Thursday 3 October 2019

CAS Watercolour 3rd Birthday

It's time for a new CAS Watercolour Challenge and this month Loll is hosting. She's challenged us to make a watercolour card with a Maple Leaf theme.

We're very excited that it's our 3rd  Birthday, so we're celebrating by giving away two $25 gift vouchers from SSS - one to the chosen winner and one to a random pick.



I looked through my supplies and did find a few small stamps that might be ok, but then I found a mask that I'd made a long time ago with the silhouette. So this is what I created...


The mask was sticky which really made this possible. I placed the mask on Arches 300gsm Cold Pressed Watercolour paper and then liberally washed water over the leaf and then sprinkled various colours of Brusho. Using a brush I blended the colours a touch to dissolve the crystals. When completely dry, I used an Awl tool to scratch the detail on the leaf and then I fussy cut the leaf. 

The sentiment is from Winnie & Walter 'A Tree for all Seasons'.


You can see more inspiration from our talented Design Team and Guest Designer, Ros (Mikey's Mom) over at the CAS Watercolour Challenge blog.

I hope to see your creations in our gallery this month:)

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10 comments:

  1. Susan3 October 2019 at 09:30

    Wonderful vibrant maple leaf - in its true autumn colour! Love the way you scratched the veins into the red!

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  2. Marcia Hill3 October 2019 at 10:32

    LOVE the vibrant and intense color you achieved with the brushos through the stencil Jenny and the veins you added look fabulous! BEAUTIFUL card!! :0)

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  3. Christine Alexander3 October 2019 at 13:08

    Gorgeous colours from the bruhos and love the natural look of the hessian background :)

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  4. kiwimeskreations3 October 2019 at 18:49

    What a dramatic and vibrant leaf Jenny, and a stunning card with the textured base that looks like canvas
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  5. Bonnie4 October 2019 at 09:39

    Love the texture of the background for your gorgeous leaf, Jenny! What a beautiful rich color and the scratching makes it look even more realistic!

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  6. Loll5 October 2019 at 04:40

    Amazing, vibrant colours for your beautiful autumn maple leaf, Jenny! What a great idea to use a mask and then fussy cut to get this big, bold leaf. It's gorgeous, especially with the details you've added with your awl. LOVE the canvas card front for even more texture. xx

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  7. Mac Mable6 October 2019 at 23:38

    Wow what a stunner. The maple leaf is vibrant and so very striking and love your attention to detail with the veining x.

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  8. Kia's Place11 October 2019 at 00:59

    Such beautiful texture for your big bold beautiful Maple Leaf.

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  9. nancy littrell13 October 2019 at 06:01

    Stunning watercolored fussy cut maple leaf, Jenny. I love your red tones for your Fall leaf and your wonderful textured background. TFS Hugs..Nancy

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  10. Karen Dunbrook23 October 2019 at 22:42

    awesome Fall card, love the vibrancy of the leaf and that burlap bkg...beautiful.
    x Karen

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