TTCRD- Guest Designer

Morning.  

Last month, this card won the challenge at Through The Craft Room Door.  

So today, I have the honour of being the Guest Designer and here is the card I came up with.

The sponsor for this challenge is Sandi's Samples. Great digi images.  The theme this month is 'Anything Goes' so hope you can play along.

(I wanted to use one of Sandi's images on my card but my printer died so I went with inks instead)

I love the look of watercolour and Distress inks are perfect for creating that look.

The small panel on the front was created by rubbing Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans and Dusty Concord Distress inks using a sponge in a circle design.  I then took a paint brush with water and splattered and painted circles over the ink.  Distress inks are water-based so the water removed some of the ink to leave a pattern behind.  When that was dry, I stamped the sentiment from Daisy Bucket using Memento black ink.

Now for the card front.  I used a stencil from SSS and sponged the same colours from above then painted over the ink with water again.  

The small panel was then pop dotted over the stenciled background to finish off my card.

Love those colours together and adding the water gives it such an airy feel.

Also adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- SEEING SPOTS

Seize the Birthday- CREATE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

Simon Says- CLEAN and SIMPLE

Addicted to Stamps- ANYTHING GOES

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

Supplies:  stamp- Daisy Bucket/ Distress ink/ Memento bl./ paint brush/ stencil-SSS/  

Breezy

Morning.  

Meet today's card.  It may look involved but was super easy to create..just the way I like it!

 Still playing with my new Brushos (crystal paint pigment) but this time, I am using bleach to remove some of the colour.  

Here is what I did for the background.  I sprinkled Brushos in yellow, blue and a hint of green onto my 90lb. watercolour paper.  I sprayed with water to activate the ink and watched the magic happen.  

I dried it all with my heat gun then inked up the Circular Design with bleach and stamped it onto the Brusho background.  The bleach removed some of the ink to reveal a wonderful pattern ready to be stamped over.

HINT:  I made my bleach stamp pad by folding paper towels and placing them in a shallow dish.  I poured a bit of bleach into the dish just to lightly dampen the paper towels.  I immediately washed my stamp with soap and water to neutralize the bleach when I was done so the stamp would not be ruined.

When that was dry, I inked up the Breezy fern stamp with Stazon ink and stamped over the bkg.  To create a bit of a shadow behind the leaves, I stamped again using Grey Memento ink.

Lastly, I added the This Day sentiment to finish off my card.

*All stamps from Penny Black*

 

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- SEEING SPOTS

(my bkg.)

Seize the Birthday- MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

One Crazy Stamper- ANYTHING GOES

Challenge Up Your Life- WATERCOLOUR

Thanks once again, for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Penny Black/ bleach/ Stazon ink/ Memento grey/ Brushos (got mine on Amazon)

Silhouette Garden

Happy Saturday!  

The sun is shining and my part of the world is beginning to come alive with colour....finally.

Today's card is inspired by the challenge at Splitcoast from a Pinterest board called Timbres-Postage Stamps.  Wonderful array of beautiful postage stamps to be inspired by.

These are the ones that inspired my card:

 

Anyone who visits my blog knows that I am having such a fun time playing with Bister and now Brushos.  They are both a crystalized paint medium that you sprinkle onto your cardstock and spray with water.  They are so easy to use and I just love the explosion of colour created when you add the water.  Unique and different every time.  

I created this piece by sprinkling green and blue Brushos onto my 90lb. watercolour paper then sprayed with water.  I stamped the flower garden from Memory Box on one area of the painted background with Stazon black ink and cut it out.  I mounted that onto a piece of black cardstock and was ready to pop dot it onto my card front but thought it looked sort of lost on it's own.  Since I still had the rest of the painted paper left, I added it behind the image for another pop of colour.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- MAKE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

Simon Says- CLEAN and SIMPLE

Addicted to Stamps- ANYTHING GOES

Virginia's View- LAYERS and DIMENSION

Sister Act- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.  I appreciate you!

Supplies:  stamp- Memory Box/ Brusho/ mini mister/ Stazon ink/ pop dots

Happiness Blooms

Meet today's card.  I am playing along with the Clean and Simple challenge at Splitcoast this am.  

The theme today is 'April Showers'. 

It is pouring rain here today so good time to make a card.

I just recently picked up a set of watercolour crayons and have been playing with them.  I first wet the flowers with water then coloured directly on the stamp with the crayons.  I then sprayed on some more water and stamped.  It left a pretty watercolour impression which is what I was going for.

I stamped the fun sentiment from HA then splattered some diluted Salty Ocean Distress ink in the background to look like raindrops.  The card still looked like it needed something more so I sponged the edges with more Distress ink.  I edged the card with red cardstock to help perk up the colour.

I am also adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- SHOWERS

Use Your Stuff- ANYTHING GOES

A Gem of a Challenge- SPRING IS IN THE AIR

Time Out- #29- RAIN

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Hero Arts, Unity/ Distress ink/ Staedtler watercolour crayons/ mini mister

Gentleness

Morning.  

Thanks again for all your most kind emails from yesterday's post.  You really made me feel teary eyed and so appreciative!

Well anyways, here is a card I made inspired by the challenge at Splitcoast and these two photo prints from Pottery Barn.  

 The woodgrain background was created by using the Embossing Folder Stamping Technique.  I just love using this technique as it gets me so much more mileage from my EB folders.  

I inked inside of my embossing folder (raised side) with Antique Linen Distress ink, sprayed with water and pressed my paper gently into the wet ink.  

I just got some Staedtler watercolour crayons and wanted to try them out for the flowers.  So, when the bkg. was dry, I sprayed the flower stamp with water and coloured directly onto my stamp with the crayon.  I sprayed again then stamped.  Since I have never used watercolour crayons before, I love the variation of colour I got using the same crayon.

Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from Kaisercraft with black Memento ink.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG.

The Mixed Media- FLOWERS

Challenge Up Your Life- WATERCOLOUR

Sister Act Card- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks again for taking the time to come and visit.  

Supplies:  stamps- Unity, Kaisercraft/ Distress ink/ eb folder/ mini mister/ Staedtler watercolour crayons/ Memento bl ink

Winner Profile

Happy Saturday!

Last month, I played along with the challenge at Craft Stamper Magazine and this card won that challenge.

(click on the photo to see my original blog post)

Well I was thrilled that they chose my card!  Now this card will be published in their magazine.  Wow...I have never been published before and it is a real honour. 

Not sure when though.

Anyways, today at the Craft Stamper Magazine blog, they are doing a profile about me if you want to read more about me.  Thanks to the magazine for choosing my card.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Have a great weekend.

April Showers

"April Showers bring May flowers."

Such a great time of year when nature emerges from it's sleep and all the green begins to appear again.

 then the colour of the flowers.  

Meet today's card.  I tried to depict the rainy showers in the background using a stencil and Bister.

I laid my stencil on my card front then sprinkles Bister over it.  Next, I sprayed with water lightly being sure to cover the whole stencil and removed it right away to help avoid the ink seeping under the stencil.  It left behind a lovely speckled, rainy feeling look.

When it was all dry, I stamped the flowers using Memento black ink and the sentiment.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- SHOWERS

Simon Says- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

The Mixed Media- FLOWERS

The Sisterhood of Crafters- APRIL SHOWERS

Happy Little Stampers- STENCIL

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Magenta, Daisy Bucket/ Bisters/ stencil-The Crafter's Workshop/ Mememto bl/ Mini Mister