neon goes pastel

OK. So a while ago I had a fling with neon  (for the CUTplorations challenge). And then I ran into neon watercolors at the Creativeworld in Frankfurt. Had to add them to my stash and had a good play with them trying out some hand lettering.

Each time I was done with one color and hand lettering, I added a splash of water to a spare piece of cardstock and dabbed the brush off on it. Had to do something with the panel when it was complete, right?

 Rico Design neon watercolors

STAMPlorations Let Go stamp

STAMPlorations Mixed Media Grunge stamp

black and white acrylic paint

washi

I stamped an old BG stamp over it the watercolored panel (with white pigment ink) and because I just love neon with B/W I had to give the whole thing some splatters with watered down paints too. A couple washi strips finished it off.

I need to remember to let the heavy stuff go as I head to Michigan and my dear Dad whose heart is getting weaker and weaker...

I'm linking up at:
Bastel Traum - AG
Craft Stamper - TIMI July
Happy Little Stampers - Watercolor July

rico design neon meets hand lettering

First off, I am not a hand letterer and don't claim to be. It's so much harder than it looks.

But at Creativeworld in Frankfurt last weekend I was totally smitten with the Rico Design booth and their use of neon coral. And I discovered their neon watercolor palette. So I came home and ordered it. And played with it.

In the booth there was a sample - someone had painted some words with the neon coral. So after perusing hand lettering on instagram, I gave it my best and came up with this set of cards. (I used the stamp set to drive my choice of words to hand letter.)

Rico Design Neon Watercolors

Altenew Label Love stamp

waterbrush

black Sharpie

white paint pen

Copic C3 marker

washi

I apologize for the grayness of the photos. It's cloudy here today and I didn't want to brighten the photos too much. I tried to keep the neon as true to life as possible for you, but the coral (oh that coral!) and the orange are 10x better IRL ;)

These watercolors are so cool. Truly neon. And if you don't use too much water, really opaque.

Thanks for coming by again today. Hope you enjoyed my post. I'm joining the Anything Goes fun at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge and the Anything Goes Challenge at ATSAM.