Chalks & Pastels! Part 3 of 3

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Here is the third video of the series about chalks and pastels!  I do hope you enjoy it!  Stick around till the end to see the very 'secret' ingredient I used!!!

A Weekend of Watercolor Part 2!

I wanted to create a second submission to the CCEE Card Challenge, but couldn't link from the same blogpost!  Get your craft on!  

Visit the full page of instructions and supplies here:  A Weekend of Watercolor

A Weekend of Watercolor!

I absolutely can take no credit for the concept!  I was inspired by a video by Heather Telford about using a stencil to create a watercolor.

The stencil and the stamp (same image!) are from Penny Black - products highlighted below.  Essentially, I used distress inks on the backside of a stencil, sprayed it with water and then pressed it into watercolor paper.  Then I stamped a 'wordy' stamp on the backside of the same wet stencil and then stamped the paper to add some texture to the background.  I went back in with the matching stamp and outlined the flowers and then used the distress inks to color the flowers in!  It was an incredible process and you can see my two final products as well as the epic fails below!

These two cards were entered into the CCEE Card Challenge for this week!

     

  

Supplies used:

Penny Black Charming Stamp

Penny Black Flower Dance Stencil            

For the loss of a pet

I learned of the loss of my neighbor's cat last night and knew I needed to send her some warm wishes from Luna and I.  So, since the chalks were out, I decided to play with my new Newton's Nook stamp set and send my neighbor some best wishes!  I stamped Newton using the new black ink from Lawn Fawn and went to town using my dove blender pen and my Stampin' Up Pastels.

Cats do leave paw prints on our hearts and I wish her all the best.

Watercolor backgrounds and die cuts! Happy Birthday!

I needed a quick birthday card do I decided to pull out the watercolors and incorporate the PPA Color Challenge!  There is done sparkle in it that didn't photograph well because I used done of the pearlescent paints.  Enjoy!  Get your craft on!

Chalks and Pastels! Part 2 of 3

A continuation of the chalks/pastels technique!  

See how to use your chalks with embossing powders and stamped images!  

Also, see how you can use white stazon or white craft ink on acetate and 

 black paper to make an image pop!  Enjoy!

Happy Easter! You're Earresistible!

Happy Easter Everyone!  I made this card at the Artist Retreat Loft event hosted by Jenn Shurkus.

This was Jenn's design which was one of FIFTEEN cards we made that day!  

This uses the Lawn Fawn stamp set 'Eggstra Special Easter' stamp set!  We used distress inks along the edge of the card, colored with Copic Markers, and then accented some of the eggs and the bow with a quickie glue pen and ultrafine glitter!

This was my special Easter card for Sean!