Altenew Academy - Creative Coloring with Erum: Day 4

 Happy Thursday!  I am so excited to share my latest card made for the Day 4 lesson if Creative Coloring with Erum. 

In this class, we focused on ink blending and the watercolor drip method.   I have always been in awe of Erum's watercolor backgrounds, so this class was perfect for me! 

I began by stamping my images and then because I didn't have coloring stencils for this stamp set, I actually used the masking stencils to add color to the images using my ink-blending tool.  I then fussy cut the images, as I did not have dies. 

To create my background, I added a watercolor wash to the top of my panel of watercolor paper.  I then allowed (in a controlled manner) the ink to drip down the bottom of my panel.  I then added some ink splatters using the darkest pink shade.  When my panel was dry, I added some gold ink splatters using the Altenew Metallic Watercolors and followed up with a black fine tipped pen to add some more "splatters". 

I adhered my floral images using foam tape and added some loops of gold thread behind my sentiment before attaching it. 

Lessons Learned:

I need to work on controlling my water, as that is a struggle for me.

Using ink blending to color my images was a very quick and easy technique to get beautiful results

Adding the gold splatters made all the difference to the background.  It was a bit bland, but when I added the splatters, it really popped. 

Products Used:

• Recollections 110# White Card Stock
• Arches 140# Cold Pressed Watercolor Paper
• Altenew Darling Rose Stamp Set
• Altenew Label Love Stamp Set
• Altenew Crisp Dye Ink: Fresh Lemon, Pinkalicious, Rubelite
• Altenew Permanent Black Ink
• Altenew Metallic Watercolor Pan:  Enchanted Gold
• Altenew Metallic Thread:  Enchanted Gold
• Foam Tape
• Mini Ink- Blending Tool

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think! 

Happy stamping!