Our color challenge this week is bermuda bay, calypso coral and pool party. Dessert is any type of watercoloring.
I have been wanting to try vellum so I die cut the flowers and stems in vellum, then white embossed. Colored on the front of the die cut with markers. I wiped off the excess with a paper towel. Arranged on a die cut Fabulous Frame (which I layered 3 times for dimension), layered some pool dsp in the opening, stamped the sentiment and assembled on pool cs.
Love how it turned out! I didn't use watercolor but I think this technique looks like watercolor so I consider it a faux "dessert" (less calories!).
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Mon, Jul 28, 2014 @ 8:11 PM
This card is so beautiful! Thank you for explaining how you achieved the effect on the vellum. It's a technique I must try! Great use of this week's challenge colors!
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Mon, Jul 28, 2014 @ 8:47 PM
wow! what's not to love??? Velum scares me...but this just may inspire me to try using it again.
faux dessert...fewer calories! ha! You should get bonus points just for that!
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Mon, Jul 28, 2014 @ 9:12 PM
Maura, this is just gorgeous! Love the vellum flowers.
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Mon, Jul 28, 2014 @ 9:53 PM
this is so pretty Maura-I like the vellum flowers and the coloring -awesome technique-thank you for being a part of the CC team this month-I really liked all your beautiful creations
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