This week's Color Throwdown Challenge is now up - and as I'm typing up this post and looking at the inspiration image - it really IS blue. I totally thought purple and I'd looked at it several times before I made my card! Then when I saw the rest of the team's cards and all the blue I was like WTH?!? It was almost a "is it a white & gold dress or a blue & black dress" moment for me it seemed (google that if you have no idea what I'm talking about - FYI I always saw white and gold) - and then when I actually LOOKED at the inspiration image yeah no it's totally blue. My eyes were playing tricks on me it seems...
So my card stands out like a sore thumb on the Color Throwdown blog LOL! And because my life is rather crazy and we're still all sick I'm owning it and going with it b/c I ain't got time to make another one (though I kind of want to b/c it's a fun color combo!).
SO - after all that drama here's the card:
SO I decided to try my hand again at no line watercoloring. I say again b/c I actually made a card the other day from some no-line watercoloring I'd done - I just haven't shared it with y'all yet (I will when the products I used are back in stock as they're sold out everywhere atm). I'm not including the very first time I attempted no line watercoloring what was it - a year and a half ago? I had no idea what I was doing back then LOL.
Of course this Scribble Roses set is sold out at both MFT and SSS right now (I thought it was in stock but I guess not - though if you really want it you can always sign up to get an e-mail update at either site that will send you a notification the minute it's restocked). I did link to a similar set as well that will work. I really like this type of image for "beginner" no line watercolour. You don't have to think about it too much other than filling in each area and making sure you don't fill in an area that's touching one that's not dry yet (I explain that better in the video).
I will say that today was a good day to make a card like this - I am still so sick (I feel like my head is going to explode :P ) and thinking too much doesn't work so well. But I sat down to watercolour while the kids watched a TV show (Bubble Guppies FTW), and I didn't have to think too much and I will apologize for my head getting into the frame of some of the video b/c I was resting my head in one hand while watercoloring with the other LOL! It just worked.
I finished off the inside with more stamped flowers and a sentiment from MFT's Kind Thanks stamp set (LOVE this set - so many great and unique sentiments in it) and called it a day.
To see how this card came together check out my video below (I'm really hoping it turned out OK, I had to do the voiceover so many times b/c my throat is sore and the coughing and all that fun stuff that y'all just don't need to hear):
And to watch in HD over on YouTube click HERE <-----click!
