Luck of the Irish- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome

Well we are into the month of March and it's time for another fun theme at the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge.

This month we are celebrating The Luck of the Irish!

Everyone's Irish on St. Paddy's Day right?!  So this month lets show some green, it could be shamrocks, meadows, leprechauns (or gnomes!), or use some color with a rainbow or something gold. It doesn't have to say anything about St. Paddy's Day but be inspired by it.

This month we also welcome our Guest Designer:  Hannelie (Desert Diva)

So onto my card details.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and positioned my Fern Garden stamp into my Misti. I got out my Green Brushos, sprinkled some into my palette then diluted it with a bit of water.  Using a wet brush, I painted the stamp with the green and pressed onto my paper.  I did spray the stamp with some water after the first impression was stamped to use all the little bits of colour still left on the stamp.  It also helps give the overall impression a more watercoloured look.

When all was dry, I die cut the middle area of my card with the hemstitch die to add interest, then stamped the sentiment.  I did add some faint grid stamping in the corners for interest as well.

I simply mounted it onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Fern Garden (Stampendous); Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studio)
Scratch Bkg (SU-so sorry, but I don't know the name of this stamp)

Inks- Versafine, Brushos

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Hemstitch Die (Spellbinders); 

Cuttlebug; paintbrush

The Journey- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome.

You still have time to play along with our Red and Black theme at the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge.

This month we welcome my talented friend Michele as our GD.

Guest Designer:  Michele (I Card Everyone)

So this is how I created my card.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and positioned it into my Misti with the stamps in the right position.  Using my Tombow markers, I coloured directly onto my stamps, starting with the red first, sprayed with water and stamped.  Without reinking, I moved my paper slightly in my Misti, sprayed and stamped again.  It gave such great fullness to the look of my flowers.

I stamped the sentiment using my Misti again then removed it and rubbed some Candied Apple DOX ink along the edges of one side.  I also used some Black Soot DOX ink over the red to add some depth.  I splattered with some black acrylic paint and when it was all dry, I simply mounted it onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Find Joy (High Hopes); Insightful Meadow (Unity)

Inks- Memento Markers, Versafine, DOX

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black acrylic paint; blending brush

Red and White- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome

A new month means a new theme at the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge

This month we have a colour challenge for you to use Red and Black.

This month we welcome my talented friend Michele as our GD.

Guest Designer:  Michele (I Card Everyone)

So onto my card details.

Love is in the air this month with Valentine's Day right around the corner but I decided to use those colours, commonly found with that theme, in a different way.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and placed it into my Misti.

I inked up the large snowflake by colouring directly onto my stamp with my Memento markers, sprayed with water and pressed it onto my cardstock.  I repeated that process using a variety of red markers until I had a deep, rich red on my snowflakes.  I turned my paper around and stamped the snowflake again at the top using the same process.

Next, I stamped the sentiment then die-cut the hemstitch border.  I love the simple interest the border  added to my card.

Keeping it all clean and simple, I mounted it to a heavy white card base and added a few black gems.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look and I hope you will come and play along with us.

Supplies

Stamps-  Warm Wishes Snowflake (Colorado Stamp Company); 

Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios)

Inks- Memento Markers; Versafine

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems, Mister (TH); Hemstitch die (Spellbinders)

From Me to You- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome

So glad you popped in for a visit.

This is my reminder card for the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge

You still have some time to come and play along too!

This month we are creating using Cool colours.  

Here is a sampling of them:

We also want to welcome our Guest Designer this month:

Guest Designer:  Chrissie (Simply One of a Kind)

Here are my card details.

I just picked up this lovely bkg. stamp called Winter Floral Mix from SSS and wanted to play with it.

So, I took a piece of heavy white cardstock and placed it into my Misti.  I inked up the stamp with some Versamark ink, stamped and white heat embossed.

Next, I took some Brushos and a wet paintbrush and watercoloured in the image.  The stamp is technically meant to be a Christmas image but I love that these 'cool' colours make it look less like that.  I mounted the panel onto some white.

To add some interest, I dry embossed another piece of cardstock and added some scored lines as well.

I pop dotted my stamped panel over that and added the sentiment.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK

Use Your Stuff- ANYTHING GOES

The Crafter's Café- CAS

Supplies

Stamps- Winter Floral Mix (SSS); Everyday Sentiments (YNS)

Inks- Versamark; Brushos

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); black cs (Michaels)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); white eb powder; heat tool;

pop dots; Embossing folder; Cuttlebug; paintbrush

Monochromatic- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello and Welcome

Time for a new theme at the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge.

This month, I have the pleasure of hosting so our theme will be Monochromatic.

This month we welcome our guest  

Birgit (Rapport fran ett skrivbord)

As most of you know, I love creating monochromatic and silhouette cards so this was an easy one to create.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and placed it into my Misti.  Next, I positioned the flower near the bottom portion of my paper.  I coloured the flower with various shades of blue Tombow markers, sprayed with water and pressed onto my paper.  I repeated that process until I was happy with the inking.

When the piece was dry, I took some diluted DOX ink and added a wash of colour around the flower with a paintbrush.  There was a bit of ink left on my mat so I used it to splatter as well, adding to the interest.

When the whole piece was dry, I stamped the sentiment from the PB set called Joy and Merriment then added the blue dot to the flower center.  I simply mounted the piece onto a white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Craft Stamper Magazine- TAKE IT MAKE IT

Cardz 4 Galz- SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH S (splattered)

Supplies

Stamps- Joy and Merriment (PB); Red Star (PB)

Ink- Tombow Markers; Versafine Nocturne; Peacock Feathers DOX 

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); paintbrush; blue dot (YNS)

Fallen Leaf- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello and Welcome.

Time for another card for the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge

Great theme this month 

It is also a very special month for all of us at the challenge as we celebrate 3 years!

For our birthday celebration, we are offering some great prizes to be won.

Prizes

$25 GC for SSS for Challenge Winner

$25 GC for SSS for one random draw of eligible entries

We are also so happy to welcome our guest this month:

Guest Designer:  Ros (Mikey's Mom)

Here are my card details.

 I went for a walk and picked up a maple leaf, one on the smaller side so it would fit my card front.

I painted the backside of the leaf (the side with all the raised veins) with some diluted green and brown Brushos with a paintbrush and then pressed the leaf onto my heavy white cardstock.  I love how natural it looked on my paper.  I let it dry for a little bit, then I went back in with a wet paintbrush and pulled some of the colour out around the leaf to make it look like it was laying in a wet puddle.

When that was all nice and dry, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment, then splattered all over using some black acrylic paint.

I simply mounted it onto a white card base, keeping it clean and simple.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios)

Inks- Versafine Clair Nocturne; Brushos

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black acrylic paint; real maple leaf; paintbrush

Go With Heart- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome

Here is my reminder card for the 

CAS WATERCOLOUR CHALLENGE

This month our theme is Complementary Colours.

Here is a colour wheel to help you with that:

We are so happy to welcome our special guest this month

  Anita (Stampin with Anita)

I created a very simple, clean and simple card for the challenge.  

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock as my card front.  I rubbed some Squeezed Lemonade and some Fossilized Amber DOX ink onto a piece of acetate, sprayed with water and pressed onto my card front.  I repeated that process using some Peacock Feathers and some Broken China DOX ink over the yellows.

When that was dry, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the flowers, then the sentiment.  

I splattered some black acrylic paint over it all and simply mounted it onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING STAMPED GOES

STAMPlorations- NEVER ENDING/ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Beautiful You (STAMPlorations); All Your Heart - Say It Big Series (STAMPlorations)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- acetate sheet; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Mister (TH)

Complementary Colours- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome

I can't believe that it is September already...wow, that summer when so quickly!

Happily though, it's time for a new theme at the 

CAS WATERCOLOUR CHALLENGE

This month our theme is Complementary Colours.

Here is a colour wheel to help you with that:

We are so happy to welcome our special guest this month

  Anita (Stampin with Anita)

So onto my card details.

I decided to use green and red as my complementary colours.  Now usually you would think Christmas, but I wanted to go for something else.

So, I got out this fun Peacock Feathers stamp and my Brushos.  I placed my paper into my Misti then I diluted some green and red Brushos with water to activate the pigments and painted onto the stamp with a paint brush.

I also sprayed the stamp with water to help further activate the colour and help them blend together.

I concentrated most of the greens to the bottom and the reds to the top, that way the colours wouldn't muddy up and make brown.

The Misti is an invaluable tool to use with this technique as you can repeat painting the stamp until you are happy with the results and coverage you have.

While that dried, I stamped the sentiment with Versamark and white heat embossed it.  I pop dotted it over the dry image and mounted it onto a white card base.

I hope you come and play along with us.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Sentiments (YNS); Peacock Feathers (Technique Junkies)

Inks- Brushos, Versamark

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); black cs

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); white eb powder; heat tool; paintbrush