Watercolor Wash Mojo Monday

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Do you sometimes just need a little pop of color in your life?  A watercolor wash is the perfect way to do just that!  Today is Monday and I have another Mojo Monday Challenge card for you.  I kept it simple and let the color be the star here without adding too much.  Here’s the original sketch and my interpretation:

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If you just love the simple blend of color and want to learn various techniques to use watercolor in your cards, try our Watercolor Techniques that Wow class.

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Creative Tips –

  • Choose colors that work with each other.  If you’re unsure of what to choose, get yourself a little color wheel like the one here.  The colors you see here are a Tetrad group – two sets of complimentary colors.  I knew the Magenta would blend into violet, so I chose that as a better blend then straight violet.
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  • The colors used are Schminke Hordam Aquarell Yellow Lemon, Translucent Orange, Paris Blue and for the yellow – Stampin’ Up! Daffodil Yellow Cardstock.
  • The colors are the star, so the remainder of the card is kept really neutral – Basic Black and Whisper White. 
  • Stamp your greeting in a bold color like Pacific Point here.
  • I don’t own a smaller set of circle framelits for that perfect border…yes, I know – what?!!  On my list (which is quite long, for some reason it keeps getting bumped…lol).

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  • For an accent – try something simple like paper piercing.  Keep it balanced.
  • Pop up various elements like your greeting and card front to give your project dimension.

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    Comments

    1. Gorgeous. Terrific technique. I love the off center circles.

    2. What a great card Ingrid! I love the watercolors! I really like how you paper pierced it as well. Looks GREAT!

    3. Very fun card, Ingrid. Love the colorwash.

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