Chrysanthemums and Gelatos

Good morning and happy Sunday to you!

Today's card is one I did with the ladies at the Diva Red workshop last Saturday.  I treated myself to some Gelatos - these are water soluble wax 'crayons' and are great fun to play with.  I used them in  three different ways on this card

1.  For the background to the flowers, I scribbled the colour on watercolour card, then spritzed with water and used a brush to blend the colour.  You do need to blend quite quickly after you've applied the colour to get it to blend.
2. For the Chrysanthemums I stamped them in place, then stamped a spare one on a separate piece of watercolour paper.  I added little bits of colour directly from the crayon then blended with a waterbrush.  I also added extra colour picking colour up directly from the crayon onto the brush
3.  For the background, I used leather effect card and applied colour round the edge and blended with my finger.  Just do a small area at a time, so you blend soon after you've applied the colour.

I cut out my spare flower and added it over the top of the others once it was mounted.

All stamps used are from Claritystamp Ltd
Have a lovely day, whatever you are doing
Thanks for visiting,
Janet xxx