabulous take on the sketch!

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  8. Jan, this card is spectacular! Have already pinned it for a future CASE since I, too, have that wonderful stamp set. Love your watercolor wash and the copper emboss (so glad SU brought it back although I still had mine from several years ago! Now if they just bring back Pewter, LOL) Thanks so much for sharing your lovely card with Retro Rubber this week. Always enjoy seeing you in our gallery!

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    1. Thank you Katy, you are very kind. The copper emboss predates my SU association, so pleased to hear things come back! And pewter sounds amazing.

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  9. Wow! Your card is beautiful! The leaves look 3D!! You have really shown how these colors are perfect for all seasons. Thank you for playing along with us at Retro Rubber and hope you will be back in our gallery again soon.

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  10. This is gorgeous! I love the shine!

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  11. Love your card. Thanks for playing along with Retro Rubber.

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  12. Jan this is an amazing piece of art!!! That watercolor wash background is gorgeous and the embossed leaves really do look like they are floating. The finishing touches with the script and splatter stamps was just perfect. I would love to case this. Thank you so much for joining us at Retro Rubber:)

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  13. Stunning card and so very inspiring! This ended with the exact feel you were going for! ❤️❤️Thanks so much for doing the RR challenge!

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