Easy water coloring...

Hey there, it's a two-fer Monday posting!

Earlier last week, I watched this video by Bonnie and was inspired

to try my hand at water coloring again.

I used a hydrangea stamp from a set that I've had for at least

five years. I've never used this flower from the set before so 

I challenged myself to use it.

I had the added task of making a mask for the hydrangea as the leaves

are a separate stamp. Other than that, I pretty much followed

along with Bonnie's tutorial, and Holy Crow, it worked!!

Here's the inside:

I have Marvy LePlume II markers (it's been so long using these 

that many are dried out. I haz a sad.) In hindsight, I should have

used the medium green to stamp the leaves. I used the lightest color and

the details disappeared when I colored them, so I restamped them

with the medium green after it was dry. I used a scrap of black card stock

and die cut a rectangle matte that has a pierced border around it. I just

snipped both the long sides and adhered to the back side of the main

panel, then trimmed before adhering to my card base. If you enlarge the photo, 

you may be able to see the detail. (crossing fingers) 

A simple stamped sentiment and this card was finished.

Well, that's it for today. The laundry isn't going to wash itself and

the maid hasn't showed up. Wait, I'm the maid. Sigh...

Have a great day and thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Watercolour Card challenge - cool colors

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge - ATG + die cuts

Supplies:

Stamps: Winnie & Walter - In Bloom: Addie's Garden; Taylored Expressions - Care & Comfort

Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel

CS: Strathmore water color paper; TE; scraps

Accessories: Marvy Uchida LePlume II markers; MISTI; Plaid paint brush; Gemini; Avery Elle - Pierced rectangle die; Inkadinkado masking paper

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

Shimmery snowflakes

Hello crafty friends! I had some play time up in the craft room,

and decided to use a die that I bought last month but hadn't used yet.

...well, the main panel is all shimmery, that is:

and the inside:

I made a bunch of water color-y backgrounds last year, and one of my goals this

year is to actually use them. This one is Dylusions spray inks, then pearl Glimmer Mist

over that, on mixed media paper. I edged the main panel with some black card stock strips
to make it pop more. A simple sentiment and some star shaped rhinestones in the
center of all the snowflakes finishes this card. 

This card was fitting as we had our first decent snow fall yesterday. Ok, maybe it
was only about 2", but it was enough to delay school openings.
Being originally from and growing up in Illinois, I still find this completely hilarious.
(Perhaps more like ridiculous.) As a kid, if the schools closed for a snow day, it would
have had to snow at least a foot before closing was even considered. LOL!

That's all for now. Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Just Us Girls #517

CAS Watercolour Card Challenge- cool colours

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Something New (new snowflake die)

The Paper Players #472  (new snowflake die)

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts - color layering Christmas tree

Ink: Memento - nautical blue

CS: Strathmore mixed media paper; Neenah; scraps

Accessories: Gemini; Memory Box - Tisdale Snowflake Collage die; Dylusions ink sprays; Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmer Mist; MISTI: Recollections star rhinestones

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner

Another fast watercolor card

Hi there and happy Sunday to you!

Just popping in with a another card I

made using the fast watercolor technique. 

I am really loving how this technique looks, and will

probably be making more cards. Be warned. LOL!

Anyway, here's my card:

couldn't resist a bit of snark on the inside:

just about dry:

 

The sentiment was stamped, then I doodled around the edge. Once I fussy

cut everything, the sunflowers were adhered with foam squares, and the leaves

directly to the card base.

Such an easy method, the only thing hard about it is waiting for

the ink to dry! LOL!

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Watercolour challenge - sunflower

HLS Watercolour challenge - flowers

Seize the Birthday - ATG

Supplies:

Stamps: Dare2BArtzy/Totally Tracy - find your purpose; Spellbinders/Richard Garay - just because; Inkadinkado - humorous birthday

Ink: Versamark; Memento - rich cocoa; Ranger DI - mustard seed, wild honey, gathered twigs, evergreen bough, twisted citron, vintage photo

CS: Strathmore watercolor paper; Thunderbolt

Accessories: Inkadinkado - black EP; heat gun; water mister; MISTI; Faber Castell - medium black Artist PITT pen

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & thin 3D foam squares

SHOPPING OUR STASH #337 - Getting Sentimental

Hello and happy Tuesday crafty peeps!

This week at

SHOPPING OUR STASH

we challenge you to make your sentiment the focal point

of your project.

Here's the card I made:

 and the finished inside:

I used another panel I created a while back using Magenta Nuance powder dyes.

I die cut the word birthday 4 times, stacked and glued. 'Happiest' and

'wishes' were stamped in VersaMark and embossed in white EP.

I matted the panel with black card stock, then added some sequins,

because, shiny!

Now it's your turn to create something using your sentiment as the main focus.

We'd love to see it, so please link up at Shopping Our Stash so we 

can admire your work! Need more ideas? Simply check out the

blogs of my teammies and while there, leave some love!

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Watercolour Challenge - Jan 2018 - Birthday

Naughty or Nice challenge #47 - Celebrate

HLS Watercolour challenge - Jan 2018 sequins

Seize the Birthday challenge - ATG

 

 

Supplies:
Stamps: Winnie & Walter - The big the bold and Party
Ink: Memento - Elderberry; VersaMark
CS: TE; Recollections
Accessories: Magenta - Nuance powder dyes: Purple, Violet; water mister; GC; Winnie & Walter -
Birthday word die; Stampendous - detail white EP; heat gun; MISTI; Darice - sequins
Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

SHOPPING OUR STASH #334 Gah!! PINK!! - A Tribute to Leslie

Hello crafty friends and welcome!

Our new challenge at 

SHOPPING OUR STASH

starts today, and we are paying tribute to our

dear friend, Leslie Hanna. I'm sure most of you

are aware that she passed away suddenly two years ago

on Christmas day. If you knew Leslie, she hated the color pink.

On those rare occasions that she used it on her cards, she

always referred to it as 'Gah! PINK!'

So in honor of Leslie,

the SOS Crew challenge you to make a card or project

using Gah! PINK! predominately.

Here's my card:

and the inside:

I had some fun using my Magenta Nuance powder dyes again.

Once the colors were completely dried, I traced a stencil design

over it using a white Gelly Roll pen. The Christmas tree admittedly

is new, but everything else is at least a year old or more.

I had so much fun with this card that I made another one!

I hope that you find some time to create something using

Gah! PINK! to help us celebrate Leslie. We'd love to see 

what you made, so be sure to link up at Shopping Our Stash!

Also, this is the last challenge of the year so it will

be open until Monday, January 1, 2018.

The SOS CREW will be taking the rest of the year off

to spend time with family and friends.

Thank you for visiting.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, and a

healthy and happy New Year!

Hugs!

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Watercolour Card Challenge -ATG

CAS Mix It Up Challenge - Stamping + watercolouring & die cutting

Tic Tac Toe challenge #28 -center column: Holiday/Die Cut/Metallic

STAMPlorations Neverending ATG challenge

 

Supplies:

STAMPlorations - Christmas Bell Medley; Peace Love Joy

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Recollections - silver glitter paper

CS: Strathmore mixed media paper; TE; scraps

Accessories: GC; CUTplorations - crazy double running stitch nesting rect die, Christmas Tree 1 die;

Magenta - Nuance powder dyes; ARTplorations - Oh My Stars & Holly Background stencils; Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen; water mister; paint brush; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & Thin 3D foam squares