Watercolored Birthday Greetings

Hello and Welcome.

Today, I have the pleasure of being the Guest at

Craft Stamper Magazine.

Here is the card I created for the theme 'Take a Stamp'.

I began by watercolouring the background with some of my Distress Oxide inks.  To do that, I pressed the pads directly onto my non-stick mat, sprayed with a bit of water and picked up the colour with a paintbrush.  I also used my 'acetate inking' technique to add colour to the background.

To see how I do that, go here.

Acetate Inking

When I was happy with the inking, I stenciled with some Black Soot Distress Oxide ink and then stamped the clock face and the birthday greeting.  

BTW....my husband loved his card.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- BUBBLES

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK

Aud Sentiments- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Seize the Birthday- VIBRANT BIRTHDAY

Supplies

Stamps- Birthday (Studio G); Weathered Clock (Hampton Arts); 

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Distress Oxide (Peacock Feather, Fossilized Amber, 

Seedless Preserves, Salty Ocean)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- acetate sheet; stencil(TCW); paintbrush; non-stick craft mat (TH)

Mister (TH)

One Stamp- Two Cards

Happy Saturday!

Just recently I noticed there is a new challenge in town, so I wanted to give it a try since it sounded like fun.

The challenge is called Twofer....make 2 cards for different occasions using the same stamp.

So here's what I came up with.

 

Card #1

 I created the first card as one of encouragement that could be used for many different occasions.

I placed this wonderful feather stamp into my Misti and coloured directly onto my stamp using Tombow markers.  I sprayed with water then pressed onto my paper.

I repeated that process until I was happy with the colour blends.

When it was all dry, I stamped the sentiment and clear heat embossed it to help it pop.

 Card #2

I created my second card as a birthday card, more masculine feeling and monochromatic.

Instead of stamping the whole feather, I masked off my card front on an angle, stamped the feathers with gray ink on the left side using my Misti, then turned the feather and stamped again to the side.

 I used my ScorBug to add a dotted perforated line to help add interest.

It was fun to see what I could come up with using the same stamp.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my cards to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ADD A SENTIMENT 

(card #1)

Use Your Stuff- MONOCHROMATIC

(card #2)

Twofer- FEATHERS

Supplies

Card #1- Stamps- Peacock Feathers (Technique Junkies); Everyday Beauty (Impression Obsession)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Tombow Markers

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; Mister (TH); clear EB powder; heat tool

Card #2- Stamps- Peacock Feathers (TJ); Happy Birthday (Studio G)

Inks- London Fog Memento

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- ScorBug; ScorPal; tape for masking; Misti

 

Just Because- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning and Welcome.

Time for another card for The Flower Challenge. 

This month out theme is:

For my card, I took a super simple approach.

I placed this stamp called Sketchy Florals into my Misti and stamped with black.  I stamped the flower part again onto another piece of cardstock and cut it out using a Spellbinder die.

I haven't watercoloured using my Distress Oxides yet but have read how others have loved using them for that, so I decided to give it a try. 

I rubbed the inks onto my non-stick craft sheet and picked up the colors with a wet paintbrush.  I found it worked best if I wet my paper first to help the inks flow and move better.  I have to say that they worked great.

When the circle was dry, I used pop dots to position it over the main stamped panel and stamped the sentiment from that same set at the top.  

To add some extra interest, I covered the flower with some clear Wink of Stella which is a shame that you can't see it in the photo.

There is still time to play along so I hope you will join us.

Thanks for looking.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Addicted to Stamping- CLEAN AND SIMPLE
Use Your Stuff- MONOCHROMATIC
Make My Monday- BLUE AND WHITE
The Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Sketchy Florals- Altenew

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Faded Jeans, Salty Ocean, Broken China DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- circle die (Spellbinder); Wink of Stella (clear); pop dots; paintbrush; 

non-stick craft mat

Acetate Inking- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello and Welcome.

Time for more fun at the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge

Our theme this month is 'Anything Goes'

This month we welcome out guest Hideko from Papercraft Boutique.

Please check out all the great inspirations the Design Team has created.

 I had the most frustrating time trying to photograph this card so I apologize for the poor quality.

So onto my card.  

As most of you already know, I love to play with my inks and create watercoloured backgrounds that are quick and simple.  I have found that by using a piece of acetate, I can do this quite efficiently as I can bend it and manipulate the inks and place them where I want them to go.

I added ink over ink then when they were all dry, I edged the inked area using my ScorBug and my ScorPal and added the 'Let is Snow' and the snowflake die.  Lastly, I added a silver Nuvo drop to the center of the snowflake.

I created a few of these backgrounds and I took pictures of my process so you could see how I did it.

Hope you enjoy it.

Acetate Inking

Step #1

I got out my piece of acetate and my Distress Oxide inks.

Rub ink onto the acetate sheet.

Step #2

Spray with water, then you can bend the sheet and place the ink wherever you want it to go.

Step #3

Dry each colour layer (I used my heat tool) and then add additional colours you want for your piece.

Finished backgrounds and ready to make a card.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

 Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas- QUICK AND EASY

CAS on Friday- CHRISTMAS

Shopping Our Stash- SNOW MUCH FUN

STAMPlorations Never Ending- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Picked Raspberry, Iced Spruce DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- acetate sheet; Stitched Snowflake die (Lawn Fawn); Let is Snow die (STAMPlorations); 

Scorbug; ScorPal; Mister (TH); Cuttlebug; Nuvo silver drops

Joyous Greetings

Hello and Welcome.

Meet today's card. 
Playing with a new stamp from Penny Black called Red Delight and I must say, it was a delight to stamp with.

I began by masking the edges of my heavy weight cardstock with Painter's Tape.  

*the paper I get from my local store holds up well to a good amount of water and is smoother then watercolor paper which I like to use with this technique*

Next, I placed the paper into my Misti, coloured the stamp with Tombow markers, sprayed with water and stamped for a watercolour look.  Any type of water-based marker works with this technique because as you add water, the colours blend together to give the appearance of watercolouring.

I like to start with the lightest colour and add touches of a darker colour, repeating the above process.

Using the Misti makes the process of adding additional layers of colours a breeze.

If you don't have a Misti, then add all the colours onto the stamp at first,  layering them, spray with water and stamp just once letting the colours blend together.

For the watercolored background, I scribbled some ink with my Tombow markers directly onto my non-stick craft sheet and picked up the colour with a wet paintbrush.  I wet my cardstock first with water before applying the ink.  I added the black dots to the flower centers using a fine line black marker.

When it was all dry, I used my Misti again to stamp the sentiment from a great new PB set called Joyful Wishes.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Christmas Card Throwdown- COLOURS (RED< GREEN<PINK)
Hiding in My Craft Room- ANY HOLIDAY
Sweet Stampin Christmas- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS
The Merry Christmas Challenge- ANYTHING GOES CHRISTMAS


Supplies
Stamps- Red Delight (PB)/ Joyful Wishes (PB)
Inks- Archival Black (Ranger)
Paper- heavy white (local store)
Accessories and Tools- Tombow Markers/ Misti/ paintbrush/ non-stick craft mat (Ranger)
Painter's tape/ fine tip black marker (Staples)

Queen Anne's Lace

Good Morning.

Meet today's card.

I made this one using a very fun technique called Tissue Paper Watercolour.

Please check out the great video my friend 

Loll Thompson made here.

So I began by re-inkers directly onto my non-stick craft mat, sprayed with water then pressed the tissue paper into the wet ink.  

It is good to have some wrinkles and bumps in it, they add interest.  

I then set it aside to dry.  That's the hard part, the wait.  You could also help it along by drying it with a heat tool but I decided to be patient.

When it was dry, I glued it onto a piece of acetate and let it dry.

** I didn't have any regular acetate on hand but I do own a laminator, so I laminated one of those sheets together and used that.  It was nice and sturdy and great to use!! ** 

I die-cut the flowers from the TH Wildflowers and glued it over the acetate side.

Lastly, I die-cut the Wonky Stitched frame, mounted my piece behind the frame and pop-dotted it onto my plain white card front.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look!!

Adding my card to these challenges:
Crazy 4 Challenges- Bright and Cheerful
CAS on Friday- EXOTIC
Crafty Creations- ANYTHING GOES
Paper Minutes- SUMMER


Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- Re-inkers- Peeled Paint, Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers (Ranger)
Paper- heavy white (local store); tissue paper
Accessories and Tools- Wonky Stitches (Avery Elle); Wildflowers (TH); laminator; 
laminating sheet; Tombow Mono Aqua glue

Simplicity- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning.

Meet today's card and time for more fun at 

The Flower Challenge

This month our theme is Background Stamping.

I decided to create a very clean and simple card.

I began by masking the edges of my heavy white cardstock with Painter's Tape.  I placed the PB stamp called Glory of Modesty into my Misti, inked with Broken China DOX, sprayed with water and pressed it onto my paper.  I love how the edges were undefined and added to the look of the loose flower vines.

To help make the flowers pop, I went back in with my Zigs and added colour just around the outside edges.

 I stamped the sentiment from Happy Wishes and mounted the piece onto more white cardstock to keep it clean and simple.

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

On a personal note:  I am super busy with 5 little daycare kiddos for the summer/10 hrs a day.

I so appreciate all your most kind comments and visits.  

I am doing my best to visit your blogs and answer all your emails.  Please keep persevering with me during this hectic time. 

Thanks.

Adding my card to these challenges;

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING STAMPED GOES
Crafting With Attitude- ANYTHING GOES
Simply Papercraft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps:  Glory of Modesty, Happy Wishes (Penny Black)

Ink- Broken China Distress Oxide (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti, painter's tape, Zigs

Wish Big- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello and welcome to another card for the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge.

This month our theme is Summer.

This is what I came up with.

I began by stamping this great image from Technique Tuesday onto a heavy white cardstock.

I clear heat embossed it to prevent it from running when I dipped it into the inks.

Next, I pressed some of my blue Distress ink pads directly onto my non-stick craft mat, sprayed with water and dipped my stamped piece into that.  

There was still ink left on my mat, so I used a wet paintbrush to add more colour to the washed bkg.

Next, I die cut the frame and the opening with my Cuttlebug then using my Misti, I stamped the sentiment and the birds onto the frame.  

I cut my stamped piece small enough to fit inside the cut away area and pop dotted it into place.

Please come join the challenge with your summer card.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- CHEERS
Simon Says Wed.- EMBOSS
Addicted to Stamps and More- ANYTHING GOES
City Crafter Challenge- FRAME IT

Supplies

Stamps- Big Wish (TT); By the Sea 2 (Gina K)

Inks- Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, Stormy Sky, Peacock Feathers Distress (TH); Memento bl

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- MISTI; In and Out Diagonal Stitched Rect (MFT); clear eb powder;

heat tool; Cuttlebug; non-stick craft mat (TH)

'Orange' You Glad it's Summer- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning.

It's time for another card for 

The Flower Challenge 

Our theme this month is Anything Goes.

Here's what I came up with.

I began by die-cutting the Wonky Stitched Frame using a heavy white cardstock.  

Since I wanted this great sentiment to be the focal point, using my Misti, I stamped the saying with Memento black ink then clear heat embossed onto the die-cut panel.  I find the ink really pops if I heat emboss it and there is no chance of me smearing the ink when I add the watercolouring.

Next, I stamped the flowers around the edges using my Misti and I coloured them in with Zigs and a wet paintbrush.  I like to place a bit of colour right at the base of the flower and then use the wet brush to pull the colour into the petals.  

While that dried, I stamped my background using the Arty stamp inked with orange dye ink.

I thought it made an interesting frame for the main panel.

Please come and play along with us.

Thanks so very much for the visit.


Adding my card to these challenges:
 Simon Says- EMBOSS IT
Addicted to Stamps and More- ANYTHING GOES
City Crafter- FRAME IT

Supplies

Stamps- Arty (Kaisercraft); Beautiful Moments (Close to My Heart); Flora Bella #1 (Prima)

Ink- Tuxedo Black Memento; Zigs;Carved Pumpkin Distress (TH)

Paper- heavy white cs (local store)

Accessories and Tools- MISTI; clear embossing powder; Wonky Stitched die (Avery Elle); 

paintbrush; Cuttlebug

Natural Beauty- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning.
It's time for a new card for
The Flower Challenge

 This month's theme is Anything Goes.

Spring is blooming and the poppies are such a happy, welcome sight.
I picked up this wonderful stamp back in April at Scrapfest and wanted to ink it up.

I began by masking my watercolour  paper with painter's tape.  Just a reminder, if you are using this tape remove some of the tack or it will tear your paper.  Nothing worse then finishing a card front, removing the tape and ripping the edges.
I inked my stamp inside my Misti with black ink and stamped.  I added clear embossing powder over the image and heat set it.  Next, I  coloured them using my Zigs.  I like to put some colour on the base of my flowers then using a wet paintbrush, pull the colour up into the top of the image.
I stamped the sentiment and then used some Distress ink to sponge the edges, removed the painter's tape and mounted the piece onto a red cardstock base.

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

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
Addicted to Stamps and More- CLEAN AND SIMPLE
Watercooler Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES
Crafty Purple Frog- FABULOUSLY FLORAL

Supplies
Stamps- Sketchy Poppies (Frog's Whiskers Ink); Life's Path (High Hopes Rubber)
Ink- Tuxedo black Memento; Peeled Paint Distress (TH)
Paper- Canson 140lb watercolour
Accessories and Tools- MISTI, clear eb powder, heat tool, painter's tape, Zigs, paintbrush

Blooming Time

Morning.

I can't believe we are halfway through April already.

Time for another 'sketch' card for

The Flower Challenge.

Here is the sketch.

I began by masking off the band across the top as per the sketch.  
I stamped the Hibiscus flower to create a mask on a piece of thin computer paper, then using my Misti I stamped the flower repeatedly, masking as I went along covering my card front.  By masking I was able to overlap my flowers and give more dimension. 
I then coloured in behind the flowers using a grey Copic marker leaving the flowers white.
 I stamped another single flower from that same set onto my white cs, watercoloured it using a grey Zig marker then fussy cut it out.
I removed the masked strip from along the top, then scored along the edges of that area with my ScorBug to create interest.  For those of you unfamiliar with that tool, it is used with a ScorPal and creates little perforated dots.
I cut a strip of white cardstock to fit inside the area at the top that had been masked off and stamped the sentiment onto that strip, glued it withing that area, then pop dotted the watercolored flower over that strip.
I added 3 clear pearls to the center of the flower as a finishing touch.

 Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK

Crafting By Designs- GIRLS OR FLOWERS

Crafty Creations- ANYTHING GOES

CRAFT Challenge- WHITE AND ONE OTHER COLOR


Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies
Stamps- Wild Hibiscus (Altenew), Smile (Daisy Bucket-no longer in business)
Paper- 120 lb white cs (bulk local store)
Ink- Memento black, Copic marker, Zig Waterbrush marker
Accesories and Tools- ScorBug, ScorPal, pop dots, clear pearls, Misti

Dream On

Welcome and hello.

Today, I am playing with some new stamps from Penny Black..always fun to play with new toys.

I love to watercolour so my first thought when I saw this Effulgent flower stamp was to give it a look of watercolour.  I did that by placing the  flower in my Misti, coloured it with my Tombow markers, sprayed with water and stamped.  I repeated that process with a darker shade of blue to give the flower more interest.

To help balance out my card front, I stamped the Unfolding flower in the bottom left corner by using the same process as mentioned above.  

Next, I sponged the edges with Distress ink and added some stenciling using drywall tape.

* Drywall tape is always sitting on my desk and I love using it to give more depth and interest to my backgrounds or just to perk up the look of a card. *

I stamped the sentiment from the Happy Wishes sentiment set using my Misti again and Memento ink.

Finally, I added some Nuvo drops; sorry it is hard to see those in the photo.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- Happy Birthday

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANYTHING GOES

Try it on Tuesday- BOTANICAL

Crafty Cardmakers- SPRING INTO SPRING

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Effulgent, Happy Wishes, Unfolding (Penny Black)

Paper- 110 lb white (bulk local store)

Ink- Memento black, Peacock Feathers Distress (TH)

Accessories and Tools- Misti, markers (Tombow), Nuvo clear, drywall tape, 

sponge applicator (Ranger), Mini Mister (TH)

Blooming Time- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning.

Time for another fun challenge at 

THE FLOWER CHALLENGE

It's an Anything Goes theme this month.

I created a sunny, yellow card for the challenge.

I began by using this great flower stencil from STAMPlorations.  I rubbed Squeezed Lemonade and Mowed Lawn Distress ink over the stencil and removed.
I took my Zig markers and coloured in some of the open areas then using a wet paintbrush, watercoloured in those areas.
I place the Live Each Season sentiment by Serendipity Stamps into my Misti, inked with Archival black ink and stamped.
To add more interest and depth, I sponged on some more Squeezed Lemonade along the edges and splattered with some orange.

CAS Watercolour Challenge- SPRING

Addicted to Stamps and More-  ANYTHING GOES

STAMPlorations Never Ending- ANYTHING GOES

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING GOES with Stamping

The Artistic Stamper- SPRINGTIME


Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Serendipity/ stencil- STAMPlorations/ inks- Archival, Distress/ inking tool/ paintbrush

Springtime- CAS Watercolour Challenge

I can't believe it's March already and that Spring is on our doorstep...can't wait.

So that means it's time for another challenge at the 

CAS WATERCOLOUR CHALLENGE.

Great theme this month....Spring!

Playing with a new stamp for me from Technique Tuesday called Cosmos.
I reminded me of poppies so I decided to colour them red.
 I placed the stamp inside my Misti, stamped then heat embossed with white powder.
I added a touch of colour to the flowers using my Zig markers then used a paintbrush to paint them in. It is so easy to get a watercoloured look using them.
Next, I die-cut the window using the Rectangle Peek a Boo die from MFT.  The stitched edges add such interest and framed out the image so well.
Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from Mama Elephant using my Misti again.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Creations- ANYTHING GOES

Paper Minutes- SPRING



Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Mama Elephant, TT/ ink- Memento/ wh eb powder/ heat tool/ Misti/ Zig markers/ Cuttlebug

Flowers for a Friend

Morning.

Meet today's card.  I made it using one of my all time favourite flower stamps by Magenta.

I feel inspired when I pick it up to stamp with.  

I'm sure you have some of those favs in your collection too!

I began by placing the flower stamp called Clover Silhouette from Magenta into my MISTI.

I inked with blue Zig markers, sprayed with water then stamped.  After stamping with the blue, I inked with grey Memento ink, stamped off to remove some of the ink and then onto my paper to create a shadow effect.

I stamped the sentiment from Impression Obsession with Versamark and white heat embossed.  

Lastly, I rubbed Salty Ocean Distress ink over my card front to help reveal my sentiment.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Stampavie and More- EMBOSSING

Watercooler Wednesday- MASCULINE ANYTHING GOES 

Happy Little Stampers- CAS-BLUE

Thanks so very much for coming to take a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Magenta, IO/ ink- Versamark, Distress, Memento/ inking tool/ white eb powder/ MISTI/ Zig markers

Watercolour Beauties- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning.

It's time for another card for

The Flower Challenge.

Our theme this month is

This month we are casing a gorgeous card made by Therese Calvird.

I decided to make a very clean and simple card by using the French Marigold flower stamp from STAMPlorations.

First, I stamped the flower onto scrap paper and fussy cut it out to use as my mask.

I place the flower stamp into my Misti and stamped it into the corner with Versamark ink, sprinkled on white embossing powder and heat set.  I masked the flower and repeated that process for the second one.

Using my Zigs, I watercoloured the flowers then stamped the sentiment from Penny Black called

Growing Free (I think it's retired) with Archival black ink.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed- FANTASTIC FLORALS

Addicted to Stamps and More- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

STAMPlorations Never Ending- ANYTHING GOES

Hope you can come and play along with us!

Thanks for the visit.

Supplies:  stamps- STAMPlorations, Penny Black/ ink- Versamark, Archival/ wh. eb powder/ heat tool/ Zig markers/ MISTI/ paintbrush