I am feeling so blessed to have been honored as an artist pick for this little gem on Global Design Project! Many thanks to the artisans that chose my card out of so many other beauties. #GDPwinner
School is back in session, virtally, of course and I want to go to the beach. So.... Two challenge cards to post today. The first card is for CAS on Friday (Nature) (which I missed the linkup to), The Card Concept , Just Add Ink , Time Out Challenge and Sunday Stamps (which I ALSO missed the linkup to, grrrrr). I did this card twice, well actually 3 times, but twice that I liked :). The card on the right was first. I stamped Hero Arts Layering Waves on Stratmore Bristol watercolor paper with Stampin' Up ink: Seashore Spray, Misty Moonlight and Sahara Sand. Then I brushed the sky with Soft Sky, Baja Breeze, Fresh Fig and Pale Plum. I stamped the sentiments in Versamark and embossed with Hero Arts Sand embossing powder. The sailboat is from OLLLDDD retired SU Toy Box stamped in Versamark Obsidian Black and colored with Whisper White craft ink. Last, I made foam with Nuvo Crystal Drops in Ivory Seashell. I thought the sunset purple was a...
September is here and Texas has cooled to fall temperatures in a hurry. 55 yesterday! Time to play outside until it heats up again, as it always does. The first card uses some new fall items from Simon Says Stamp and one old Stampin Up stamp. I started with a base of Strathmore Bristol watercolor paper. I brushed the background through the new SSS Autumn Splendor stencil with Stampin' Up Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Mint Macaron and Chocolate Chip. The sentiment and pumpkins are from the new SSS Pumpkin Spice Season stamp set, embossed in SU gold on Mint Macaron card stock. The pumpkins are colored with Cajun Craze Stampin' Blends and Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write marker. Last, the coffee cup is from retired SU stamp set Merry Cafe. This card is being entered into: Hand Stamped Sentiments , Festive Friday Challenge (leaves, gold, green, brown), the Watercooler Challenge , and Sunday Stamps.
My Thursday night Zoom meeting always brings out the completion of a challenge or two (or 4!), but this week I noticed that many challenges focus was on flowers. Lucky me! I just got the new Paint-A-Flower Anemone stamp set from Altenew and I wanted to try it out. I stamped the big image on Bristol watercolor paper in black (purple) and antique linen (blue) Ranger Distress Ink, then started with the watercolor. This was my first learning moment! The black Distress Ink bleeds when you watercolor it! Sigh. Ok, I'm moving on because its art and it all turned out fine in the end. I used my new Karin Brushmarker Pro watercolor markers, and ya'll they are awesome! This was my FIRST attempt to full-on watercolor and I ended up with a beautiful, striking bit of artwork that I am super proud of. I tried several different coloring techniques between the two cards and the different layers and will keep working on it cause it was so much f...
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