It’s time for a new challenge at The Male Room! If you’re not familiar, this is a fortnightly challenge designed to inspire you to create for the men in your life. The prompt this time around is “inspired by a famous artist”. Can you tell who I picked as inspiration for this card?
This card was fairly quick to make, very easy, and very fun! I started with a black card base and masked off half an inch on each side. I then placed the prepared card base into a box to protect my work area from the splatter.
I chose three colours of Gansai Tambi watercolour paints for my splattering. White, red and yellow. I added water to the pans a couple of minutes before I started so that the paint had time.to activate. I then used a large brush to pick up a good amount of paint before flicking it onto my card base.
After each layer of colour I dried, or at least partially dried, the card with my heat gun. I then continued adding layers of colour and splatter until I was happy with the look. Even with my splatter box is was quite messy, but the freedom of not needing to be perfect was very fun!
I let the panel air dry once I’d finished adding my layers of splatter, then carefully peeled off the masks. I wanted to frame off the painted area (I seem to be enjoying frames lately!) so I bought in some Black Glitter peel-offs from Love From Lizi. I used the widest kind directly bordering the painted area then added the narrowest as a second frame just outside of that.
Finally I decided to add a heat embossed sentiment. I should have done this before adding the peel-offs, but by being very careful I managed to do it without melting them. I used stamps from Happy Little Stampers’ Everyday Sentiments and Bold Birthday Sentiments stamp sets and heat embossed with Golden Crown embossing powder from Love From Lizi to complete the card.
The card was so much fun to make. With this technique I think it looks better the messier you get, which was very freeing as I sometimes feel too much that things have to be “right”. It was definitely messy to make, but the result was worth it! I love the brightness of the colours against the black background. I was worried that, being watercolours, they might dull back too much when dry, but they stayed really nicely intense.
Love,
Lady Joyful
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Challenges included:
Addicted to Stamps and More – Make Your Mark
Creatalicious Challenges – Anything Goes
Digi Choosday Craft Challenge – Anything Goes
HLS Watercolour Challenge – Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes
Polkadoodles Craft Challenge – Anything Goes
The Male Room – Inspired By A Famous Artist
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Lady Joyful (that’s me!)