In yesterday's post, I showed you my first Thomas Kinkade watercolored card. I did that one using the watercolor paper. I WISH I would've taken photos to show you the difference in black/white b4 adding color. On both cards, I used Black Stazon, but the first was on SU!'s watercolor paper, and the 2nd on Ultrasmooth Whisper White c.s. Here are my 2 card comparisons. Same stamp, same inks, same techniques, different paper!
Well, I decided to go ahead and watercolor on the ultrasmooth and YES, it did seep through and make my paper wavy, so I taped it really well on the back and mounted it to c.s. and it was fine. (actually would work better prolly if you mounted it to colored c.s. and then watercolored it.)
And here's my 2nd card, stamped and colored the same way, (except for the pathway, I used the smaller end of the marker and used Celery instead of Garden Green) but on smoother cardstock. You'll see much more definition--in fact, you can see the Thomas Kinkade signature in the bottom right hand side (I circled it for ya!)
I do like the warmness of the watercolor paper, but I love the definition on the smooth c.s. - pros and cons on both. Not sure which I would use when I stamp this again. Your thoughts?
And here's my 2nd card, stamped and colored the same way, (except for the pathway, I used the smaller end of the marker and used Celery instead of Garden Green) but on smoother cardstock. You'll see much more definition--in fact, you can see the Thomas Kinkade signature in the bottom right hand side (I circled it for ya!)
