Watercolor Ornate Style

 

Hi and welcome to another watercolor Wednesday! Today I have gone easy, white heat embossing the Ornate garden large flower bundle (retiring soon). What makes it easy is that with the embossed lines the color does not bleed and you can quickly add color. After heat embossing it I used my water painters and dropped in color from the ink refills that I had squirted onto an acrylic block. I love to drop in a few different colors to get some variation. 

After the image was dry I used the stitched so sweetly dies to cut out and then the rectangle stitched dies to cut the neutral designer series paper.

The greeting is from the see the good stamp set (retiring soon). I stamped it with saddle brown stazon ink on vellum paper. ( You will want to stamp on vellum with stazon because it is permanent and I find it dries best on it. Do wait a while for it to dry, mine started to smear a little. (Not sure why it looks green.)  Thanks for stopping by and don't forget if you like any of the stamp sets that I used today to get them before they are gone. Have a blessed day!

Blender brushes

 

If you do not have the patience or time to color an image using the blending brushes to apply color makes it so quick and easy. I did that with the large flower image from the ornate style stamp set today. I keep a blending brush for each family color ( red, yellow, blue,etc) and they are easily cleaned by gently wiping them on clean scrap paper. I also have used my label maker to put the color name on the back of the brush.

After I used the blending brushes I some of the stampin blends to give a little more depth of color. I did not try to shade, I just swiped a little color.

This card I used:

Stitched so sweetly die

Garden wishes stamp set

Old world paper embossing folder

Stampin blends

This card I used:

Rectangle stitched dies

Stitched nested label dies

Dainty diamond embossing folder

A grand kid stamp set

Shimmery crystal effects

Thanks for stopping by today. Most of the things that I used on these cards is retiring so you will want to get them before they are gone for good. Many of them at discounted prices! Let me know if you have any questions. Have a blessed day!

Ornate Style 2 ways

 

Hello! I have had these flowers watercolored for a while so I decided to create with them before they retire. The stamp set is ornate style and will be gone soon. It had some lovely images that I will be sharing this week. I have also used quite a few of the retiring embossing folders. I am going to miss them. They are my go to when it comes to adding texture and they are so affordable. 

This card uses:

Ornate style stamp set

Wood plank embossing folder

Scripty embossing folder

Celebrate sunflowers

Wild rose dies (so cheap right now!)

Neutral dsp

This card used (not in the card above)

Subtle embossing folder

Inspiring Iris stamp set

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget tomorrow is the last day to order the paper pumpkin. It promises to be a fun kit to share with your kids for a fun summer art project!

Same layout 2 ways

Hello and welcome! Today I am sharing a few card I made a while ago. Using the same layout yet different card and paper how it can look so different. Some of the items may be retired and they may have sold out already. I am sorry for that. If you see something that you would like make sure to order right away. Many things are limited.

This card uses:

Country Home stamp set

Seabed embossing folder

Stitched shape dies

Whale of a time dsp

This card uses:

Hey birthday chick bundle

Neutral dsp

Pinewood plank embossing folder

Stitched shape dies

Stampin blends

When you find a layout that you like it is always fun to create different cards. Why do we always feel like we have to think of new layouts? Or is that just me. Let me know what you think about this.

Have a great day and let me know if you would like a new catalog.

No line watercoloring

Hello! Today for my watercolor Wednesday I decided to give no line watercoloring a try. It was kind of a struggle but for my first time I am pretty happy with it. One thing I will remember for next time is to keep it light from the beginning. It is hard to lighten watercoloring after it dries. I used watercolor paper and stamped with sahara sand ink. I should have stamped it off so that it would be lighter. (stamping off is stamping on scrap paper and then stamping on the watercolor paper so that the image is lighter) Then I used ink refills that I had put on an acrylic block and using my water painters started to add color. I wet one petal at a time, skipping every other petal so they would not bleed. Then I would put the most concentrated ink on the inside of the petal letting the color blend out with the water. I also added lighter ink to give some dimension. 

After the petals started to dry I did go in with darker colors to add the shadows. This is when I realized my colors were to dark to start. I added a few lines of white chalk marker to give more highlights. I stamped the greeting with stazon black ink.I would highly recommend a stamparatus for the greeting since the water color paper has so much texture. I had to stamp it a few times to get the words dark and crisp. All in all I am pretty happy with this. I will give it a try again. I would recommend starting with a large image and one that had not a lot of detail. Thank you for stopping by today! Give no line watercoloring a try! Let me know what tricks you find. Have a blessed rest of your week.

 

To a Wild Rose retiring

Hello and thank you for joining me today! I am so glad that you are here. Today I have created a card with the to a wild rose stamp set. This set is reduced in price right now as are the dies. They are both an unbelievable good deal! Get them while they are still available. I love the greetings in this set.

This card was created mostly just with the bundle as well as neutral designer series paper, razzleberry stampin blends and stampin chalk marker. Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a great day!

If you need a catalog contact me and I would love to send one out to you!

Only a few more days to order paper pumpkin. This kits looks so adorable and I am sure that it will be a fun one to enjoy with your children during the summer.

 

Floral Essence 3 ways

 Hi! Today I have 3 different cards made with the same flower from the floral essence (#149450) stamp set. Just by changing the color of the flower the cards all look so different.

Sorry some of the items have been retired and may be sold out already.

This card used:

Pinewood plank embossing folder

Stitched shape dies

Purple posy stampin blends

Garden wishes (the greeting)

This card I used:

Rich razzleberry stampin blends

So sentimental stamp set

scraps from neutral dsp and smoky slate

This card uses:

daffodil delight stampin blends

Scripty embossing folder

In good taste dsp

Stitched shape dies

Friends are like seashells (the greeting)

I apologize for all the things that have already been sold out.  At the time that I made these cards they were still in stock. If you see something I suggest you order now before it is gone. Thanks again for stopping by. Let me know in the comments which card you like the best.

Happy Easter!

 He Has Risen! What a blessing! What a blessing that we are able to go to church, even if it is outdoors here in Southern California after this long year of the virus. Hope is in sight with the vaccination being given to so many and the numbers finally going down. I pray for all of you who are struggling with affects from it and anyone who has lost anyone to this horrible thing. Have faith and rejoice that they are spending Easter with Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

My card today was pretty simple the supplies I used were:

Arrange a wreath bundle

Stitched with whimsy dies

Rectangle stitched dies

In good taste dsp

I hope you and your family have a blessed and wonderful Easter! Giving God all honor and glory! Thank you for stopping by today!

So excited to share the new catalog with you! My wish list is too long already! If you would like a catalog let me know and I will send one to you. If you would like to order from the new catalog now sign up to be a demonstrator and you can take advantage of early purchasing! One of the great perks of being a demonstrator. Let me know if you would like more info!

Hey birthday chick bundle

Hey chick bundle

Happy Holy Saturday

I made a few Easter cards and so I wanted to share them before Easter. I love the happy birthday chick bundle for Easter cards. This card was mostly made with scraps I had on my desk. It came together pretty quickly.

 

I had a few scraps of card stock that were run through with the tile tin embossing folder (I know this was on the retired list and could possibly be sold out already) but you could use any embossing folder. I colored the chicken with stampin blends. The "happy Easter" is from arrange a wreath bundle (one thing that I would get before it retires! I stamped it on in good taste dsp (so glad to see this in the new catalog!) Have a blessed day! Thank you for stopping by.