ONLINE CARD CLASSES WATERCOLOR DAY 2

                                                 
Watched the videos while having my tea this morning and was so happy! Everyone is so inspiring and no work today so I can PLAY!

I did two cards today, the first I stamped and embossed in Filigree Gold PTI's largest feather in the Feathered Finery stamp set.  I wanted to try using the distress reinkers so I put a few drops of color into a palette and washed them over the paper which is a watercolor paper block by Lanaquarelle.   The paper is smoother than the Tim Holtz paper and I hadn't used it before.  I found that the distress reinkers did not blend as well as I wanted and I got a soft muted background.  I used a sentiment from the same stamp set , matted in gold and attached to a muted green paper from my stash (probably Bazzill).

For my second card I really wanted VIBRANT and I dug out my Twinkling H20's which have been ignored lately and selected Mediterranean Blue, Douglas Fir, Mystic Blue and Lime Squeeze.  I used the same stamp set from PTI and decided to emboss in clear on the same watercolor paper block.  When using the H20's I use a dropper to put a few drops of water in each pot and let it sit for a minute.  With the paper wet I applied the paint.  Wow, I was much happier with the result.  The colors blended beautifully and they had that wonderful sheen.  I stamped with an AmyR sentiment from her Elegant Greeting set.  A note about watercolor blocks.  They resolve a lot of problems with paper warping but it is (for me anyway) hard to get the paper off the block.  You have to insert a craft knife or spatula tool to separate the paper from the block.  Then it is easy to pull off and easy to get the little bits of glue off.  I matted on PTI topical teal cardstock and then onto PTI heavyweight white cardstock.  The little drippage on the upper right corner makes me a little crazy so I am trying to ignore it.

I just love the shimmer and the clarity of these colors!

Online Card Classes watercolor background card

                                             

My second card today was made using the distress ink background technique.  I really got my paper really wet so had to wait a while for it to dry.  I embossed with Silver Filigree onto 40 lb Bazzill vellum using a 7 Gypsies stamp.  Attached the vellum with Kool Tac and then the whole panel onto Bazzill shimmer cardstock and added some iridescent sequins.   ( I photographed the card on its side if it looks a little hanging in space ish)

I forgot to mention that I spritzed the paint with Perfect Pearls.

Online Card Classes Watercolor for card makers

                                             

I have been so excited to start this class!  Woohoo, finally!  I have been wanting to do a watercolor resist technique and thought I would try that today.  I also did a watercolor background but it is still drying so will have to wait till later to make a card.  I love this sunflower stamp from Stampendous and I embossed using white ultra detail embossing powder onto Tim Holtz watercolor paper (the smooth side).  I used Dr. Martin's Hydrus watercolors to loosely  paint the flowers and leaves.  I also used the paints for the background.  Sentiment stamp is from Papertrey Ink Wishes come true and it is mounted on  PTI kraft paper.

LAWN FAWN SUSHI BIRTHDAY CARD

This card is for a darling friend who LOVES sushi!  Lawn Fawn stamps colored with copics, background stamp is Impression Obsession  Gradation stamped in Color Box grout gray which makes a soft lovely background.  I had some Japanese papers in my stash for ages and decided to use them here as just a trim.  I did have to cut my stamps up to get the sentiment I wanted and forgot to add the carat under "soy" before photographing.  A little bit of Wink of Stella clear on the bottle top and on the fish in the sushi. The green paper is from Lawn Fawn Into the Woods ( I think).

LAWN FAWN AND MFT BIRTHDAY CARD

I have a lot of birthday cards to make for April and May.  Grandson's is in the works and the card for hubby is finished.  I used Lawn Fawn Forest Critters but wanted a larger sized trailer which I found in the MFT Roughing It stamp set.  The two work very well together.  I stamped with Memento ink and colored with copics.  I used Mama Elephant Landscape Trio to cut some scrap paper for the green areas and used Simon Says Falling Star Stencil with Wendy Vecchi metallic silver embossing paste on a dark blue scrap for the sky.  There wasn't really any room for a sentiment so I used the Simon Says Happy Birthday die. Then it was just putting it all together with a silver mat and Bazzill shimmer pale blue cardstock for the card. 

Since I did the months backwards and this is for May, I really have to get shaking with the April cards. Yikes, I may be late again!

A  little underexposed so you can see the shine of the embossing paste of the stars and the silver embossing on the trailer.

Can't get enough of the Lawn Fawn Critters

Simon Says die, MFT sentiment from Roughing It stamp set

SIMON SAYS MONDAY CHALLENGE - TRANSPARENCY

TRANSPARENCY

I stamped with Brilliance ink with MFT Inspired by Butterflies on vellum, layered on transparent patterned paper (maybe from Studio Calico kit?) and then attached with  clear Kool tac onto shimmer Bazzill paper.  Added 3 clear sequins to finish off.

CLEAN & SIMPLE CARD CLASS 3 DAY 1

  

DAY 1

I used Simon Says Floating Hearts die on mirrored silver cardstock.  The patterned paper 

was all scrap paper.  I embossed the sentiment in Filigree Silver and tried the

stamping on embossing technique for the heart in the middle.  VERY hard to photograph especially with

my cell phone but it was the quickest.