Greetings friends. Today I want to talk about something I do when I work with watercolor paint. When I watercolor something, I keep blank pieces of watercolor paper next to me that I use to help clean my brushes. I don’t think about what colors are used or how the finished piece will look. I am often really structured in how I do things (items placed straight and in the center for example). Doing this method allows me to end up with truly abstract pieces of color that look something like this:
Sometimes I really hate the finished piece. Sometimes I end up with pieces that are great for diecutting the “good” sections. With this piece, I thought there was enough “good” parts that I could trim it down and use it as a background layer for the card. I then chose some of the new Memory Box papers that matched.
When I die cut my three trees, I cut them out of the Memory Box Leaf Sprout paper and then edged the left sides of the trees with Distress Oxide Lucky Clover and Peeled Paint ink. I wish I had added a lot more ink because as the ink dried, the shading wasn’t as noticeable. To finish the card, I added an assortment of jewels and a Memory Box Christmas banner:
What about you? In your crafting, do you purposely create your own scraps?
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