I've been seeing this for a while now and in my mind nobody does it better than our own Kim Price. You can see some awesome examples on her blog - and there are even a few tutorials on how she creates her incredible backgrounds.
The Creating Keepsakes blog have also noticed this trend and wrote a 'how to' article on using this technique on watercolour paper last month. You can read it here. The article was inspired by this amazing layout by Mou Saha.
watercolour background technique by Mou Saha.
This article on Write. Click. Scrapbook. is an excellent resource to start with the basics.
Ironically while writing this blog post, I've just noticed this starlight foundation advert on TV using watercolours :
and finally Elizabeth Kartchner does a watered down ink and foam brush job in this video, combining it with resist stamping for a really cool imitation watercolour effect.
Does this inspire you to try a watercolour background for your next layout? What do you think of this technique?
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haha, just posted a blog post with a couple of watercolour pages :)
LOOOOOVE playing with this medium again. Feels extra special because my water colours were Dave's Grandmas.
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