Warmest Wishes

Good Morning

Here is another holiday card all ready to be mailed. 

I really like how this one turned out.

I began with the Graceful Whisper stamp from Penny Black and placed it into my Misti.  Using my Tombow markers, I coloured directly onto the branch, sprayed with water and stamped onto my white cardstock.  I repeated that process a few time, introducing different colours on parts of the stamp until I was happy with the look.

Next, I rubbed some Candied Apple DOX ink onto my non-stick craft mat and using a wet paint brush, I watercoloured in the background.  I had some ink left on my mat so used that to splatter then I also rubbed along the edges with some Rusty Hinge DI to darken it a bit.  

I placed the piece back into my Misti to stamp the sentiment from the PB set called Joy and Merriment.  Really lovely sentiment set with a variety of fonts which I love.

I simply mounted the finished piece onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

The Artistic Stamper- CHRISTMAS IS COMING

Shopping Our Stash- HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Supplies

Stamps- Joy and Merriment (PB); Graceful Whisper (PB)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; Candied Apple DOX; Rusty Hinge DI; Tombow Markers

Paper- heavy white

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); paintbrush; Mister (TH); inking tool

Plaid Christmas

Good Morning.

Meet today's card.

My first holiday card made!!

 It all happened while playing with this fun new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called Watercolor Stripes.

Very simple card but I love the effect I was able to create.

So here's what I did.

I began by inking up my stencil with some Peacock Feathers Distress ink, sprayed with water and pressed onto my heavy white cardstock, giving me a Stencil Monoprint. I love the irregular lines and inking it had so I inked it up again the same way, sprayed with water and pressed the stencil in the other direction.  Voila....my plaid bkg was born!!

When the stripes were dry, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the branches and then stamped the simple sentiment.  To help pull the whole design together, I doodled in a border and mounted it onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS

Crafty Calendar- ANYTHING GOES

CAS on Friday- USE A STENCIL

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

Supplies

Stamps- Valley Berries (Memory Box); Many Merry Stars sentiment (SU)

Inks- Peacock Feathers DOX (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Watercolor Stripes (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

Mister (TH); Micron Fine Liner Pen

Snowy Branch

Happy Saturday.

Still creating a few more holiday cards.

This one is super simple and shows off the beautiful colours achieved using Brushos.

For those of you that are not familiar with using Brushos, they are highly pigmented small particles of colour that are activated by adding water.  

So, I began by stamping this branch with Versamark ink and white heat embossed it to create a resist.

I'm sorry I don't know who makes this stamp as the name has worn off my block.  I have had it for years and I still love the simplicity it adds to a design.

Next, I took some Brushos and sparely sprinkled some over the embossed branch, sprayed with water and watched the magic appear.  I helped the colour reach all areas with a wet paint brush.

When the piece was totally dry, I placed it inside my Misti and stamped the sentiment from Penny Black.  I kept it simply by mounting it over a plain white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Mon.- 'B' IS FOR?
(branch)
CAS on Friday- MAKE A CHRISTMAS CARD
The Male Room- CELEBRATE
Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Branch-??; Christmas Sentiment (PB)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Versamark

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

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