Picture Perfect with watercolour salt technique

Here’s the reason I purchased Picture Perfect (try saying THAT in a hurry!) - I cannot resist a nice seaside image. This is one of the watercoloured backgrounds I made at Crafty Friday last week. We made lots of background and then chose one to make a card. After we’d finished, one of the ladies mentioned that a starfish would be good on one to use on one of her blue/yellow backgrounds and was silently kicking myself that I hadn’t done any beach-like scenes.

But the next day, after experimenting with my new Picture Perfect stamp set, stamping the starfish in Calypso Coral, I realised it blended perfectly with this Calypso Coral and Elegant Eggplant background. It’s one of the wilder backgrounds I created, and the salt has formed some amazing effects. 

I find a plain white card suits these watercolour effects well but I couldn’t resist adding some gentle distressing with a combination of Hardwood (PLEASE don’t retire this stamp!) and Timeless Textures. I finished off with some gold thread and just one White Perfect Accent. 

Picture Perfect Photopolymer Stamp Set [140520] £24.00	Hardwood Clear-Mount Stamp Set [133035] £13.00	Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140517] £18.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] £7.25
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] £6.50	Elegant Eggplant A4 Card Stock [108614] £6.50	Watercolor Paper [122959] £4.50	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad [126983] £6.00
Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] £6.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] £5.50	Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [122934] £3.00	Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [105222] £3.00
Gold Metallic Thread [138401] £2.75	White Perfect Accents [138416] £4.50

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