Paint/Stamp a Plaid

Happy Sunday!

This is a re-post of my card over Virginia's View Challenge.

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Hello friends!

We have just a few more days to enter the "Stripes & Plaid" challenge! 

Did I mention that we have 2 amazing prizes?

One winner will win a MISTI   
Most Incredible Stamping Tool Invented of his/her choice (Original or Mini)

and another will win Concord and 9th Stripe Builder 

You can find all the details here.

I set out to create a DIY plaid pattern paper and decided to use watercoloring.
Why using watercolors, you may ask?
Imperfection is what I can easily strive for.

I rely on this stamp set "Basic Stripes" although you can totally freehand paint your own plaid/stripes.

With watercoloring, the stripes do not have to be perfectly lined up and the colors can be opaque and splotchy. It's a easy and fun way to try stamping a s plaid.

I started out with the soft colors (mainly the blue, yellow, green) and then I added the grey. That's when I thought that I "ruin" the project. It didn't look nice at all with the grey colors. However, I persevered and stamped the bright colors (red and navy blue). That completely changed the look! Now when you look at it, the grey color actually make all the colors stand out!
So, that's my little "finding".


With the gold-embossed deer image from "Comfort and Joy" (Winnie and Walter), I added a layer of vellum and strings. I really want to show off the homespun, retro feel of the plaid background.



I strongly encourage you to try water-coloring stripes/plaid. I know you will have lots of fun like I did. Do make sure that you keep the watercolors somewhat dry, otherwise, when you stamp the next colors, it may become all muddled!

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Please keep the entries coming. The deadline is Nov. 18th (11:55pm EST).
Thanks so much for stopping by!