Diamond Shaker Watercolor

For today's card I pulled out my distress markers for some watercolor "smooshing".  This is my favorite way to watercolor.  I seem to get the best affects when I use a clear cellophane sheet (some old packaging that my stamps come in).  I just scribble right onto the cellophane, spray a little water onto some watercolor paper and then flip the cellophane over onto the wet paper.  After "smooshing" it around for a bit I slowly raise the cellophane to reveal a beautiful blend of water and ink.  After it dries I sprinkle a few droplets of water and dab them up with a paper towel to create some lighter spots for depth.  And if you look real close you can see the subtle stenciling I did over the top with some sparkly glitz embossing powder and a new stencil from the next Stamp of Approval Collection.

For the shaker element I diecut the top layer from silver foil cardstock.  Then I cut four more diamonds from white cardstock.  I trimmed all of the inside area out of each white layer, just leaving the frame around the edge.  As you can see in the photo, I glued and stacked each white frame then added a layer of transparency film and finally the silver diecut on top.  I placed the beads and sequins in the area where I wanted the diamond then I just glued the diamond over them, adhering it right to the card front.

For this card I used the following supplies:

Stamps: Strictly Sentiments (WPlus9), Striped Background (My Favorite Things)

Ink: onyx black (Versafine), clear watermark (Versamark), abandoned coral, worn lipstick, tattered rose (Ranger Distress markers)

Paper:  white 140 lb cardstock (Neenah), white 140 lb watercolor (Canson), silver foil cardstock (Bazzill)

Accessories:  Girl's Best Friend Diamond die (Lil' Inker Designs), Harleen stencil (Winnie & Walter/Stamp of Approval Young at Heart collection), glitz embossing powder (Recollections), clear embossing powder (WOW), transparency sheet, clear sequins, clear beads, silver ribbon (unknown)

It's day #4 of the free stenciling classes going on over at StampNation.   Members are having a blast making and posting photos of their cards using the awesome stenciling techniques that they're learning.  Today Maureen Merritt is teaching us how to make our own stencils.  How awesome is that??  You still have plenty of time to catch these classes and participate for some awesome prizes.  Click on the photo below and it will take you over to the StampNation info page so you can learn how to get signed up today.  Then you can jump right in and play!