Just a Bit More Salt- The CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello

It's time for another card for the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge.

It's been such a fun month playing with salt and trying to see the results we can achieve using it.

There are some really great links on the main blog for you to try and some wonderful cards to inspire.

So for my card, I began with a piece of the heavy white cardstock I usually use.

I sprayed it with water, then dropped drips of Distress re-inkers onto the wet paper.  I sprayed again to help blend the colours then sprinkled on some Sea Salt and left it to dry.

Love how the salt absorbs the ink and leaves behind a beautiful patterned piece of card.

To keep it simple, I die cut a frame and mounted the inked piece behind that.  I die cut the flowers and added them over the piece.

I scored diagonal lines on my card front to add more interest and pop dotted the framed salted piece over that.

 

 Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

I hope you will play along with us.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simple Create Too- FLOWERS 

Crafty Creations- ANYTHING GOES 

The Crafty Addicts- ANYTHING GOES/ GIRLY OPTION

Paperminutes- ANYTHING GOES

  

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Re-inkers: Salty Ocean, Cracked Pistachio, Peeled Paint,

 Peacock Feathers (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Wonky Stitched frame (Avery Elle); ScorPal, 

Hollyhocks die- Impression Obsession; Cuttlebug; foam dots

Jump for Joy- Add a Pinch of Salt

Good Morning.

Today, I have the pleasure of hosting the TLC (Technique Lovers Challenge) over at Splitcoast Stampers.

Today, I am challenging you to  

Add a Pinch of Salt

I just won some new stamps from Technique Junkies and wanted to play with them.

I began by taking my regular Distress ink pads and just rubbing them directly onto my heavy white cardstock being sure to overlap the colours a bit.
(you can achieve a more dramatic effect by using glossy cs which I didn't have)

<<Any water-based ink will work for this challenge and the results are more visible and vibrant the heavier you apply the ink to your paper.>>

Next, I sprinkled on some coarse sea salt and sprayed with some water.  The salt absorbed the ink and left behind a wonderful effect that reminded me of rain.  You can also try regular table salt for a more subtle effect.

Be sure and let your paper with the salt on it dry completely before removing the salt.  

Helpful Hint: If the salt is a bit stuck, rub over it with the flat side of a credit card to remove it.

 Now you are ready to stamp your images.

I placed the piece inside my Misti, inked with black Archival ink and stamped.

 Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Hope you get a chance to try it out.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
 City Crafter- SOMETHING THAT STARTS WITH 'S'
(splash) 
Crazy 4 Challenges- ORANGE, WHITE AND BLACK
Brown Sugar- ANYTHING GOES
'Just Us Girls'- SOMETHING OLD/SOMETHING NEW
(old Distress ink/ new stamps)

Supplies

Stamps- Rain Dance, Day by Day (Technique Junkies)

Ink- Archival black (Ranger); Distress inks: Squeezed Lemonade, Ripe Persimmon, Fired Brick (TH)

Paper- heavy white cs (local store)

Accessories- MISTI; coarse sea salt; mister (TH)

Blue Christmas

Morning.

There is a chill in the air and there was a bit of snow last night.  Brrr...I don't feel ready for this!

Today's card really has an icy, chilly feel to it using a Salted Background Technique.

When I have done this technique in the past, I used heavy cardstock but today I am using a piece of Yupo paper.  I wanted to see what kind of reaction I would get when adding the salt.

I began by watercoloring my paper using Distress inks rubbed on my acrylic block, sprayed with water and added to my paper with a paint brush.  When using Yupo, you never know how the ink will react with the paper, it has a mind of it's own.  

While still wet, I sprinkled on Sea Salt over the whole piece, set aside and let totally dry.

After it was dry, I brushed away the excess salt which had lifted some of the color and revealed a lovely, textured background.  To add even more depth and interest, I randomly stenciled with Rubbing Alcohol and a piece of drywall tape lifting even more of the color and creating a pattern. 

To create the snowflake I used some more Distress inks rubbed on my acrylic block, sprayed with a generous amount of water, pressed my white cardstock into the ink and then cut out the snowflake with a die from Lawn Fawn from that. 

I glued on the snowflake and added some clear gems for some bling.

The sentiment from MFT was stamped using black Stazon ink and my MISTI.

 Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Little Red Wagon- STENCIL IT

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK

Stamps and Stencils- ELEMENTS OF NATURE

Crafty Girls Creations- ANYTHING GOES

Stay warm and thanks so much for coming by to take a look.

Supplies:  stamps- MFT/ snowflake die- Lawn Fawn/ Yupo paper/ salt/ drywall tape/ rubbing alcohol/ ink-Distress, Stazon/ MISTI