End of Summer

Good Morning.

Meet today's card.  Very simple one using this great technique with video by my sweet friend Loll Thompson that I am now addicted to!!

Splash Watercolour

This technique is super simple and makes a background simple and quickly.

For my card, I rubbed Broken China Distress Oxide ink onto my non-stick craft sheet, sprayed with water and 'slapped' my paper into the wet ink getting the splashed look on my card front.

I repeated that process using some Faded Jeans Distress Oxides to add more depth and colour.

I dried between the layers to create the water drops that looks like an ocean spray.

When that was all dry and I was happy with the colour layering, I stamped the sentiment using my Misti with black Memento ink then clear heat embossed.

I die-cut the birds and glued them onto my card front.

I hate to see summer end but right now we are having summer weather that I will totally enjoy.

Have a great rest of your wknd.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- CLEAN AND SIMPLE
Little Red Wagon- DISTRESS IT
Addicted to Stamps and More- CLEAN AND SIMPLE
Alphabet Challenge- 'N' FOR NAUTICAL
CAS Watercolour- SILHOUETTE
Time Out- INSPIRED BY WORDS

Supplies

Stamp- Bring on the Sun (Technique Tuesday)

Inks- Tuxedo Bl Memento/ DOX- Faded Jeans, Broken China

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- cl eb powder/ heat tool/ non-stick mat (Ranger)/ Misti/ 

Birds in Flight die (Memory Box)

Love Letter- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome

It's time for another card for the 

CAS WATERCOLOUR CHALLENGE

 This month our theme is silhouette...right up my alley!

This card came together so quickly.

I inked the background using an acylic sheet and some Brushos.  The acrylic sheet is a backing from one of my stamp sets that is thin and flexible.

So, I sprinkled some Leaf Green Brushos onto the acrylic sheet, sprayed it with a bit of water to activate the ink and pressed onto my paper.  I repeated that process using some Turquoise Brushos and water until I was happy with the colour placement.  Since the acrylic sheet is so thin, I could bend it and place the ink exactly where I wanted it to go.

 Next, I placed this Love Letter stamp (new-to-me) into my Misti, inked with Archival Black ink and stamped.  It has all the details and splatters already on it so it's a super easy stamp to use and get great details and interest with little effort.  I clear embossed the image to get it to really pop.

I did add a hint of stenciling behind the main image using a Tim Holtz stencil and some Distress ink.

 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

You still have time to come and play along with us too.


Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Less Is More- TAKE FLIGHT
Addicted to Stamps and More- CLEAN AND SIMPLE
Craft Stamper Magazine- STAMP IT
A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Love Letter (Prima)

Ink- Archival Black (Ranger)/ Brushos- Leaf Green, Turquoise/ Lawn Green Distress (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti/ Mister (TH)/ paintbrush/ cl embossing powder/ heat tool/

stencil- Dot Fade (TH)/ acrylic sheet

Season's Greetings Poinsettia- The Flower Challenge

Good morning.

Meet my first holiday card of the year.  

Yes, I'm way behind as life has gotten in the way.

It's also time for more fun at 

The Flower Challenge.

I used the middle diagonal themes- Gems, Watercolor, CAS.

So, I began by placing this lovely Penny Black poinsettia called Red Star into my Misti,  coloured directly onto the rubber with my Tombow markers, sprayed with water and stamped.

I repeated that process starting with the lightest shade of marker and adding some darker color until I was happy with the impression.  I also used my Prismacolor Pencils to add additional detail to the flower centers and blended that out using a wet paintbrush.

I stamped the sentiment using my Misti again and clear heat embossed it.

To add interest to the background, I stamped the PB Script using Versamark ink, then white heat embossed it.
 Lastly, I rubbed the whole piece with Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick Distress ink.

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


Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- CLEAN AND SIMPLE
Little Red Wagon- DISTRESS IT
Christmas Card Challenge- ANYTHING GOES (optional cookies)
Addicted to Stamps- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Season Greetings (PB)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento/ Distress-Worn Lipstick, Spun Sugar (TH)/

Versamark

Paper- Heavy Weight white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- white eb powder/ heat tool/ Misti/ Prismacolor Pencils/ paintbrush

Summer's End

Good Morning.

I must say that I am sad to see the summer ending but the crisp, cool Fall air feels refreshing.

Happy to have some time to stamp today and play with some new-to-me stamps.

I wanted to create a washed watercolour background for my card.  I did that simply by inking up my long acrylic block with Distress inks, sprayed with water and dragged the ink over the front of my card.  It is a super easy way to add ink yet leaving some white space behind.

Next, using my Misti, I stamped the flowers across the panel.  To add a bit of interest, I stamped the chevrons along the side too.  I think it just helped to break up all the flowers.

Stamped the sentiment and mounted it onto a white card base keeping it very clean and simple.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

CAS Watercolour- SILHOUETTE

Little Red Wagon- GIVE US YOUR BKG 

Simon Says- STAMPTEMBER STAMP IT

Just Us Girls- BLOCK WATERCOLOURING STAMPING

Supplies

Stamps- Dans la Nature (Carabelle)/ Chevrons D13123 (Impression Obession)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento/ Distress inks- Wilted Violet, Stormy Sky, Salty Ocean

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti/ Mister (TH)/ long acrylic block

Simple Pleasures

Hello and Welcome.

I haven't had much time for stamping these days.

Very happy to be able to create a card today.

This card is simple and clean looking using a fresh colour of green Distress Oxide ink.  Love how you can easily stamp over these inks and they are great for creating layered backgrounds.

For this bkg. I must give a big shout-out to my friend Loll Thompson and her video:

Splash Watercolour

Very fun and easy tutorial to follow too!

Hope you check it out.

I used Peeled Paint DOX for my background and when dry, I stamped the images over the inky green using my Misti.  To add further interest to my card, I stenciled the clock face to one side and the dots on the other.
 I love how this card turned out, simple and quick to create.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Enjoy your weekend.

Adding my card to these challenges:

 Art Journey- Pastel Colours

Little Red Wagon- CREATE A BKGD
Craft Stamper- ANYTHING STAMPED GOES
Crafting With Friends- ANYTHING GOES
Simon Says- STAMPtember STAMP IT

Supplies

Stamps- Nature Flowers- (Art Journey)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento/ Peeled Paint DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy weight white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti/ Stencils-Clockworks, Dot Fade (TH)/ applicator tool (TH)

Tic Tac Toe- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning.  

Today is the day for a new theme at 

The Flower Challenge.

So fun this month as we are playing Tic Tac Toe!

My tic tac toe is a diagonal row down....sentiment, watercolour, white.

I began by stamping the flowers called Flora Bella twice onto my heavy white cardstock; once at the top and once on the bottom using my Misti. 
Next, I pressed my Distress ink pads onto my non-stick craft sheet and picked up the colour with a wet paintbrush being very careful not to get the ink onto the flower petals, leaving them white.
I added layers of colour, blending them as I went along.
When dry, using a fine line black marker, I added some small dots to fill in some of the blank spaces.

While that dried, I stamped my sentiment with Versamark ink onto black cardstock, then white heat embossed it.  I added it using pop dots onto my card front.

That's it.  Very simple, clean looking card.
Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.
I hope you will come and play along with us this month.


Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK
City Crafter- MONOCHROMATIC
Crafty Cardmakers- MONOCHROMATIC



Supplies
Stamps- Flora Bella #1 (Prima); Life in Bloom (High Hopes)
Inks- Distress- Carved Pumpkin, Ripe Persimmon, Fired Brick (TH); Versamark; Black Archival
Paper- heavy white (local store)
Accessories and Tools- paintbrush; Misti; white embossing powder; heat tool;
anti-static bag; fine line black marker

Lovely Silhouettes- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello and Welcome.

Time for another theme at the 

CAS WATERCOLOUR CHALLENGE

I just love silhouette stamps, so I was excited to see our theme this month and I had just picked up this lovely set from Simon Says and wanted to play with it!

I began making my card by masking off the area on my card front using Painter's Tape.
I stamped the thistles using my Misti and Tuxedo Black Memento ink.  I then clear heat embossed them so that there would be no black bleeding into my background when I added the watercolouring.

Leaving the taped mask in place, I watercoloured the background using Distress inks and a wet paintbrush.  Just press your ink pad directly onto your acrylic block or non-stick pad and pick up the colour using a wet paintbrush.
I did some stenciling using drywall tape just on the blue area to add interest.
After removing the painter's tape and to help pull the whole thing together, I doodled a border around the watercoloured area.  I stamped the sentiment then splattered some white acrylic paint over the bkg. for further interest and texture.

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

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed- ANYTHING GOES

Shopping Our Stash- FAVOURITE SEASON
(summer)
Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING GOES STAMPING


Supplies
Stamps- Dans la Nature (Carabelle); Little Note (Stampendous)
Ink- Tuxedo Black Memento; Peeled Paint, Salty Ocean Distress (TH); Versamark
Paper- heavy cs (local store)
Accessories and Tools- drywall tape; white acrylic paint; Misti; clear eb powder;
fine line black marker; paintbrush