Make It Monday #77 With Papertrey Ink

Well let me just say, when I saw the title of the tutorial video I went, "Oh poo, I suck at water coloring...I have the shakiest hands known to man when it comes to trying to paint something halfway decent." Then I watched the video (because I LOVE EVERYTHING that Dawn McVey creates. She is my paper crafting hero!;) And I thought that maybe I could do this...it doesn't have to be perfect and to get the hang of it I can do some really abstract stuff at first. So, if you have been hanging around my blog lately (thanks a bunch if you have! ;) you know that I am in the process of making all of my Halloween invites, so this is where the abstract water coloring comes in... ;)

 I started off just making a patch of color.

 Then I tried the mixing technique.

 For this one I wanted a gradient patch of the red...

I probably could have gone a bit lighter on the bottom end.

 This is the one where I started to try the coloring in...I picked a nice safe image to start off with. ;)

Then I decided I wanted a stormy sky so I just fiddled with some masking and shading until I was

  satisfied. ;)

Afterwards I was feeling pretty confident, but I realized I don't have many image stamps...they are mostly sentiments...I think I will have to work on a remedy for that! :)

Hope you like them. :) I would love to hear your thoughts so please leave a comment if you wish.

Supply List:

Card #1:

Cardstock: PTI True Black and Stamper's Select White

Stamp: Frankenstein is from Michael's and sentiment is Martha Stewart

Inks: PTI Simply Chartreuse, True Black, and New Leaf

Card #2:

Cardstock: PTI True Black and Stamper's Select White

Stamp: The skull is from Dollar General and sentiment is Martha Stewart

Ink: PTI Scarlett Jewel and True Black

Card#3:

Cardstock: PTI True Black and Stamper's Select White

Stamp: The Haunted House is from Michael's and sentiment is Martha Stewart

Ink: PTI Smokey Shadow, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Scarlet Jewel, and True Black