The idea came from the Make It Monday #283: Watercolor Wash Backgrounds challenge at Papertrey Ink. The background is okay, but.... After drying the watercolor paper with my hand dryer, I ran the piece through my Big Shot using a stitched frame die. Then I tried embossing "Mother's Day" on the the watercolor background, but realized too late that I had used a Pearl embossing powder instead of white. Though I'm not sure white would have shown up very well either. So I stamped in black ink Papertrey Ink's "Mother's Day" on a scrap of the watercolor background and attached it to the card.
Overall, I'm satisfied with my experiment and plan to play around more with watercolors. I think I will try to copy one of the examples on the Papertrey Ink page. If you would like to see a great video on watercolor wash backgrounds, Laurie's is great, click here.
Have a great week!
Kathy
