Hello Friends,
I was so excited by the lessons today over at the Watercolour for Card Makers online class. Another day, another 3 awesome videos and 3 different takes on the lesson.
I'm a little bit ashamed to say it but I used the lesson that seemed the easiest to me again! Laura Bassen used a die cut stencil to work with. I searched through my own dies and didn't have any that I could really use, like she had used, so I headed straight back to my computer and opened up the Silhouette Software!
I cut out my most used image ever, this beautiful flower and used that.....
...it turned out to be very similar to yesterdays card, but today, I took a lot more time, waited for layers to dry and edged the whole thing with pencil, trying to make it look like I'd drawn it and then watercoloured it - so naughty!!! Well I feel it's naughty, but it was the most fun and it's not naughty at all!
You should have seen the concentration on my face and you could have heard a pin drop whilst I was so very carefully trying to make this look like a great watercolour - lol! It's not anywhere near as lovely as Laura's card, but I'm pretty pleased and want to practice some more.
I think this class is one of the best that Online Card Classes have bought us, or at least the one that has stretched me the most. I feel that I will be heading back to that classroom regularly, when I have time to have a go at some of the more difficult techniques they are sharing with us.
Right I've got another project to do tomorrow, I'm doing a friend a favour, helping her make a couple of cards that 200 people have to sign (what a task!), so my desk has to be clear and tidy so that when she arrives we can get on! I'll post pics of the project I make with her, if I get to photograph them before they go!
Happy crafting and thanks for popping by.
Carole x
I love that you can always go to your Silhouette and find something that will work. Great job on the technique.
ReplyDeleteI WAS JUST going to look in my Silhouette library and see what I had - very nice card
ReplyDeleteBarb Housner
Your card turned out great!
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