Eureka Stamps Challenge #185 Easter Cards

Good Morning Dear Scrappers,

Omy... it's been a crazy couple of weeks and events, but finally I get a chance to blog while my kiddos watch Netflix...

Last Monday started this week challenge at Eureka Stamps :

Easter Cards

and we already have 31 entries, the good news there is still time to enter until this Sunday.

For this challenge, I wanted to make a technique that I saw at TE share the Joy the challenge, created by Jen and at Simon Says Stamp Blog to get into the water coloring frenzy I have seen online lately ;-)

13702 easter egg

3702(590) Happy Easter Script

I used a Latina Crafter sketch from this month challenge:

I found this WeR memories paper in my stash and though it was perfect for both the border strip and the colored eggs, btw I received this paper as a gift from my friend Dawn Michelle Staffer at the CKC-Houston, 2 years ago. It is a funny story, because we met there while we were both volunteering and really made a connection and keep in touch until today. Thank you Dawn, I really love the papers you gave me and I'm trying to use them:

For the watercoloring resisting technique, I printed the digital images on watercoloring paper from my stash and heat embossed the outlines using versamark pen and pearl embossing powder (it is better to use white embossing powder):

 Then I gathered some of my spritzers, and spritzed some on a backing sheet:

Then, I wet the embossed image with the spritzed mess.

Then. carefully I cleaned the embossed outlines using a baby-wipe.

 However, I was not supper impressed with the light coloring and added more watercolors directly to the image and spritzed water to clean the embossed outlines. I did this for each colored part. This gave me a better contrast between colors:

I left the sentiment with the original technique because I liked the effect on the background:

I hope you enjoyed my project and learn from my mistakes too ;-)

Have a wonderful Easter weekend and a blessed Good Friday.

Vicky

I am entering this card to the following challenges:

http://curtaincallchallenge.blogspot.com/2016/03/curtain-call-inspiration-challenge.html

http://aurorawingschallenge.blogspot.com/2016/03/challenge-25-anything-goes.html

http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/03/easter-challenge.html