Water colour for Card Markers - Day 1

The latest on-line card class has started.... and I'm in the class room!  So far I have watched Day 1 videos.  They arrive in my in box at 12.30ish AM! so I don't get to watch them till I get home from work and had my dinner...always behind the 8 ball for sure.  Anyway last night and after work today, I had a go doing some backgrounds.    I have some Pearlescent paints so started with them.  I tried the first technique of using some paints and then laying on a stencil.

I cased Jennifer Razza's design - using a tag die I had (freebie from a magazine) and sentiments from my new favourite sets from Winnie & Walter. 

My second card used some new Kohi-i-noor watercolour paints.  I realised I did not have some plain water colour paints in a pack.  I have tubes and pearlescent ones, so popped into the Art shop that is just around from where I work and

picked up a little 24 pack of paints in a wheel for $10.  Love how it coloured my paper.

My photo is not the best as it is getting dark much earlier now.  The background card looks orange when in reality it is a lovely deep pink.  I added some splatters of orange and white paint and then used another Winnie & Walter sentiment.  I stamped it twice to ensure that it was really dark.   The "you" die is from Simon Says Stamp.    

Still one more sample from Day 1 to do... plus two backgrounds I've done to be made into cards, but now off to watch Day 2 videos.

If you are playing along in the classroom, hope you are having as much fun as me.