Otter-ly Wonderful - watercolour

 

Otter-ly fun card for you today. I used a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps set which I coloured with Daniel Smith watercolours and paired it with Kaisercraft patterned papers and Prima Marketing charms.

Putting It Together

Kraftin' Kimmie has been having a daily colouring challenge and I've been trying to mostly use stamp sets I haven't used before. On weekdays, when I am at my day job, I can 'sneak' a little colouring time at lunch.

I used Daniel Smith watercolours on these wonderfully convenient palettes with paint daubs. I carry them in a pouch along with some waterbrushes and a few small tools. I had stamped the image with Marvelous Mocha on a scrap of watercolour cardstock. I was originally just going to colour the otters but added water around. I kept track of the colours I used on the scrap as well.

Hematite Burnt Scarlet Genuine Sicklerite Genuine

Geothite Brown Ochre Burgundy Yellow Ochre Naples Yellow

Van Dyke Brown Cerulean Blue Chromium Ultramarine Turquoise

I was remiss and didn't take pictures while putting the card together *laugh*. I used a dimensional embossing folder on a panel of watercolour-y cardstock for the background. I used a narrow rectangle die to trim the otters and a panel for the sentiment. The notch out of the otter panel is because I had used a scrap to stamp the image. I decided to use a shell patterned paper for the sentiment because I thought it went together well. I embossed the sentiment to stand out more. I later added a couple of charms to the sentiment panel to finish it off.

Inside, I decided to use the same shell paper as a panel for the sentiment and another otter. I stamped the sentiment in Wicked Black and the Otter in Marvelous Mocha. I then used a waterbrush with the brown ink to add a bit of colour to the otter to make him stand out better.

I used a kraft card base because I liked the way it looks with the aqua colours (and I have quite a bit of the heavy cardstock in kraft but am almost out of my white). When I stamped directly on the kraft for the inside, I didn't like the way it looked, thus the inside panel which I really like better anyway.

Supplies

Challenges

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