Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Yummy for your tummy!

Hi gang!  I'm back with another Design Team project for Craftin Desert Divas Digi team!  Sometimes it's so very hard to choose which image I want to use.  My wishlist is huge!  I thank Tara at CDD for offering such a wide variety of digi stamps to choose from and they keep on coming!

Today I wanted to give a go at watercoloring using my Zig Real Brush markers and a water brush.  I chose this awesome hippo holding one of my favorite things...ice cream!  Especially on these hot summer days.



I printed out my image using my laser printer.  I simply cut down the watercolor paper to 8 1/2 x 11 and used the bypass tray.  Worked like a charm!  I picked out several bright colors because summer just seems to need bright colors!  I find for me, I have better luck using a water brush with the Zigs on watercolor paper.  I feel like I have better control than when using a regular brush.  You just have to be careful that you don't reactive another color if you are working right next to it!

I stamped the sentiment on one of the tag stamps using watercolor paper.  I then hand trimmed it and sponged it with Squeezed Lemonade and Twisted Citron.  I flicked some water on and blotted off with a paper towel to add some more texture.  I cut the main panel out using the largest die from Fancy Frames (love this set!).  I adhered it to a pink layer then used foam adhesive to attach it to the printed background.  Then all of that onto a white card base.  And since I have a total addiction to Doodlebug Sprinkles, I added a few from the Summer Glitter set.  I also snuck in some small, clear sequins from the Fairy Dust sequins.

Hope you give watercoloring a try!

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