Loose watercolouring for CAS Mix Up ........

Happy weekend to you .......

Have you got anything nice planned?

The weather's not been very good here today but hey! I suppose it is January. 

Can you believe we're already half way through the month ...... crazy I know!

  

Mid month always means there's a reminder for the CAS Mix Up Challenge.  

Jenny is our host for January, and the theme is .......... Loose Watercolouring

This is a really fun technique, it makes watercolouring easy.  You don't need to be too careful putting your colours down, and the effect can be quite arty looking.

It's a great technique for keeping things CAS too ....... and a perfect way of colouring flowers!

I stamped the pretty florals randomly over a piece of white cardstock, gthen used the technique to add the colour

First, I painted the flower with clean water, then added a touch of colour using a ZIG marker to the centre and let the water spread the colour around.  I helped the process along a little using a paintbrush to make sure the colour covered the whole flower.

Once this layer was dry I did the same again, using the same markers to add some depth of colour and  shading to each of the flowers.

A few ink splatters in the background add a bit more interest

I die cut the bottom of the card to give a fancy edge, added a layer of black card for contrast and  stamped my sentiment underneath.   I also added a few sparkly gemstones to finish off

I even remembered to do the inside ........

                     

The closing date for the challenge is 24th January so there's still plenty of time to play along.

Thanks for popping by ........ enjoy the rest of your weekend.

We've got a dinner party for 10 this evening and the best part of it is ......... I don't have to cook!!!!

It's Lauren's birthday on Monday, and to celebrate she's invited a few friends round and we've booked the amazing Leela's Kitchen to come and do the cooking for us. 

This is a company on the island that makes delicious indian food,  has their own range of spices and sauces, which are amazing!  They do a delivery service with take aways thalis, cookery classes, and tailor made dinner parties, which we thought would be something a little bit different.  

I'm really looking forward to it ........ it's always nice when someone else does the cooking!

I'd better go and get the kitchen ready for him!

Cheerio until next time ......

Supplies:

Stamps: Painted Flowers (Altenew); Happy Birthday Sentiment (Happy Little Stampers); Sentiment inside the card (Penny Black)

Inks: Versafine Clair - Nocturne;

Others: ZIG Clean colour Brush Markers; Self Adhesive Gem stones