Nocturne - a set of ATCs

Hi there and merry new week! While we still are firmly in July, this post has an August air about it. It might be the title as well, that turns my thoughts to the closing August and autumn. But anyhow, here's a set of silhouette plants in ATCs. The backgrounds are done using watercolors and inks. 

There's a couple of things I want to point out about these. First of all the watercolor backgrounds. Not so long ago I purchased some super granulating ones and it was really hard to choose which set to get! In the end I decided on "Deep Sea" set as it had beautiful turquoise and purple together with an ok blue. The set is my Schmincke. This was the first time I used the colors, just painting a little piece of cardstock, seeing how the colors worked. 

The other thing is the tape pieces I used to secure the plants in place. When Tim Holtz's new Idea-ology came out, I immediately fell in love with the yellowish tapes. I knew I could create those myself, too, but still thought to get a set as it's so easy just to pick a ready product. However, they got sold out quickly and I didn't get any. So in this ATC set I used alcohol inks and plain, basic tape to imitate the look. I might do that again because hey, it was just a couple of steps! 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Wishing you a fine week! 

Materials: Schmincke, Sizzix, Tim Holtz Idea-ology, Ranger, 49 Market