Dancing in the Rain

 

Welcome.

Got a fun filled card for you today featuring the new for June stencil called What a Splash from 

A Colorful Life Designs.

I paired it up with a previous release called to Ink Blot create this fun card.

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and positioned the What a Splash stencil over that.  I inked it up with some Salty Ocean and a hint of Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the stencil and replaced it with the Ink Blot stencil and inked that up with some Peacock Feathers DOX ink.  Those colours worked so well together.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen to help add more of the look of rain falling.
• When it was dry, I placed it into my Misti and stamped the silhouette and sentiment.
• I glued the finished panel onto a piece of blue cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Lastly, I added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

What a Splash

Ink Blot

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Fab 'n' Funky- USE A SENTIMENT

Crafting Happiness- ANYTHING GOES

The Crafty Addicts= ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Rain Sentiments and Rain Dance (Technique Junkies)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- stencils (ACLD); Make Art Station (Ranger);

white Posca pen; Misti

Dance in the Rain

 

Welcome

Meet today's card.

A very simple one featuring this stencil called Big Fat Drops from ACLD and this fun silhouette image from Technique Junkies.  

I thought it was a fitting card since we have had sooooo much rain here where I live and my little kiddos just love going out and splashing and dancing in the rain.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by creating this simple background using my Gel Plate.  I pressed my Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide pad directly onto my Gel plate near the top.  Leaving some spaced between, I pressed my Peacock Feathers DOX ink right underneath that then I brayered the colours together creating sort of an ombre effect.
• Next, I laid the Big Fat Drops stencil over the Gel Plate and using the end of a paint brush handle, I gently pushed against the stencil to get good contact. 
• I lifted off the stencil and rubbed a piece of white cardstock over the plate and lifted the print.  It had a fun, watery look to it which is what I wanted.
• I splattered with some diluted Mermaid Lagoon ink to help with the feel of the raindrops.
• When it was all dry, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the image and the sentiment.
• I glued it onto a piece of blue cardstock, then black to tie in with the black silhouette images, then onto a white card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Big Fat Drops

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

CASology- ONE

Crazy 4 Challenges- MONOCHROMATIC

Crafty Calendar- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Rain Dance (Technique Junkies); Rain Sentiment (TJ)

Inks- Distress Oxides; Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Big Fat Drops stencil (ACLD); black gems;

paint brush; Gel Plate; Speedball brayer

Jump in Puddles- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello

Time for a reminder card for the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge

Our theme this month is Something Blue.

So here's what I did to create my card.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and my acrylic mask, positioning it over my card front.  I used my elastic wrapped acrylic block again, inked it up with DOX inks (Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers, Tumbled Glass) and sprayed with water to stamp with.  To add more interest, I did some acetate inking; rub inks onto a sheet of acetate, spray with water and apply to paper. 

When that was dry, I rubbed the edges with some more DOX ink, then splattered on some water to resemble the falling rain.

Next, I removed the mask and placed the piece inside my Misti to stamp the Rain Dance girl.  

I stamped the sentiment, then scored a frame all around the inked area, I like how it frames up the inky area.  

I glued that onto some blue cardstock then onto a plain white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

I hope you will check out the beautiful blue gallery.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Just Us Girls- COLOR WEEK

My Time to Craft- WATERCOLOR

CAS on Friday- PEOPLE

Supplies

Stamps- Rain Dance (Technique Junkies); Puddles (Impression Obsession)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); blue cs

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); ScorPal; elastics; acrylic block;

acetate sheet; clear eb powder; heat tool; sponging tool

Rainy Day in the City

Hello and Welcome.

It's a super rainy day here today so I thought I would post my Rainy Day card.  We sure need the rain after this dry, hot summer we have had.  It also gave me a chance to play with this fun stamp from Technique Junkies, one of my favs.

Using a piece of heavy white cardstock, I placed the stamp inside my Misti, inked with some Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink and stamped onto my paper.  I moved my paper slightly inside my Misti, inked my stamp with some Faded Jeans DOX and stamped again.  I repeated that process with some Hickory Smoke and I was left with a blurred image like you would have on a rainy day.

I then took a wet paintbrush and blended the colours together, then using some more ink, I did a watercolour wash on the sky.  I splattered on some diluted ink to give the effect of rain then stamped the sentiment along the bottom.

The rain is making me 'smile' today.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Craftaholics R Us- ANYTHING GOES
House that Stamps Built- INSPIRATION PALETTE
Moo-Mania- SUMMERTIME

Supplies
Stamps- New York (Technique Junkies)= Smile (Daisy Bucket)
Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento= DOX: Blueprint Sketch, Faded Jeans, Hickory Smoke (TH)
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook Waterloo Ont)
Accessories and Tools- Misti- paintbrush

Puddle Jumping- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello and Welcome.

Time for another card for the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge.

https://caswatercolour.blogspot.com/2018/07/cas-watercolour-july-challenge.html

This month we are using one of my favourite techniques as our challenge:

I have used this technique often and find it a fun and easy way to create colourful background.

Be sure and check out the video links and all the wonderful cards created by our talented Design Team and our special guest Marcia over at the Challenge page.

So onto my card.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock I pick up from a local store.

I rubbed some Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and some Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide inks onto my non-stick craft mat, sprayed with water and slapped my paper into the wet ink, drying between colours.  I tried to concentrate the colour to the bottom of my paper leaving more white open space at the top.

When that was dry, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the image and the fun sentiment with black Memento ink then clear embossed them to help make them pop.

I simply mounted the finished piece onto a white card.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Rain Dance (Technique Junkies)

Inks- Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide (TH); Memento Black

Paper- heavy white

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia)= Craft Mat (Ranger)= 

clear eb powder= heat tool

Rainy Garden View

Happy Saturday.

I had some 'play' time and I just got a new Distress Oxide ink colour I just had to try...Blueprint Sketch.  Let's just say that I wasn't disappointed! 

I wanted a simple card with an irregular inside edge, so I took strips of Post-It Tape and tore them down the middle to use as my masks, giving me a nice white border.

Next, I inked up an acetate sheet with Peacock Feathers, sprayed with water and pressed onto my paper.  I repeated that process using some Salty Ocean DOX as well.  It gave me a rainy style background.

When that was dry, I inked up the flowers with the Blueprint Sketch and stamped using my Misti. and sponged in the edges and some of the background with more Peacock Feathers.  

I removed the tape that I used to mask and simply mounted it onto a blue piece of cardstock.

Hope you have a great weekend and thanks so much for coming to take a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Cardz for Gals- APRIL SHOWERS

Crafty Creations- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Nature Flowers (Art Journey); Dans la Nature (Carabelle)

Inks- Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxides (TH)

Paper- heavy white and blue cs.

Accessories and Tools- acetate sheet, Mister (TH), Misti; Sponging Tool (TH)

Rainy Day in Paris

Good Morning.

Today, I am playing with this new stamp called 'In Paris' from Penny Black.

I can only imagine what it would be like to travel and see the Eiffel Tower.

I wanted to try and depict the sense of rain so here's what I did.

I began by placing the stamp inside my Misti, inked it with Memento black ink and stamped onto my card front.  I clear heat embossed it so it would resist the ink I was about to add.

Next, I took a piece of acetate, inked it up with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxides, sprayed with water and pressed onto my paper.  I repeated that process again using some Salty Ocean and a touch of Faded Jeans DOX.  

To see a pictorial I did go here:

Acetate Inking

I love the way the inking gave my card such a feeling of being in the rain.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- ROAD TRIP

Inspiration Destination- ANYTHING GOES OPTION SPRING

Craft Rocket- SOMETHING NEW

Watercolour Wed.- MASCULINE

The Crafty Addicts- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- In Paris (Penny Black)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento/ Distress Oxides (Salty Ocean, Peacock Feather, Faded Jeans) (TH)

Paper- heavy white, black cardstock

Accessories and Tools- Misti; Wow clear Eb powder; heat tool; acetate sheet; Mister (TH)

Jumping for Joy

Good Morning.

Simple, happy card today using a technique I showed a few weeks ago that I called 

Do a Double Take.  

Basically, it is stenciling over a stencil.

I began by masking my card front using Painter's Tape then using some Peeled Paint Distress ink and stenciled the TCW Chicken Wire as the bkg.  I then took some drywall tape and stenciled over that using Peacock Feather.

Using my Misti, I stamped this wonderful image then this fun sentiment.

I clear heat embossed both to help make the black pop.

Lastly, I splattered some diluted Distress ink to look like rain and rubbed more ink along the card edges.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.


Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- SPLATTER IT
Shopping Our Stash- SPICE UP YOUR LIFE
(Sporty Spice-she jumps around so much on stage)
Addicted to Stamps and More- CAS
Use Your Stuff- INSPIRED BY A QUOTE
Just Us Girls- SHOWERS

Supplies

Stamps- Fruit Loop (Verses);  Rain Dance (Technique Junkies)

Ink- Peacock Feathers, Peeled Paint Distress (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy weight (local Store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; drywall tape; cl embossing powder; heat tool; paintbrush; 

sponge applicator

Reflections on a Rainy Day

Happy Saturday!

Time to have some fun.

Meet today's card.  

Just playing around with some Distress inks and a great scene stamp.

 Recently, I saw the challenge at Technique Junkies that showed how to do a 'drip' technique on your card.  I really wanted to give it a try using this great stamp from them.  So here's what I did.

I wanted to give the scene a reflective look, like it was a rainy day.

I placed the stamp inside my Misti, inked with Tuxedo black ink and stamped.  Leaving the stamp inside my Misti, I shifted the paper slightly and then inked the stamp with Salty Ocean Distress ink and stamped again.  I shifted the paper one last time and did a final inking with London Fog Memento.  The whole image looked blurred but wait....

At this point, I changed the technique a bit but did keep it a 'drip' technique as I didn't have a dropper on hand and not enough re-inkers to use.

So, I took a very wet paintbrush and dripped water down from the top of my card front.  I pressed Distress ink onto my non-stick craft mat and picked up some ink with my wet paintbrush and touched the water lines to give the appearance of rainfall.  The colour stays right where you have added the water.

I continued that process until I was happy with my colour drips then splattered to add to the rainy effect.

Now here's the final step.....again, get a very wet paintbrush and go over your stamped image to blend out the stamping lines and add to the reflective quality of your stamping.  The blurriness will remain but it will look more artsy and lend to the rainy feel.  Added a few splatters to look like raindrops.

Have a great weekend and thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look!

Adding my card to these challenges:

 Technique Junkies- DRIP TECHNIQUE 

Craft Stampers Magazine- TAKE A STAMP/ANYTHING GOES 

The Male Room- OFF THE EDGE 

(I dripped off the edge)

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Watercolor NY (Technique Junkies)

Ink- London Fog, Tuxedo Bl Memento; Blueprint Sketch, Shaded Lilac, Peacock Feathers

Stormy Sky Distress (TH)

Paper- heavy white cs (local store)

Accessories and Tools- MISTI, paintbrush