Another goal from my long list of business goals I wrote at convention, was to read blogs less often, and make paper creations more!    With that said, today I particpated in two of the weekly challenges for the members on the Splitcoast Stampers’ Website.  I started with the Tuesday Color challenge 186, using Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, and Baja Breeze.  Well, if I actually owned the Designer Series Paper that incorporated these 3 colors, it sure would have been easier, wouldn’t it have?  Well, there wasn’t any "easy" button on this, and it didn’t come quickly as to which color should be the dominant, the compliment, or the coordinating color.  You know, the color wheel thing?  This is what I finally opted for.

I started the second challenge too, which was to go back to yesterday and try the Monday Technique challenge.  It was a batik technique (hey, say that 10 times fast!)  So I did the technique entirely, but didn’t use the background which I had created.  I stamped and embossed many snowflakes with clear embossing powder on watercolor paper.  Then I took 3 colors of our Stampin” Up! re-inkers and put a drop or two into a water mister spray bottle.  You then spritz each color separately and dab off any blobs, and go on to the next color, until you’re satisfied with the results.  When you get the colors the way you like, you fold a piece of copy paper in half, enveloping your watercolor paper inside, embossing face up.  Heat your iron without steam, and iron on top of the copy paper, which removes the embossing, and leaves the natural color of the paper showing from underneath.  Basically, it forms a resist between the color spritzed paper, and the original stamped images.  This used to be achieved with wax on silk; don’t know how long ago I did that.  lol  Take my word for it, this is a lot easier!  Anyway, I used baja breeze, pacific point, and kiwi kiss.  The colors are pastel around my snowflakes, which I was trying to achieve with the less is more principle.  We’ll see what a fresh set of eyes can do for me tomorrow!  Til then, I hope you enjoyed seeing my card.

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