Watercolor Flowers - GinaK

Well hello, long time no post.  The holidays for some reason

really got to me this year. My Mom was here from

Colorado, so I was busy with her and then just had a 

hard time getting in my room and getting anything made.

I did make some Christmas presents which I hope to 

share in a future post.

I felt like doing some watercoloring so I looked through my

stamps and settled on one from GinaK from the 

"Arranged With Love" set.

I have had this set for a number of years, in fact, it is in red rubber at

that time GinaK was not even making this set in clear.

Like I said I have had it for several years and actually never used it,

let me tell you after making this card I will be using it often.

                        I love the way it turned out like always, it is much

                               prettier in person with the gold embossing. 

I used my Gansai Tambi watercolors.  The sentiment stamp in the center

is from the same stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope I am back in the card marking

groove and can post more often. 

Challenges entered:

Crafting With Attitude - anything goes - ends 1/27 

Southern Girls Challenge - anything goes 

The Outlawz - anything goes 

Beautiful Poppies

The current challenge on the Unity Stamps Facebook

page "Unity Show & Tell" is to do some water coloring.

                      I love to use my Zig Clean Color pens to watercolor.  

                                   The colors are so vibrant. Here is what 

I came up with, following this sketch from Stamp Nation.

I used the poppy stamp from the Unity Septemeber 2017

kit of the month called "Flowers, Foilage & Fall".

I love poppies when we go to see my Mom in Colorado

there are poppies all over the place.

I used 3 colors on the poppies, a red, an orange and a yellow

then blended it out with an aqua brush.  I added some

very pale blue to the background, it looks much better

in person, the picture makes it look much darker than it is.

I hope you like my card.

Challenges entered:

Crafty Addicts - anything goes optional flowers - ends 7/3

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes - ends 7/4

Creative Moments - anything goes - ends 7/9

Watercolor Background

Hi, woohoo posting 2 days in a row.

I love creating a card following a sketch and recently I ran across another

challenge that has a weekly sketch challenge it is

called Paper Craft Crew.

Here is the sketch for this week.

I was drawn to the watercolor look of the yellow in the background
so I got out my Catherine Pooler inks and went to work.

I used 2 of the colors from the Spa Collection for the watercolor look,
Stone Blur and Rose Petals.  Then for the strip across I cut out
a piece of paper using one of the new CP border dies that came in the
lasted SOA box.  Then I colored it using Daydream ink.
The butterfly is a Close to my Heart Stamp, that I stamped in
Stone Blue then with an aqua brush I filled in the pink area with
the Rose Petals ink.  To finish it off I added a couple
flower buttons.

Challenges entered:

Paper Craft Crew  sketch - ends 5/29

Clean and Simple - CAS card - ends 5/29

QKR Stampede  - Anything goes - ends 5/31

Ink Smooching

Hi, I have a quick card to share with you today.

Over at Stamp Nation, they are having a challenge,

"Just add Water" so it is any project that you have

used water to make.

                  I love working with watercolor and inks and all the good stuff.

  So here is what I came up with. 

Luckily I do not need a sympathy card right now, but I like

to have some on hand.

For this card, I use Distress Oxides in Wilted Violet, Faded Jeans, and Broken China.  I just smooched some ink on a piece of acetate

and then sprayed it with water, then smooched it onto

a piece of watercolor paper.   I like using the acetate because

you can see what is going on with your colors and then

press or move to get the look you like.

I then mounted in on cardstock to piece up a couple of the

colors.  I used my MISTI to stamp using a couple

Unity Stamps.  The watercolor paper is very rough so by

using the MISTI I was able to stamp it a few times.  I used 

Catherine Pooler Black Jack ink which is a dark gray.

Thanks for stopping to take a peek, hope you are

having a fabulous day.

Challenges entered

Crafty Sentiments Design - anything goes - ends 10/2

Digi ChoosDay - anything goes - ends 10/10

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes - ends 10/17

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes - ends 10/2

Beautiful Feather Flowers

So excited to share this card.

I had just received an order of Unity Stamps ❤ that had

one stamp in that I had my eye on for a while, along with several

other sets (I know I was bad).

Then on the Unity Show & Tell Facebook page they announced the

next challenge which was to use watercolor.

I knew right away that I wanted to use the "feather" from the set called

Beautiful is Never Perfect.

I stamped it on Bristol Smooth paper and watercolored it with my

Zig Clean Color pens.

I made the card a long 8 1/2 by 4 inches, so I cut along one

edge of the Briston paper using a stitched border die.  I had to run it once

and then line it up and run it through my Big Shot again and I 

DID IT, I lined it up perfectly. :)

I used one of my favorite color combinations teal and purple and matted by card.  The image panel is popped on top of the matting so

it has some dimension. I hardly make a card without popping part of it with craft foam or foam tape. 

I hope you like my card, would love to hear what you think.

Challenges entered:

Unity Show & Tell - watercolor use a Unity stamp - ends 4/3
Southern Gals - Pop with foam - ends 3/22
Through the Purple Haze - anything goes - ends 3/22
Crafting With Attitude - anything goes - ends 3/26
Crafty Girls Creations - anything goes - ends 3/31
The Flower Challange - must use a flower - ends 3/25

Sending Love

Hi, Valentine's Day is fast approaching so I have

a card today to share that could easily be used as a Valentine card.

This is one of the stamps that was in Unity Stamps,

  December Kit of the Month. 

I stamped it watercolor paper and watercolored her using my

 Zig Clean Color pens, I love them!

I distressed the edges, matted it and mounted on a kraft card stock base.

A pretty simple card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Challenges entered:

Addicted to Stamps - Holiday - ends 2/13

Crafting by Design - Love & Romance - ends 2/14

Crafty Creations - anything goes - ends 2/14

Midweek Magnolias - shoe some love - ends 2/14

Get Well Poppies

Hi, back again with another card.

I had carpal tunnel surgery so my hand was a bit sore

but I thought I would take a crack at trying to color with 

watercolors as they do not require pressure.

So using the sketch this week at Mojo Monday I create

this card.

 I stamped the poppies with a Mark's Finest stamp that I got a few

years ago, in fact, I don't think it is available anymore.  I love poppies, I think they are my favorite flowers.  I am pleased with how this turned out, the water coloring was pretty easy to do.  I wish you could see it in person as it

sparkles because I put Wink of Stella over the flowers.

The papers are from a K&Company pack and the get well soon is

a Hero Arts stamp, that I stamped with Distress ink Forest Moss.

The whole flower panel I have popped using Darcie fun foam.  I love that

stuff for popping things on cards.  Thanks, Crafting Circle for telling me about

it, it is super cheap and you get a lot in the package.  I have found that my 

ATG tape gun works great for adhering it. 

I hope you enjoy my card, have a great weekend.

Challenges entered:

Mojo Monday - sketch ends 9/4
The House that Stamps - Anything goes ends 9/6

A Beautiful Day

Hi, I' m back again with another card to share.

This week on Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog

the challenge is to use florals.

Well back in April I got the Hero Arts kit of the month and since

this challenge is featuring Hero Arts products I thought it would be 

perfect to use the stamps I got in that kit.

So here is the card I came up with.

The colors really look better in person.  Now I can't take full credit for this
because if it had been for Sandy Allnock's video I never would
have been able to paint these flowers like this.
The kit came with some Daniel Smith watercolor paint dots
and I have to say Daniel Smith watercolors are amazing.  Just those little dots go
a long way, and the colors are beautiful.
Make sure you check out Sandy Allnock's video and while you are there
subscribe to her blog, she is great!
The sentiment was also in the Hero Arts kit, then I added some sequins to add some sparkle.
The paper I stamped the images on is Strathmore Bristol smooth and
the paints blended great.  Now I did paint this flower once before and
used actual watercolor paper and I found that is held the water better and
stayed wet longer so the colors did flow a bit better.
Click HERE if you want to check out that post.

Thanks for stopping in to take a peak.

Challenges entered: 

Simon Says Stamp - Florals ends 8/9

All Sorts Challenge - A touch of Sparkle ends 8/21

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes ends 8/6

Crafty Boots - Use a stamp  end 8/13

Wonderful Wednesday - anything goes 8/16

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes ends 8/14
Cute as a Button - anything goes ends 8/31

Just Believe

Hi I am honored to have been able to create this card today

for Scrapper's Delights Freebie Spotlight.

You can head over to the Store and pick her up for free

or for a small fee there is also a scene version. 

I had a lot of fun making this card because most of you know

I love to create my own papers or backgrounds using different

mediums.  

I printed my image on a piece of watercolor paper and then taped

it to a white board.  This really helps it from wrinkling or curling

from all the water.  I covered the image with masking fluid so the ink

would not get on it.  

I used Distress Ink re-inkers in colors, Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio.  I wet the piece of paper then dropped the ink

on it.  To make it spread more I sprayed it heavily with water then 

moved it around a bit to get the look I wanted.   I let it sit

overnight to dry.

I had my Cricut Explore cut out the image then colored it and mounted

on top of the printed image.  

Here is the finished card.

I stamped the sentiment using a CTMH stamp and added some

K&Company embellishments.  I stamped the "bubbles" using the Ryn Design stamps, I love them they look so real.
You can join in this fun or just check out what other have made by going
to this facebook page HERE

Thanks for stopping by I would love to hear what you think of my

card. 

Challenges entered:
Avenue 613 - Anything goes
Ribbon Girls - Any image
Artistic Inspirations - Just for fun/Anything goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything goes
Alphabet Challenge - H for hand coloring
Mixed Media Challenge - Anything goes optional color purple
Lawnscaping Challenges - Use something Distress

Watercolor Background Birthday

Hi, it's Friday, hope everyone has some fun plans for

the weekend.  I am making a pot of spaghetti sauce or

gravy as we called it growing up.  

It is so much nicer to sit around at home with family and visit

instead of the hustle and bustle of going out to dinner

for Mother's Day, so this way most of the cooking will be done

before Mother's Day.

I have a card to share with you today that was inspired by 

Pinterest and my Stamp of Approval box.

I created the background on watercolor paper using my Distress Inks 

re-inkers.  I love the soft pastel colors of the background.

Before I put the inks on the paper I stamps using the GinaK stamps from my SOA box and heat embossed them with white embossing powder.

I stamping the sentiment using a GinaK stamp then added some Cloud9 Rain dots to finish it off.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers out there.

This card will be in the following challenges

Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes 

Crafting by Designs - Anything goes

Watercolor Flower

Hello everyone, I am so excited to share this card

with you today.

I recently heard about Hero Arts monthly kits.

I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of the April

ones before they were sold out.

Even though they are sold out here is a link

so you can see what was in it and maybe watch for

next month's to be released.  

Hero Arts April Kit

I am so pleased with how this turned out and I am lovin coloring

with watercolors.  The Daniel Smith paints are wonderful!

Those little dabs go a long ways.

I did the painting following the video 

Sandy Allnock put out.

She is amazing and it is so worth following her blog to

see what she comes out with next.

I used the dies and cut out part of the flower so there is 3 layers to it.

I also used a Gina Marie die for the corner bow.  This will

be my card for my Mom for Mother's Day.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek, be sure and visit

Sandy Allnock's blog for some great inspiration.

This card will be entered in the following challenges.

Avenue613 - Anything goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything goes

Amusing Challenges - Anything goes

Eclectic Ellapu - Flowers
Crafting for all Seasons - Bingo Flowers/stamp/girlie

Hello Butterfly

Hi, wow posting 2 days in a row.

This is a very simple quick card that I saw on Pinterest and just

had to create one myself.  It was originally posted by 

Mary's Craft Room.

I used my Stampin Up Butterfly Framelits.  I love this set of 

dies  as you can tell cause I have been using them a lot and they

have such a delicate look.

So that I could paint my swashes right where I wanted them

I had to mark the butterfly image somehow on my paper, so here it what I did.

I place my die upside down on top of the watercolor paper and ran it through my Big Shot.

That left just enough of an impression of where I wanted my butterfly to be cut out so I could add my paint.  Then I painted with watercolor color paints

across the butterfly impression then cut out the butterfly. 

In order for me to mat the the panel I had to cut out another butterfly

in the exact same spot on a piece pink of paper.

To finish it off I stamped the "hello" in black ink.  The hello reminds me of 

a doodling kind of writing.

This card is so easy to create, go ahead and give it a try.

I will enter it in the following challenges.

Addicted to CAS - delicate

Simply Less is More - What's outside your window

Casolody - Doodle

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Punches/Dies