Monday, April 16, 2012

Paper Players 91 and retro sketches 7

Do you know the phenomena where you learn a new word then suddenly you see this word being used all over the place?  Well, something similar happened to me recently.  On Friday I was describing the process of watercoloring to someone at work.  Well, lo and behold, the challenge this week at The Paper Players (which starts on Sunday) is to create a CAS card with watercoloring!  What are the chances of that?

I, of course, took this to be some kind of cosmic sign and got to work on Sunday creating a card.  The latest retro sketch provided my CAS layout.




I used some of the lovely Twitterpated DSP on my card and stamped the image from Simply Soft in Timber Brown Stazon.  I watercolored the image in Pear Pizzazz, Riding Hood Red and Blushing Bride.  The ribbon is a bit that was in my stash and looked very close to Pear Pizzazz and the button is my LAST Riding Hood Red button from back in the days when that color was just a lowly In Color.  

Thanks for stopping by.  Today is going to be a scorcher in my part of the world.  Normally this is good news because I hate cold weather, but today of all days it's not.  Today is the running of the Boston Marathon and hot weather is not good for the runners.  Hopefully everyone participating in the marathon plays it safe!

See you tomorrow with a very cool colourQ challenge!

15 comments:

Arielle H Gordon said...

Ahh, Jen - your cards always amaze me with their casual elegance! Love the floral paper and your watercoloring is awesome! Thank you so much for playing with us at RetroSketches this week!

Emily Leiphart said...

Beautiful card, Jen! I love your watercolouring and combination of papers!

Lesley said...

Love that strip of designer paper that is scalloped at the end. Just love your watercolouring too! Thanks for joining us at the Paper Players!

Tracey McNeely said...

Great card Jen, I love that you matted your panels. Beautiful image.

Jackie Rockwell said...

Such a beautiful image Jen. The scallop patterned paper at the bottom is so pretty! So glad you joined us this week at RetroSketches!

Vicky Hayes said...

Such a beautiful water coloured image Jen and I love the little bow centred button embellishment.

Jen Timko said...

Beautiful use of this great sketch! Love your watercoloring! :-)

Unknown said...

Jen...love this! That flower image is beautiful.

carol (krillsister) said...

Beautiful card. Love how your watercoloring turned out on the flowers.

kasia c. said...

Jen, this is gorgeous! Your water colouring is beautiful, i love those flowers. I also love taht patterned paper behind them. What a perfect accent. :)

Ann Schach said...

Beautiful, Jen! So clean and classy! What a fabulous image! Thanks for playing with The Paper Players!

Heidi said...

The flower image is so striking on this card! It really pops with the watercoloring and I adore the simple sketch you have used to give this card a CAS look. So glad you joined in the fun at The Paper Players!

Jenn Picard said...

Clean and simply stunning! Love the soft watercolouring and the paterned papers behind the image. Such a great layout to make the beautiful image really stand out. Thanks for joining us at The Paper Players.

jaydee said...

Gorgeous, Jen. This layout is fabulous. I also love that the dark DSP really grounds your beautifully colored image!
So glad you joined the Paper Players this week
Hugs
Jaydee

Anne Marie Hile said...

So pretty, Jen! I really like the layout with all of the clean space and I especialy love how you layered the stamped image on the DSP. Thanks for joining the Paper Players this week! Hugs! :)