Monday, 6 February 2017

Watercolour powders 2 and GiveAway winner

I'm back with another in the series of watercolour powder techniques. On this one I used the same colours as in the first one (which you can find Here if you missed it) the powders are brown bister, royal blood infusions and grey brusho and they are combined with weathered wood, faded jeans and gathered twigs distress inks.

Step 1. Take a stencil and lay over your card, shake the powders over it and spritz with water. remove the stencil and heat dry. This is the positive image.


Step 2. With the distress inks having been used for another piece and left on the stencil, spritz it lightly with water and lay over the top of the design already made in step 1, carefully matching up the pattern, dab it gently all over with a cloth or paper towel and remove and heat dry again. Now you have added colour to the negative area.


Step 3. Cut your design to fit a card, collect some focal embellishments and a sentiment and assemble.


The lovely Autumn has pointed me to the Stamps and Stencils challenge this month 'Texture, Crackle and Paint' and I think the frame alone qualifies this as an entry so I am hopping over to add this for my entry into their fabulous challenge.



Now for my giveaway winner for January. random Org did the choosing which takes the stress out of this part and the number that arrived was -

- and placed 16 in the list of comments was

Sue Adams

Sue I don't have any more information about you so if you would like to email me your postal address (my email address is on my sidebar) I will get your little prize in the post. Congratulations and thanks for joining in and being part of my blog.

For anyone interested keep a look out for another giveaway being announced in a couple of days along with a DecoArt Mixed Media Design Team project.

Have a wonderful week.

hugs Brenda

23 comments:

Valerija said...

Amazing project again.
Congratulations to the winner.
Valerija xx

Barbara said...

So beautiful !!! love this technique, I'll try for sure!!!! Love the colors and the design!Barbara

Gina said...

Such a subtle techinique...yet so much depth and texture. Love it :D XXX

Astrid Maclean said...

Gorgeous and a great colour combo!

Jane said...

Such a gorgeous card Brenda...I always love blues and browns...one of my fave card making mixes. Well done to Sue and thanks for offering your gorgeous candy. Have a great week and I hope you get some more inky time.Hugs xxx

Redanne said...

Love that stencil technique Brenda, it gives such a wonderful result. I love your colour combinations on this and the collage looks so beautiful. Hugs, Anne xx

Paper Profusion said...

Absolutely wonderful Brenda! Thanks for sharing your techniques and congrats to Sue. Nicola x

Patty O'Malley said...

Awesome project!

SewPaperPaint said...

I am loving that crackled frame! Gorgeous! We would love to have you share this with us at Stamps & Stencils. The Infusions mix background is STUNNING! What a great design! Hugs, Autumn

Corrie Herriman said...

Love this Brenda ! You are so clever !
Corrie xx

Mrs.B said...

Stunning tag and such a great background technique, will definitely give it a try.
Avril xx

505whimsygirl said...

Hi Brenda,

Firstly, your blog layout looks great! Please don't tell me you changed it a year ago! tee hee

I love the technique and the card looks amazing.

Thanks for sharing!

Hugs,
Kay

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

Lovely subtle colours Brenda. Happy crafty week, Angela xXx

Kaz said...

As always a really fabulous make, love love love xx

Rupa Swaminathan said...

Beautiful tag, Brenda. Love the color combination and the dual use of the stencil to color in.

Scrapintheattic.com said...

Great background technique x

Pamellia said...

Beautiful project Brenda! The background is just stunning and I love all the tickets and tags you have layered up to create the backdrop for that gorgeous eroded frame! Love the touches of blue, so patina like! Hope all has been well with you also, sending hugs :)

sarascloset said...

Oh, my word, Brenda! That background is amazing! I would have had a hard time covering that up,but you did so in with your incredible gift of layered collage! Your choices of bits is just perfect with that crackled frame stealing the show! Love this--very possibly my favorite! Oh, I always say that, don't I? Hugs!

Hazel Agnew said...

This is wonderful Brenda and such winning colours. Your background is so effective, it looks 3D. A great ensemble and I love it! Xx

Jackie PN said...

Brenda, what a gorgeous tag! Love the blues and browns together, they work so perfectly!
hugs,Jackie

Quirky Shepherd said...

Gorgeous project I love the colours and the vintage feel x

A Pink said...

Fabulous ! Love the colours and the stenciled background is a dream .
hugs x

Words and Pictures said...

Gorgeously subtle inky effects in that beautiful background, and the intensity of colour in the postage frame is fabulous in contrast. Lovely panel!
Alison x