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

Birthday Fishes

Hello and good Sunday to you, crafty friends!

I have a card to share that I made, which I'm

pleased to have been able to link up to a few challenges with:

 The main panel is mixed media paper that I used the paper towel transfer technique on.

 I'm pretty sure this towel has Dylusions spray inks and Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists

sprayed on it. Here's a close up picture that shows how the design in the paper towel

transferred to the panel:

I tried to get a close up of how the 'water' shimmers from the glimmer mist:

Pretty cool!

I die cut and colored my fish, then once the panel was completely dry, stamped

the sentiment wonky. The fish were adhered with foam squares.

This was a fun technique, and I'll be making more panels using it. 

(I just have to remember to wear latex gloves otherwise my fingertips

will pick up the inks from the towel. Ask me how I know.)

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great rest of the day!

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Mix Up August challenge - Paper towel + stamping + die cutting + alcohol markers

Happy Little Stampers Water Colour challenge - Ocean

Case this Sketch #333

Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge - use only one third

TGIF challenge #223

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Briny Blue, Birthday Buddies

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Strathmore mixed media; TE; Darice; Crafter's Companion

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Paper Smooches - Briny Blue dies; MISTI; inked up paper towel; water mister

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

29 again?

Hi there crafty friends, and happy Mardi Gras to you!

Someday I hope to experience that in New Orleans.

Yep, it's a bucket list item! LOL!

Speaking of fun and festive, I've got a birthday card to share:

Here's the inside:

I love that sentiment paired with this sassy lady! LOL!

She's colored with Prismacolor pencils, fussy cut and popped up on

foam squares over the inky background. That panel was made

by spritzing a couple colors of Dylusions ink sprays. I then covered it with

a stencil and wiped away some of the ink with a baby wipe to get

that ghost image. It's a fun technique!

That's all for now. Time to walk the fur baby.

Have a great day and thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Stencil March challenge - Ghosting

Seize the Birthday #160 - Make Us Laugh

HLS Watercolour March challenge - Mists

Craft Stamper March TIMI

Just Us Girls #477 - Birthday

Supplies:

Stamps: Art Impressions - Golden Oldies Jean; Paper Smooches - Birthday Sampler

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Dylusions spray inks - Vibrant Turquoise, Fresh Lime

CS: Crafter's Companion; Strathmore mixed media paper; Neenah; Darice

Accessories: GC; Lawn Fawn - scalloped rectangle die; Prismacolor pencils; Dylusions - bowl of cherries stencil; baby wipe; MISTI

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

SHOPPING OUR STASH # 375 - Giving Thanks

Hello and welcome back crafty friends!

This week at SHOPPING OUR STASH

we are giving thanks, either to celebrate Thanksgiving, or 

as a simple Thank You, your choice!

Here's what I came up with:

I used a few powder dyes spritzed with water on some mixed media

paper for a water color look. Once dry, I spritzed it again, this time with gold Glimmer Mist.

This was die cut using a leaf cover plate.

I tried to get a close up picture of all the gorgeous shimmer, but you

know it's super hard to achieve.

The single leaf on my sentiment panel is actually a 3D foam leaf from Scrapbook Adhesives.

I won a package of them many years ago, and recently came across them, the package

never opened until now. I dipped one of the sides in embossing powder and heat embossed it.

Looks really cool so now I may have to try this technique again.

We'd love to see what you create in the Shopping Our Stash gallery, and hope

you'll join us this week! For more amazing ideas, simply visit my teammies blogs to

see what they came up with!

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

I'd like to enter this at:

Craft Stamper Magazine: Take it Make it

HLS - October water color challenge/gold

Supplies:

Stamps: Avery Elle - Merriest

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa; VersaMark

CS: Taylored Expressions; Darice

Accessories: Magenta- Nuance powder dyes - red, orange, grass green; water mister; GC; SB - Leaves a Fallin' die; MFT - zig zag stitched square die; Stampendous - champagne and carnelian pearl EP; heat gun; MISTI; Tattered Angels - gold Glimmer Mist; Michael's - burlap ribbon

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Thin 3D foam squares, 3D foam leaves; Recollections - tacky tape

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 #335 - Watercolor

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Can you believe it's 2018?

Where did 2017 go?!

Today starts our first challenge of the year at

SHOPPING OUR STASH!

We thought we'd start the year out with a 

still very big trend:

Watercoloring! 

I love the look, but am not very good at it. I also don't own

any real water colors. I've used Distress Inks and a paintbrush:

Here's the inside:

I embossed the STAMPlorations In Bloom: Blissful Blossoms image in gold EP 

onto water color paper. Then simply smooshed the four colors of ink on my 

craft mat, spritzed with water, and started coloring.

I've added watered down black ink and once that was dry, I stamped the

sentiment from the Best Mom Ever set. I color filled it using gold ink spritzed with water,

 just like the other colors. A handful of rhinestones finishes it off.

I hope you join us for our watercolor challenge at Shopping Our Stash!

We'd love to see what you come up with. For more inspiration,

do check out what my teammies created. They will WOW you!

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Happy Little Stampers Jan 2018 Watercolor challenge - no twist

STAMPlorations - Neverending ATG challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - In Bloom: Blissful Blossoms; Best Mom Ever; Hero Arts - Happy

Mom's Day

Ink: Ranger DI - Abandoned Coral, Mermaid Lagoon, Mowed Lawn, Scattered Straw; Memento - Tuxedo Black; Colorbox/Susan K. Weckesser - Shimmer 

CS: Strathmore watercolor paper; TE

Accessories: paint brush; water mister; Stampendous - Detail Gold EP; heat gun; MISTI; Nicole - rhinestones

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