Creative Tuesday : Watercolor on Text

I've been dying to play with the watercolor sheets I bought at last year's Art-is-You in Stamford, Ct.  Sally Lynne McDonald was working Joanne Sharpe's booth - Joanne does magic with this stuff - and they both had no trouble convincing me to try them.

I wanted to try something easy first, so I pulled out my favorite JBS line, Wren, and used the patterns that have gorgeous text on them:

I'm using Joanne's own palette of Peerless Watercolors.

I punched out some scalloped circles from the text and just started playing:

It's addicting, really.  Without much effort, you get combinations of colors and patterns that look so pretty. And the Wren patterned paper is such a nice heavy cardstock that it held up fine to the watercolor and extra water I used on it.  Color on text looks so cool, doesn't it?

I made layered flowers and punched out postage stamp shapes and colored them also.

I added the new sweet JBS Butterfly Sequins with wire.  Their little wings can fold up!

Supplies:  Wren Wheatgrass / Wren Bird / Wren Mini Pattern Sheet / Wren Blueprint / JBS Everyday Mini Deck Flashcards (New!) / JBS Butterfly Sequin Assortment (New!) / Postage Stamp Cardstock Stickers  /  JBS/Fiskars Tab Punch / Paper Tape Notebook Grid / Vintage Style Sew On Button

This was a blast.  And this kind of paint is NO MESS.  Love that.  Thanks for stopping by!  

Have a Creative Tuesday!