Challenge: Splash It On!

4/17/2017

Overe at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, on April 217, 2017, a challenge has been posted ("Splash It On!") where entrants are to "incorporate water into [their] project. It can be an image of water, or water colouring, or splashing water onto [the] creation."

On this one, I went with all three suggestions... more (watercoloring and sashing) or less (a sea-side scene is implied)!

First, I made a background using Distress Oxide Inks and Distress Ink on a mixed media tag. Water was used to activate the Distress Oxide Inks before pulling the tag through them. And after blending some Distress Ink around the edges, I "spritzed" the tag with water, let it sit for a few minutes before blotting it, and then heating it to form water spots.

Next, I took a scrap of white card, stamped an image with Archival Ink and watercolored with Distress Markers:

I fussy cut the image, added it to the tag and added the tag to a card front:

To finalize the card, I added a die-cut phrase (with a drop shadow using a Distress Marker), a dyed crinkle ribbon, and, for bling, a silver charm and some pale blue rhinestones:

Products used in the making of this card were:

Stamps: CJ Stamping "Large Lighthouse" (0403-H)
Inks: Archival "Jet Black"; Distress Oxides "Cracked Pistachio", "Broken China" and "Faded Jeans"; Distress Ink "Mermaid Lagoon"; Distress Markers "Fired Brick", "Pumice Stone", "Walnut Stain", "Peeled Paint", "Scattered Straw" and "Faded Jeans"
Dies: Stampers Anonymous Thinlit "Vacation Words - Script" (661288)
Papers: Distress #8 Tag (TDA53828); scraps of white, light aqua and dark aqua card; Paper Studio Value Pack Notecards "ivory"
Embellishments: Crinkle ribbon (a pre-dyed freebie from Funky Junkie Boutique); rhinestones and silver charm (makers unknown)
Adhesives: Scor-Tape; Xyron 250; Glossy Accents

1 Comment

Emma link

4/23/2017 03:35:26 am

A really lovely card and I love how you've used the tag, that looks fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing and for playing along with us over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog... :)

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Born in New Jersey, I grew up in Southeastern Ohio. Attended university at Bowling Green State University (B.Sci in biological science, 1964), University of Southern California (M. Sci in biological science, 1967) and University of Florida (Ph. D in zoology, 1971).
Worked in environmental consulting for a little more than a decade and then seven years as an instructor in biological science at various community colleges in California and Texas. Moved to London in 1992, then Beijing (1996) and Saudi Arabia (1998), before returning to NW Ohio in 2002. I am currently living in NW Ohio with my husband and three Bombay cats. I love to read (mystery, science fiction, history) and stitch (have done crewel, currently experimenting with free embroidery and needlepoint but blackwork and cross stitch are my main genres); have been known to knit; and now I'm heavily into papercrafting!
Retired upon the return to the US so lots of time for our hobbies...