Monday 27 February 2017

Paint roller card

This week we are having the downstairs loo revamped, so home decorating is very much on my mind! We're not having purple walls, though.......


For this card, I stamped the paint roller, sentiment and can, then used masking tape to make a space the width of the roller, which I filled with purple watercolour paint. I then used watercolours to paint the roller and can, apart from the roller handle which I coloured with a silver gel pen. Not being all that used to water colours, I didn't realise that even though I'd stayed well within the lines, the paint would bleed - next time I will try heat embossing the stamping to see if that will form an effective barrier. Oh well, I love the fact that crafting is a constant learning curve!

I am sharing this with
Sweet Stampin - One layer
AAA Cards - Watercolour
 

7 comments:

Di said...

Brilliant Jane - such a clever design and I adore the cheerful colours! Having tried out my Zig water colours am also 'girding my loins' to try embossing the outlines where I don't want the colour to bleed. Mind you, it looks fine on your card anyhow!

Hugs

Di xx

Craftychris said...

Ooh! This is sooooo cool! xxx

Sazzle Dazzle said...

Absolutely perfect for our challenge at AAA Cards and oozing fun. Striking, bold colours and I love your idea behind the card. Thanks for playing with us. x

creationsnz said...

Clever and very CAS. CarolG

Aileen said...

Looks brilliant, love how you have done this.Fabulous colours
Embossing always makes a good barrier but sometimes it can be such a pain getting it all out for one thing.

Cass said...

Super fun card. Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin'
Cass xx

Justine Hovey said...

Such a clever idea! I love it! Thanks for playing along at AAA Card Challenge! Hugs! Justine