As in my first graduation card, this is done with watercolor Brushos, working left to right and using a cardstock vertical mask to shield the area to sprinkle each color. I did the "dry" method where I sprinkled the powder onto watercolor paper in the unmatted area; I removed the mask; I liberally spritzed with water angled to the left so that each color strip would not ooze too far to the right in the uncolored area. I dried my colored, wet watercolor paper and added star stenciling White Shimmer Texture Paste. My star stencil had blank spaces where I thought there should be stars, so I had to do a second run, adding one star at a time into blank areas to get the stars just where I wanted them. The stars really sparkle. . .sparkle doesn't show well in pic.
My card fits eight challenges:
#1. DD9ABC2B - Alphabet Challenge - 2/28/18. Color Letter B = Brilliant Red, Double = use an banner on your card. My red Brushos used is named Brilliant Red. NO BONUS banner for me on this card!
#2. CAS487 - Clean & Simple Challenge: Water Works - 6/25/18. . .make a card using a water scene or watercoloring. I used Brushos watercolors.
#3. FS594 - Featured Stamper Challenge: Whose Mommy? - 6/24/18. . .GracelynsMommy aka Shannon Cole. I chose Forums at Splitcoaststampers, which gave me the idea of celebration stars. I absolute love Shannon's card!
#4. IC-655 - Inspiration Challenge - 6/23/18. Check out Hayneedle for inspiration. This is what I chose: https://www.hayneedle.com/product/lo...vaswallart.cfm, which showed me how rich red and yellow stripes would look on my card.
#5. F4A431 - Free for All Challenge: Ketchup & Mustard - 5/25/18. Use some yellow and red in your card!
#6. MIX275 - Mixed Media Challenge: Keep It Simple - 5/4/18. . .make a card using two mediums and two layers. Mediums: 1)Brusho powder watercolors and 2)texture paste. Layers (not counting cardbase): 1)Shimmer Gold mat and 2)watercolored background.
#7. USEIT2018 - Ongoing: Use materials and/or tools that are old and gathering dust for lack of use and/or new materials and/or tools that you've had but never used. My materials and/or tools are all new and I finally cracked the cellophane! My graduation dies have been in my die storage for over a year; I bought my Texture Paste back in January; and, my Star Stencil is new but over two years old.
#8. Watercolor Powders Tutorial - 7/8/15. . .an SCS Tutorial by Dina Kowal.
Ingredients: Stampin' Up products: Cardstock--Basic Black; White Shimmer Embossing Paste; Stars stencil. Other: Papers--DCWV Shimmer Stack/ Gold; DCWV: The Glitter Cardstock Stack: white and black; Tim Holtz Watercolor paper. Colourcraft Brushos: Brilliant Red and Yellow. Impression Obsession Dies: DIE280-B/ Congrats; DIE-281-D/ Grad Hat/ Diploma. Eclipse Technique (modified). Chatterbox verse (inside). Size: 4-3/4" x 6".