Saturday, February 24, 2018

CAS Streaming Heart

Hello and happy Saturday!  I have a quick post to share with a very CAS card.  I started by water coloring blues and greens using Sakura Koi watercolors on watercolor paper, just laying down water, adding color and letting it mix.  Before those colors dried I added some gorgeous gold from my Fine-tec Pearlescent watercolors for a stepped up look.




Once the paints were completely dry, the panel was die cut with the Streaming Heart die, and a sentiment die cut from gold foil paper.  My card base is actually smaller at 3.5 x 5.5 inches and my original plan was to have the heart streaming off the edge, but when I mounted the pieces with from tape I didn't care for how it looked so I trimmed off the ends.  Before mounting the heart, the card base was lightly splattered with the same gold paint as used in the heart and once dry the heart, sentiment and strip of gold foil were added.




While the card is very CAS, I think the colors and the gold really add a nice punch.


I'm entering this card into the CAS Watercolouring Card Challenge February 2018.  This is a monthly challenge but of course I waited to the last day  of the challenge to join in (hopefully do better next month!).  Nevertheless, you should still use the link below and check out all the amazing inspiration from the DT!




Thanks so much for visiting, it's always so appreciated!


Stef




Product details
Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Gold Foil, Canson XL
Other:  Sakura Koi and Fine-Tec Pearlescent Watercolors, Streaming Heart (SSS), Blooming Bouquet sentiment die (Altenew)

6 comments:

Nora Noll said...

That background on the heart is amazing!! I love the little splatters of gold on the card front too and then tied the gold in with the sentiment and little strip at the bottom. STUNNING design!!

Christine Alexander said...

Stef so glad you made it at the last moment with this beautiful heart. Your made me think of my finetec watercolours, such an amazing blend of colours. thanks for joining us at CAS Watercolour.

nancy littrell said...

Gorgeous Greens and Gold background for your die cut streaming heart, Stef. Your adding even more gold with your gold die cut sentiment and gold splatters really made your CAS design even more gorgeous and special. TFS So pleased you were able to join our CAS Watercolour Challenge. Hugs

Loll said...

Gorgeous card Stef! The blues and greens are so pretty together and the gold makes it even more special. The gold splattered background is just perfect with your beautiful die-cut heart. Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Watercolour!

Bonnie said...

WOW! What a gorgeous heart, Stef! Such beautiful colors and the gold adds elegance! So perfect cut off at the side and with the splatters and gold die cut sentiment! Thanks for sharing this with us at CAS Watercolour!

Karen Dunbrook said...

what a gorgeous card Stef....love the colour.
Thanks so much for playing along with the CAS Watercolour Challenge.
:) Karen