PTI Blog Hop: Autumn Patterns, Textures & Textiles

I planned a card involving felt and argyle and perhaps I will still get to it. In the meantime, I played around with watercolor! I love the texture from the watercolor paper and the softness of the painting. The colors were inspired by the Autumn inspiration photos from Papertrey Ink's blog hop as well [below].

I watercolored by stamping my inkpad on a sheet of acetate and then spritzing it with water. Very effective technique! It drove me nuts to purposely color outside but I LOVE how it looks and will definitely use this technique again!

The sentiment panel hides a very unattractive boo-boo but I couldn't bear to part with my leaves!

Thanks for peeking!

{Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: watercolor paper (Simon Says Stamp)
• Stamps: Delightful Dahlia, Vintage Picnic Sentiments, Pretty Peonies
• Ink: Spring Moss, Ocean Tides, Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), Antique Linen Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Ranger)
• Dies: Delightful Dahlia, Pretty Peonies
• Other Tools: paint brush (dollar store), Inkssentials Mini Mister (Ranger), Lemon Yellow Liquid Pearls (Ranger)