Watercoloured Tree for Jer

Hi everyone.  I experimented with watercolouring following a video link on the Wednesday Watercolor Challenge from a few weeks ago on Splitcoast Stampers.

I do not know how to draw, but I thought with all the cards I've made over the past 25 years+ using stamps and ink, that I could watercolour.  It's a lot different watercolouring your own image. :)  The video relied on a fan brush, which I couldn't get to work for me.  But the video did help me create my own way of watercolouring this tree. :)  In the end, I used distress re-inkers, along with a round brush and flat brush on cold press watercolour paper.

I'm hoping with lots of practice, I will improve.  I was happy with my first tree, so made it into a card for Jeremy's birthday. :)

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Sending this card to the following challenges:

SCS Watercolor Wednesday WCW308 - 60 second tree (video link - short)

SCS CAS Card Challenge CAS898 - Anything that Grows

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Happy Birthday stamp (Cavallini & Co.)

Paper:   Cold Press Watercolour paper (Arches 140 lb.)
Ink:   Distress Re-inkers:  Gathered Twigs, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Watercolour Brushes

Challenges:

SCS Watercolor Wednesday WCW308 - 60 second tree (video link - short)

SCS CAS Card Challenge CAS898 - Anything that Grows

New Home

Hi everyone.  My son's friends are moving into their first place.  It's an exciting time. :)  He asked me to make a custom card.

I started with a fun die I bought quite a while ago (Rickety House - Memory Box).  I bought because I saw these wonderful cards made by my friend Leslie.  Linking shows that I saw Leslie's cards in Oct. 2022!  Yikes ...I didn't realize I had been sitting on this die for so long. 

Anyways, it was released as a Halloween die, but it made an adorable house (customized in the new owner's colours) for a "Congratulations on your new home" card.  I add sponging on all die pieces, and also the background.  And I stamped with some leafy branches behind the house.  It's all contained behind a sweet rectangle die-cut aperture with double stitched borders.  The sentiment is from an very old stamp set (A Little Sentimental - Clearly Besotted - retired). 

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Sending this card to the following challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 2 - Dies - I used die-cuts for the house and the frame.

NBUS Challenge #86 - First time using this die. :)

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Excited to announce the re-start of the CAS Christmas Challenge!!

First challenge starts on June 1st.  Hope you'll join us!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  A Little Sentimental (Clearly Besotted); leaf stamp (Kittie Kits - Master #1)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); Night of Navy, Sahara Sand (both SU!)

Ink:   Distress Inks:  Chipped Sapphire, Pumice Stone, Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Mustard Seed, Peacock Feathers (Tim Holtz)

Accessories:   Rectangle Stitched small frame (AliExpress); Rickety House die (Memory Box), sponges

Challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 2 - Dies

NBUS Challenge #86

Pink Peonies

Hi everyone.  I love peonies ... and I love pink. :)

I am entering a couple of challenges at Splitcoast which inspired me to make this card.  One is asking for my favourite flower.  Well, that is lilies, but I just posted a lily card a few days ago.  So I gave it some thought, and honestly, I couldn't choose my "second" favourite.  I LOVE all flowers!  When I saw the peonies in the inspiration photo challenge, I was hooked. :)

This is an older stamp (Blooming Bunch - Studio Katia) that I've had for a long time.  I really shows all the wonderful layers that peonies have.  I stamped in black, heat embossed in clear, and then watercoloured with distress inks.  I die-cut the image and then split it into two pieces to make two CAS cards. :)  To finish the cards, I die-cut the center,leaving a thin white frame.  Popped image up against the edge of the frame and then popped up the card front with foam to add a little extra dimension.  I was happy with how it turned out, so I finished the second card the same way. :)

Second card using the other half of the image ...

Sending card to the following challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 2 - Dies - used a die for image and a die for sentiment

SCS CAS897 Favourite Flower

SCS Inspiration Challenge IC1066 - Ethan Allen - EA Pinterest board - Peonies

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Blooming Bunch (Studio Katia)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Black Pigment (Obsidian - Altenew); Distress Inks:  Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn) Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Clear embossing powder (Ranger), watercolour paint brushes, matching die for image (Studio Katia),Thin Rectangle Frames dies (Simon Says Stamp)

Challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 2 - Dies - used a die for image and a die for sentiment

SCS CAS897 Favourite Flower

SCS Inspiration Challenge IC1066 - Ethan Allen - EA Pinterest board - Peonies

Graceful Lily

Hi everyone.  I'm on a roll. :)  Having fun in my studio making lots of cards lately.  Hopefully this means my mojo is back in full swing and I'm hoping it stays for a long time. :)

This card is inspired by Splitcoast Stamper's "Inspiration Challenge - IC1064" and "CAS Challenge - CAS895".  The Inspiration challenge is to be inspired by one of Scully & Scully's products (see lily pillow below).  The CAS challenge is to CASE Yourself.  I changed the colour of the lilies, shape of the focal panel, and the background stencil.  The rest is the basically the same, CASEing this card from five years ago.

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The image (Graceful Lily - Penny Black)was stamped in black, clear heat embossed, and then watercoloured with distress inks.  I masked the image and sponged over a stencil for the background.  The panel was die-cut with Whirl Frames (Penny Black) and the inside piece gave me the reverse scallop edging.  The panel was popped up over the card base.  A simple sentiment (Super Day) was stamped in more black ink.

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Sending this card to the following challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 1- Inks - I used inks to stencil the background and watercolour the lilies - 2nd entry 

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Graceful Lily (Penny Black); Super Day (Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:  Obsidian Black (Altenew); Distress Inks:  Saltwater Taffy, Abandoned Coral, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Shabby Shutters; Ground Espresso Distress Marker (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Clear embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool, watercolour brushes, Wander & Find stencil (Carta Bella), sponge

Challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 1- Inks