AAA Card Challenge 283: Colour Challenge (pick at least 3)

It's time for another challenge with the AAA Cards and we're introducing one of our new challenge formats for 2025 - a colour challenge. You are provided with FOUR colours and you need to pick at least THREE (neutrals allowed for skin and hair/fur and black and white as well- see graphic below).

I have to admit I thought of wintery scenes looking at the colours but it's mid-Summer in New Zealand so I went for an underwater scene and thought I'd make a "mess" with my Lindy's Magicals. I thought the 3 pots I chose represented the 3 darkest colours above.

My watercolour panel was a bit messy so I trimmed it to 2" and mounted onto a 2-1/4" panel of Soft Succulent (SU!). Once that was completed I Copic coloured in my Mermazing (MFT) mermaid with a Soft Succulent vibe. A very talented crafter called Kim Singdahlsen kindly offers on her blog a link to the closest Copic colour to EVERY Stampin' Up! colour. It's an amazing resource; Kim is also worth watching as she makes fab cards!! I actually have a link on the RHS of my blog to Kim's colour matches for easy reference but do check out her blog. Her colour suggestion for Soft Succulent was BG72/93, so these are the colours I coloured in my mermaid with:

Hair: E57/23/21
Skin: BV04 E04/00
Cheeks: R00/30 
Mermaid tail/bikini: BG72/93

Star shell: BG18
I've stippled the mermaid tail with BG93 and my white Gelli roll pen and added some Prisma glitter (LF) to her star shell.

Well I had a blast making a messy water scene and I need to let the magic of working with Magicals happen more often, the photos don't reflect how sparkly and "magical" it all is either but trust me it is. Thanks for popping in and I do hope you can join us this fortnight. Make time to check out all the fab inspiration from the rest of the AAA Cards Design Team there are so many cool ideas for working with this cool palate of colours.

✿Karen✿

More magical mess!

I played 2 weeks ago with my shimmer powders and at the time I wasn't really that happy how it all worked out, you can see that post HERE. I thought I would have another go with some subtler colours from Lindys Magicals range.

I had seen a video of someone after my first attempt using an old stamp packaging packet to smoosh on some colour to make a watercolour wash so that was my starting point. 

I still think it looks a hot mess but it was my first go using CTMH Watercolor Paper which you can purchase as 12" x 12" packs, I'm guessing to make a watercolour page to scrapbook on. It's a lightweight watercolor paper so I wouldn't want to add too much water but it worked fine for what I was attempting to do here. You get 10 sheets in a pack (Z3146) but it doesn't seem to be available anymore to purchase, so no bargains of the year to be had.

Supply List:
Stamps: Floral Bliss (SSS), Inky Bouquet (PFS - sentiment)

Ink: Versafine Clair Nocturne, Versamark

Paper: Watercolor (CTMH), Terracotta Tile (SU!), Neenah White #110

Lindy's Magicals: Salt Water Taffy, Cape Cod Coral

Other: Pixie Dust Ombre glitter drops (PFS), white EP

I wasn't happy with the white opaque film in some places, doing some research it seems like their are opaque and transparent Magicals. My magicals came from a Nantucket Pearls set, so I'm guessing these are "opaque".

I thought I'd have another go dissolving some Magical in a few drops of water and then painting this time using a thicker watercolour paper. I think this was better and then thought I'd do a few splatters. I should have left well enough alone but then decided to do a more diluted wash and I'm not sure if that was a good idea as the "splatters" reactivated with more liquid touching them.

Supplies as above but Smoky Slate card stock from SU! and Fabriano Artistico extra white cold pressed watercolour paper. Starry Night Ombre drops and I have clear embossed the "thank you". I have added a few more magicals to the mix (Whale Watch Blue, Sea Grass Green and Rusty Lantern Lime) plus Lemon Yellow Color Burst powder from Ken Oliver Crafts.

The 2 cards side by side:

Well again the cards didn't turn out how I wanted but think I'm learning a wee bit more each time, hopefully I'll be closer to how I envisage it appearing in "my head" where all card ideas are waiting for me to try. Thanks for popping in.

✿ Karen ✿