Sunday, 20 August 2017

Best Wishes


More fun yesterday at Vikki's place, playing with 'Salt'... so I have used card with a shiny surface this panel not absorbent card stock and it worked beautifully - I experimented by added the salt crystals to the white card, then the Brushos powder and then added more salt before I hit it with a medium amount of water - result the larger pieces did hold back the wet ink so you get some really light spots too - I used Violet and Turquoise. To help the panel pop from the blue panel I layered it on white card and then decided to make a male card and added a stamped, watercoloured and fussy cut golfer, standing on my stamped sentiment tag.
I am posting to CAS Watercolour August challenge - Salt, Watercooler Wednesday challenge WWC132 - Masculine Anything Goes, and to Addicted to Stamps and More #255 challenge - beautifully photo inspiration... just love these shades of purple/blues.  Thanks for taking a peek


   
PS... I did wonder if the coloured salt could be reused... so I made this panel (left) on a smooth finished card with Brushos and when it was dry, collected the coloured salt and scattered it onto an absorbent piece of card and wet it well... it works (I sponged the yellow on the edges, the center yellow is from the green salt) - result another 2 pieces to add to my base panel stash.



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11 comments:

  1. Christine Alexander20 August 2017 at 12:15

    wow, beautiful salt effect and thanks for the experiment with the left over salt. So cool you can use the leftovers with their absorbed colour. Thanks for joining us at CAS Watercolour with your great card :)

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  2. Sue20 August 2017 at 16:55

    Ideal card for a man.

    Love the effect on the backgrounds. Sue

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  3. Bonnie21 August 2017 at 08:56

    I love that you experimented, Robyn, and we all learn something! A beautiful salted piece and I love that you put the used salt to good use too! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at CAS Watercolour!

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  4. Bonnie21 August 2017 at 08:56

    BTW, Love that golfer too!

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  5. Loll22 August 2017 at 00:19

    I have never tried using salt on a glossy card ... yours turned out beautifully. Wonderful masculine card with that hit of colour behind the golfer. And who knew that using the leftover salt would result is such a beautiful and artsy background??!! Great job experimenting, Robyn!! Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Watercolour!

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  6. Penny Hanuszak22 August 2017 at 02:01

    I love the vivid blues in the background of this very masculine card. The vintage golfer looks like he's a great long shot. Thanks for joining our Masculine Anything Goes challenge at Watercooler Wednesday this week.

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  7. libbystamps22 August 2017 at 03:50

    Wow! Very cool background! Salt does do wonders! Thank you for joining Marsha's Masculine challenge at Watercooler Wednesday this week!

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  8. Fiona22 August 2017 at 20:33

    A new technique on me - I've not heard of the salt before - thanks for joining us at Watercooler Wednesday this week

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  9. Susan23 August 2017 at 03:56

    Great salt effect on the glossy cs - I must try it on glossy cs as I always use watercolour or mixed media. Wonderful masculine card with the golfer (my Dad would love it!). Thanks so much for joining us at CAS Watercolour!

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  10. Heidi Weaver23 August 2017 at 17:23

    I've never experimented with the salt effect, Robyn, but your results intrigue me. Love the background you've created for your beautifully cut-out golfer. A great masculine card! Thanks so much for joining our Watercooler Wednesday Challenge this week.

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  11. Ros Crawford25 August 2017 at 19:26

    Oh I love that rich BG! Faboulous guy card too! Thanks so much for playing along at CAS Watercolours challenge!

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Thank you for taking the time to comment, all encouragement and inspiration is very welcome. May your day be a happy and extra special one, cheers Robyn

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