Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Make it Monday #165: Artsy Watercolour Backgrounds

Oops... As I was typing the title, I just now realized the theme this week is supposed to be "backgrounds"! Oh, well, my watercolouring is on the background of the skateboards--hope that will do! I stamped on two different colours of ink, then smudged them with water, as demo'd by Betsy this week in the PTI challenge. The middle skateboard has 3 different inks, which were painted on by using a paintbrush and water to pick up ink that was "smooshed" onto my craft sheet. I diecut several layers for each skateboard to make them look more like boards, and to give them some dimension (which you can't see in this photo!)

Our great-nephew has a birthday coming up, so this will go to him. I used Maile Belle's card, in the PTI Gallery, as inspiration for this card.
All materials are PTI. Thanks for looking!

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13 comments:

  1. Nancy Penir May 21, 2014 at 4:47 PM

    Oooooh Kathryn, this is speaking to my 'grandma of boys' heart! Lovin' the totally stoked board!

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  2. Betty WrightMay 21, 2014 at 6:51 PM

    Such a cool look and design with these images! Totally works!

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  3. AnonymousMay 21, 2014 at 7:36 PM

    I love your take on the design. I would have never thought to do that. I love it! The colors are awesome too.

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  4. BirgitMay 22, 2014 at 4:42 AM

    Super awesome boy card! Love it!

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  5. Kay DMay 22, 2014 at 10:17 AM

    Such a cool card- those skateboards are awesome!

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  6. Nora NollMay 22, 2014 at 1:07 PM

    This is awesome!! I love those watercolored skateboards-so cool!!

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  7. Helen F.May 22, 2014 at 2:05 PM

    Kathryn, you card is so fun for the Birthday boy! The colors are so cool too :-)

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  8. Diana KMay 22, 2014 at 6:42 PM

    Love it, Kathryn! Way perfect!

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  9. Vikki HMay 22, 2014 at 7:31 PM

    great masculine take - my 3 grand boys would love this! Congrats on your Facebook shout out!

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  10. JoyceMay 23, 2014 at 10:40 AM

    Fabulous way to ink up those skateboards.

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  11. victoria hMay 24, 2014 at 8:38 AM

    fab card

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  12. A Crafty PersonMay 24, 2014 at 4:33 PM

    Fun skateboards! This is a great technique for this stamp set.

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  13. cards by caraMay 25, 2014 at 4:12 PM

    I love this card!! You hit it out of the park ... the skateboard park, that is ... :)

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