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Wonderful Watercolors

Hi scrappers!I’m back again with a teal toned page. I used a photo from a trip to Hawaii and my swimsuit ended up being the Inso from this teal and green page. This page was also great for using up weird little bits and bobs in the corresponding colors, like that little green star and big multifaceted rhinestone. Want to use up one-off items in your stash? Give this layout a try!

I started off by painting stripes in various heights using Yasutomo shimmer watercolors which I received in my May Cherry Box from A Cherry on Top Crafts. While the pictures don’t do it justice, the water colors catch the light and reflect beautiful iridescent shimmer. The one problem I had is that the white cardstock I used is definitely not watercolor paper. I used too much water and my paper warped a little. In the future I will have to use these paints for splatter effects or something else that uses minimal water when painting on standard cardstock.

I used a couple of paper scraps to mat my photo and then used a variable grab bag of embellishments. Some teal stickers by Zdolakids were the perfect color. I bought a big bag of random stickers and some of them I honestly wasn’t sure if I would ever use, like the big emerald jewel sticker. It ended up being a great match with the colors on this page. Some wave stickers by Jolee’s Boutique and enamel dots by The Paper Studio looked nice scattered around. Some skinny green washi tape by Create 365 and Bo Bunny jewels add some finishing touches.

This page was created for the Artastic May challenge. This year, each month’s inspiration is a different store display. I really liked the plants in this one and the blue stripes gave me the perfect reason to use my new watercolors. I painted stripes in shades of blue, green and teal in a similar pattern to the inspo pic. I then embellished with anything and everything teal in my stash. This time, I didn’t use any sort of sketch for a reference which is something I hardly ever do. I like having at least some sort of guideline that I can visualize as I put my page together. This time I just winged it but I still like the end result!

That’s all for this week. For more content, you can find me on YouTube and Instagram at thescrapattck.