Watercolour flowers

Goodmorning!

I hope you all had a good weekend and a wonderful Mother’s Day!

I had a wonderful Mother’s day. It was sunny and warm and we spent most of the day outside. The boys were very sweet to me and I was spoiled all day! I now have a spa day to look forward to as well!

This card is the result of combining two challenges from SCS. The inspiration challenge from Saturday featured some beautiful sun catchers from the Dreaming in Color website, which really sparked my imagination. Then, yesterday, the technique challenge asked us to emboss and watercolor.This is the inspiration piece, Revelation

I used a mix of watercolor techniques. For the smaller flowers I stamped them in Summer Sun ink, then used watercolor markers to highlight and shade with a blender brush. The large sunflower on the left was done by using watercolor marker directly applied to the stamp after it was inked with summer sun. I then went in and blended a bit with the blender brush after it was stamped. The butterfly is inked, and highlighted with watercolor marker by thumping. Then I further blended the colors with the blender pen on the paper. I used the watercolor markers direct to paper for the grass leaves and stems, and blended on the paper.

I embossed all the images in stages. I brayered the sky and landscape using post it notes to mask areas. I also added in some sponging in the sky and the base. Thanks to Michelle Zindorf for the inspiration and general technique for this! Check out her blog for detailed tutorials! She has the most beautiful brayered scenes!

Hope you all have a creative day!

Pretty Pleats with Sugar on Top?

This card was inspired by some very pretty fabrics for the inspiration challenge over at SCS. I decided to pleat my paper to make a fabric effect. I also frayed the edges which I think helped it look more like aged fabric too. Aren’t these papers pretty? I love the soft victorian feel of them. They are from the K-ology (K& Company) Verbena Scrap Pad. I used a sentiment from Verve Visual’s Happy Thoughts set.

Guess who this will be for !

Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday!

Deena

A Trip to Ancient Egypt!

Here’s a card inspired by a picture of bedding! SCS used this pic of some Boodalee Bedding as a starting point for our original creations.

Stamps: Metropolitan Museum of Art, stamp illustrations - Barry Girsh, Stamp Design-Tina Fjotland

Paper: Basic Grey Mellow, Bazzill Basics teal blue, white paperbilities

Ink: Taken withTeal SU

Accessories: jumbo brass eyelets, dimensionals

Techniques: negative embossing

I had a very busy day.  It started with picking up our little boy after his weekend trip away from us! I was very happy to have him back with us again. I missed him! Then we all went to swimming class and I sat and watched them swim while I had a nice steam bath (so hot in there! ).  They have their lessons 15 minutes apart for 1/2 hr each.  It actually works out really well.

It’s the first time my 3 yr old takes lessons and he is having a blast!  I was so proud of  him!  He was listening to the instructor and trying everything with no fear! He just loves the water.   My older son loves it too.  They both want a pool in our backyard, but I think it would be so much work to maintain and I would  worry so much about accidents.   I’m not a swimmer  which is why they are both going to learn how to swim.   I didn’t learn, and as a result I have a certain unease about being in water, which I do NOT want to pass on to them.  Des would like a pool too, but doesn’t think it would really fit.  So I’m safe for now. Whew!  If we ever do get one, I would go take some lessons.  Never too late to learn right?

Anyway, we were out most of the day and I was just so tired when we got home…and there was still homework, cleaning up, laundry, cooking supper… it’s the routine things that tire me out the most, YKWIM? So, I didn’t have time to stamp today.  Too tired to start stamping now.   I will make time tomorrow!

Have a great night!

Deena

Chocolate Egg

Hello!
Today I made a card that combined two challenges, using the Inspiration Challenge from SCS, and Sharon’s blog (No Time to Stamp) challenge asking us to pierce your paper!.Chocolate Egg 

I do not have an oval shape cutter, so I freehanded the egg shaped card.
I used glitter gel writers to colour in some of the dots on the dp, then I added SU dazzling diamonds on top of these.
The mini egg is stamped with a chocolate chip bunny and colored with metallic pencil and glitter pens. The edge around the egg is outlined in pink glitter and blue dots. The whole egg is dipped in Stampin’ Up dazzling diamond glitter.
The Blue strip is pierced free hand for more eggcellent decoration!

TIP of the day: Paper Piercing

You do not need fancy templates to paper pierce. If you are good at doodling, draw a light pencil marked doodle where you want the piercing, then pierce holes appr. 1/8 inch to 1/4 inch apart following the marking. Erase the marking and you’re done.

If you are not good at freehand doodling you can make your own templates! All you need is some tracing paper and a fun pattern, even your swirly stamps or faux stitch style stamps would work well. Trace the pattern. Use this as your guide for piercing, by placing it on the area of the card you want to pierce. Make sure not to move the paper, and pierce through both layers at 1/8 to 1/4 inch intervals! You can use a temporary bond adhesive to keep the tracing paper from moving too.

If you think you will use the same pattern more than once, transfer your tracing paper pattern to a sturdier piece of card stock. Pierce the pattern on the card stock and presto! You have a reusable piercing template!

Hope these tips are useful! Any questions? Ask away!

Thanks for stopping by!!