Crafts on the Run

Sunday, February 12, 2017

I purchased this lovely Watercolor Card Kit by Sandi Pirrelli because the art work was so beautiful. The kit comes with 12 watercolor cards, 12 blank envelopes, 1 foam dot sheet and 1 occasion cardstock sheet (small perforated sentiments). The cards are 5 x 7 so there is lots of space to color or paint. I realized when I felt the card stock that it wasn't really a high quality watercolor paper so I decided to use my new set of Albrecht Durer Watercolor Pencils that I just received from Amazon. I was interested in these because unlike my beloved Inktense pencils they are watercolor pigment and not ink however, whether it was the paper, the pencils or my technique but the blending was not as I hoped. I will try the next card with the Inktense pencils and maybe one with my Copics(which I am the most comfortable with). It is possible that the paper that these cards are printed on might hold up with real watercolors but it seems too lightweight for that.

After I finished with the coloring I decided that I wanted to cut the card in two and only use the colored front to make a more substantial card. I cut down the size so I could mount it with foam tape on PTI Autumn Rose card stock. I embossed the Sentiment from Mama Elephant with Versamark Ink and embossed with Filagree Gold embossing powder on Bazzill 40lb vellum and adhered Simon Says gold sequins. Oh, and I couldn't resist a little Wink of Stella Clear on the flowers!

mama elephant, watercolor birthday card,

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Wow, I can't believe I haven't posted anything since mid December. Instagram is so easy it has made me lazy about blogging. Here is a card I made with a Birch Press die, DAZZLE. These dies are amazing even though at first they seem really expensive but you get three full dies that can be used as stand alone or combined. I used a combination of silver glitter paper and silver mirror paper to create a special 18th birthday card. The number is out of a PTI shimmer paper that looks flat in the photo but which really does shimmer. The card is very simple but very elegant. I think this would be great for a wedding card also. Since making this card I broke down and ordered more of these dies and can't wait to play with them.