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splish splash

The challenge this time is basically splashy – interpreted anyway you like – rain, puddles, swimming, bath time, splashy drinks or just getting splishy splashy with inks. That said if you create something that isn’t totally obvious do make a point of letting the team know what it is in your post.

As you can see, I’ve chosen bath time as my theme because I wanted to revisit a technique learned a long time ago and not used much since. First I decided on a square shape and cut my layers accordingly. Then taking the main background layer I scored it in both ways at half inch indrements giving a tile effect. I stamped a leafy branch silhouette image from Crafters Companion randomly in Broken China ink to created patterned tile look. Setting it aside to dry I proceeded to stamp and die cut the other elements from a Hero Arts stamp and die set. Before cutting them I coloured the images using a combination of alcohol markers, inks and pencils. I also added some Nuvo Glaze to the bubbles and the water edges. After die cutting I played around with placement and added different thicknesses of foam tape where needed, but it required something more so I traced and fussy cut a shelf shape, coloured it and popped it up to give it more dimension. I found an image on the Internet that had bathrobes hanging and cut one out after I added some colour. This too was popped up with foam tape. The sentiment is from the same set and I used it above the shelf after fussy cutting around it.

Although I liked the finished card, I felt the background leaves were too strong in colour, because I obviously forgot to stamp off when doing the images. I needed to find a fix and I settled on using white pigment ink and a water brush to soften the colour. It took several layers but it worked and because the leafy image wasn’t too defined I didn’t have to be too careful doing it either. I have to say my artist friend was really helpful in trying this as she suggested trying to lift some of the ink. The problem with her suggestion was that the card was already assembled and I wasn’t prepared to pull it apart. So instead we tested it out on some scrap before actually doing it on the card.

Thanks for joining me today, I appreciate you and your time. I had a lot of fun creating this card and look forward to seeing what you come up with in your own designs. Have fun creating.

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  8. I love that you tried this amazing technique on this card. It was a wonderful way to do the challenge and I enjoyed hearing about how you solved some issues. You really took a risk and it turned out great.

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  9. Johanna, I really love the direction you went with this challenge as your card is just perfect in every way! That tile floor makes me believe she is bathing in Italy or somewhere just as amazing. Wonderful job!

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  10. Such a creative take on the challenge Johanna, the tiles looks amazing, I think using the white to lighten the colours really enhanced the tile feel. Your bathtub scene looks very inviting, 🙂 Cathy x

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  15. Fabulous splishy splashy card, Johanna! I love how you’ve done the tiles, it’s really effective. Great staging too with the shelf, bathrobe, flip flops and bathmat.

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  17. Now that’s relaxing! I wish I could do that on my birthday!! I really admire the tiled look you’ve achieved in the background (I would like to try that some time!) Thank you so much for this inspiration for our splashy birthday!

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