CASology #209: Watercolor - by Bibi


When I saw that this week's challenge at CASology was watercolour, I knew right away that I wanted to join! I love colouring stamped images with watercolours, and I had just received one of Trish Latimer's new stamps that I was eager to use.

My watercoloured CAS card, featuring Whimsygirl #3:





I stamped the Whimsygirl on smooth watercolour paper with black waterproof ink.
I placed a few drops of ink from Distress Sprays Stains on my watercolour mixing tray and coloured her hair and leggings with Twisted Citron, her dress and hair ribbons with Picked Raspberry, skin with diluted Tea Dye, and finally added some pink cheeks using the Picked Raspberry again.

After the paint was completely dry, I placed a negative mask over the dress so I could add some flowers and stars (both from Rubber Dance's Textured Flowers), and repeated the stars above her head. The text (from For the Birds) was stamped on a piece of watercolour paper and popped up with foam dots underneath.

Please note: If you want your artwork to last forever, I would not recommend using Distress Spray Stains as they are not colourfast. My card is not going to hang on the wall being exposed to daylight, but for watercolour paintings intended for framing, I always choose professional watercolours of a well known brand so I know the colours won't fade with time.


I'm entering my card to the CASology watercolour challenge.



Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!


Love,
Bibi 
♥

















Comments

Mac Mable said…
Loving your CAS style and how you've done the little girls dress. Fun colours too, thank you x
Saturday, August 06, 2016
Anna Uhras said…
En härligt glad tjej du har skapat!! Jag gillar dom glada färgerna också . Ett kort man blir glad av, tack !!! Kram Anna 😃
Saturday, August 06, 2016
Susanne Rose said…
What a great idea to stamp the dress of the girl! That looks great! Love your card. Hugs!
Saturday, August 06, 2016
Craftyfield said…
Darn I didn't think of that... Beautiful CAS card Bibi! Your girl is very cool!
Saturday, August 06, 2016
nitisartfromheart.bloggspot.no said…
Wonderful and delight CAS card, Bibi! The girl is so cool, and the color is just perfect. I love Your card!
Hugs, Anita ♥
Saturday, August 06, 2016
ionabunny said…
Awww, so cute. Love the green hair and the stamped dress. Hugz
Saturday, August 06, 2016
Inky and Quirky Designs said…
Beautiful, adore the green hair and that girl is my favourite one too ;)
Hugs
Donna xx
Saturday, August 06, 2016
Kreative Kymona said…
Hey Bibi!! Awesome card!! I love this stamp by Trish!! I need to pick this one. I love your watercoloring. Nicely done. Thank you so much for playing with us this week at CASology.
Sunday, August 07, 2016
Unknown said…
Oh Bibi! Your Whimsy Girl is beautiful! I just adore her green hair and pretty pink dress! Thanks for the tip on how to add texture to the dress also. What a treat to have you play along with us at CASology this week! Hugs! Hazel
Sunday, August 07, 2016
Tracey McNeely said…
Bibi love the sweet girl and so perfectly watercoloured! Thank you for sharing with us at CASology this week!
Monday, August 08, 2016
Melissa said…
So sweet, Bibi, and perfectly watercolored!!! Thanks so much for joining us again over at CASology! :)
Tuesday, August 09, 2016
Bibi Lindahl said…
Thank you all for your sweet comments ♥
I really appreciate it! :-))))
Tuesday, August 09, 2016
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