Friday, June 29, 2012

Playing in Paradise #73 - Inspired by Watercolour

You may not already know this, but our very own Angela is a very talented watercolour painter as well as papercrafter (and many many other titles, of course!). This week for Playing in Paradise #73 she's challenging us to be inspired by watercolour:
PPC #73

I printed out the inspiration photo - something I rarely do - because it was impossible for me to prompt myself with words this time. After carrying it around in my books for days, I tried to separate some of the elements from the final picture - wavy lines, colours, etc. When I did that, Konnichiwa came to mind:
Supplies: papers from Basic Grey "Konnichiwa;"
butterfly dies from Spellbinders;
scrap white vellum;
Martha Stewart butterfly punch;
Vintage Photo distress ink;
sentiment stamp from AmyR Designs
Get inky & play along with us - Playing in Paradise #73 is open until next Thursday, July 5 (holy cow, July already?!)

Don't forget to check out what the other designers have been up to!

xoxo,
Jessi

11 comments:

Ulina / Apricot Bubbles said...

Good things come to those who wait! Your card turned out very pretty - love the wavy patterned paper and - of course - the butterflies!
Have a nice weekend, Jessi!

walchowDesign said...

Love the wavy pp and all the butterflies.

~Tammy~ said...

Your card turned out fabulous! You should carry around your inspiration more often! :-))))

I love those gorgeous butterflies!

fairyrocks said...

Lovely, the wavy paper really gives it the water movement.
Great take on the prompt :)
Thanks for laying out your supply list too.

Notes by Nina said...

Ohh I like how you pulled all that from the inspiration photo. Your card is beautiful.

Angela Fehr said...

You're right - that paper does have a very watercolour feel - and it's so contemporary, too! I love the addition of vellum - I was hoping someone would do something inspired by the style of the image prompt - good for you!

Jenny said...

I can see why you chose that paper....not sure how I'd cope with this type of challenge!!
Love the colours and the vellum butterflies just add that subtle light detail :0)
jenny x

lostinpaper said...

Perfect papers for this difficult inspiration! LOVE those fab butterflies!

Emily Leiphart said...

Your card is gorgeous, Jessi! That paper really does look like waves. I love the sentiment!

Cheryl said...

Pretty! Absolutely love the vellum butterflies!

Jen W. said...

PERFECT paper for this!! And I love all the subtle vellum butterflies!