Crinkled Watercolors Technique Challenge Winner!

Thank you to everyone that entered our challenge!

Look for a new challenge later today!!!

The winner of our Crinkled Watercolors Technique Challenge:

MaryGW

Please contact Jeanne for prize information within 7 days.

Look at Mary's beautiful card!

Have a great day!

Technique Junkies Challenge - Crinkled Watercolors

    Welcome to our newest challenge!

You will have a whole month to complete the challenge. Enter as many times as you wish using the link list at the bottom of the post for a chance to win a $25 Technique Junkies Gift Certificate!

You have until August 13th to enter. Winner will be announced August 14th.

A few simple rules.

You must use Technique Junkies stamps to be chosen to win a prize.

If you don't have any Technique Junkies stamps feel free to play along and link your project but you will not be in the drawing for a prize.

You must use the challenge technique in your project (that's the challenge!)

No linking old projects. Projects must be new.

Please list Technique Junkies stamps with links in your project posts.

Please link directly to your project (not a general blog).

If you have a problem linking to the challenge contact Jeanne

The challenge is... Crinkled Watercolors!

You can see the original tutorial HERE

For this technique you will need:

watercolors (or a pigment powder like Color Burst)

watercolor paper

paint brush

white tissue (the type you would use for gift wrap)

a paint palette (or other non porous surface)

I used Color Burst for my paint. I added a bit of powder to a palette.

I added a few drops of water.

Using a wet paintbrush I added my paints to the watercolor paper in a random pattern. One color at a time, rinsing my brush between colors.

While the paint is still wet place crumpled tissue on top and move it around a bit so you get wrinkles. Leave tissue on until paint is totally dry. I didn't time this... but give it a good half hour to dry.

When dry you'll be left with some pretty textures.

Supplies used:

Stamps Swirl Turtle, Watermelon Summer Set

MISTI

Nuvo Glitter Markers (directly on my stamps!),

Nuvo Glitter Drops

Color Burst

Watercolor paper

Paint Brush

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Take a closer look at the shimmer!

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Morphed Crinkled Watercolors Tutorial

Good morning folks.  It's Beth Norman here with a variation of Pat's Crinkled Watercolors technique which she filmed in the June 2014 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter.

When I saw this stamp I immediately envisioned an ombre or multi-coloured background, and I think Crinkled Watercolors did the trick.

The stamp I used is from the July 1st release called Dream Big.  As per usual the new release stamps are on sale for 15% percent off until July 8th.

Let's now visit my tutorial...

Supplies:  Non stick craft sheet (to protect your surface), paint pallette, white tissue paper, watercolor paper, brush, water and three tubes of watercolor.

Put three colors of watercolor into your pallete and liberally spritz, or pour, water into the wells to create a soupy mixture.  Stir your watercolors.

Spritz your watercolor paper with water.

Saturate your watercolor paper with your watercolors.  Wash your brush before you move onto the next color.

Your watercolor paper will be nice and wet.

Scrunch up your white tissue paper which will be placed over top of your watercolor paper.

Open up tissue paper and lay down onto watercolor paper.  Firmly press down and leave on for 2 to 3 minutes.  Peel off tissue paper.

Let your watercolor paper dry completely.  To speed up drying time you may use a heat gun, or you can leave to air dry.

I hope I've inspired you to try this technique.  Watercolors don't have to be expensive.  I bought an inexpensive package of 12 watercolours for $6.

Crinkled Watercolors by Judy Jackson

 I hope you had a wonderful July 4th celebrating freedom in the USA -- that is if you are an American.

The technique I have to show you today is called Crinkled Watercolors from the current newsletter.  This technique is one of those when in utilizing this technique you will actually create TWO backgrounds.  That is always a plus in book! So this week I will show two cards made from this part of the "doubled technique."  Next week I will show you the next cards made from the "left overs" of today's technique.  I hope that intrigues you!

The stamp credits for this card are Hero Arts, and I think some are from Stampsmith.  However, they are unmounted stamps I do not remember who made them. The "Everything has a story" stamp is from Impression Obsession.  

The stamp credits for this card are Paper Bag Studios, Stampers Anonymous, and Impression Obsession.  This focal image started it's existence as an ATC for a swap.

Come back next week  to see the next two cards from the "left over" part from this technique!

What are you creating today?

Judy Jackson

TOTW - Crinkled Watercolors

Hi Junkies, its that time again, the Technique of the Week.  I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.  I love being able to try all the techniques and I really anticipate who will join in each week with their lovely creations.

This week we are featuring "Crinkled Watercolors".  This fast became one of my favorites and I know it will be one that I continue to use...maybe in some Christmas card (which I need to start soon) LOL...Maybe a Christmas in July will come to Try That Technique...who knows...stay tuned.

Well I digress...here is this weeks card.  My mom needed a card for my cousins wedding last weekend so I colored up this sweet image from Stampin Up!  My cousin and his new wife love to ride and they are not frilly people so I thought this CAS card would do the trick.  I colored the image with copics and watercolored the background with my copic refills to match my background.

The sentiment is from Stampabilities and is cut out using a spellbinders die.  I added a little flair with a stencil and my airbrush (which I believe is another TJ Newsletter technique :))

Well that's all for me. Hope you have a crafty week!