Online Card Watercolor Class Day 2

Online Card Classes

Here we are on day two of the Watercolor Card Class.  While I am behind the exercises for the class at least I am giving what I can a try.  Day two had us making free hand flowers.  This is one of them.  I like the brightness and color of these flowers.  I am thinking of going back and extending the length of the stems and and maybe adding a tiny leaf.  I just don't think I like the short stems.

I mounted the watercolor behind embossed blue card stock and added a die cute butterfly in a shimmer vellum.  I also used the same vellum for the greeting.  I do like how the card turned out over all.

Close-up of the shimmer vellum

January 29 - update

I really thought the flowers would look more like a flower if they had a tiny leaf so I went back and added that.  I like it better now.

I have much to learn when it comes to water coloring, especially more 

so for a type A  person who is particular having things perfect.  

Perfect and water coloring cannot coexist.  I plan to keep trying/playing.

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a blessed day

Deborah

Online Card Class Watercolor Techniques Day One

I am off to a pretty good start, just a bit behind in getting this card finished and posted.  The plan of course is to do at least one card of the class techniques each day but I am not going to beat myself up if I don't get that accomplished.  There is no fun in being stressed.

The card below is simply butterflies traced onto watercolor paper and painted in with wet on wet color.  Yeah, it was easy and fun, plus very relaxing.

After the card dried I decided to stamp a greeting on vellum and overlay the vellum onto the card stock which I just painted.  I liked how it softened the butterflies and frankly it also sit imperfections.

Stamp - The Angel Company

Thanks for looking,

Have a blessed day,

Deborah

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Ombre

This is my first try with an Ombre technique using inks and it was actually easier then I thought it would be.


Simon Says: Ombr

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/

I used a Hero Arts background stamp and 3 colors of Distress Inks.

Stamp Images:

background - Hero Arts

Robot - Stampin' Up!

Thanks for looking and have a blessed day

Deborah

Challenges for Card Makers

I am getting hooked on card challenges and there are many out there to choose from.  I just don't have the time to do all the ones I am finding.  This week I came across this site, The Male Room.

There are many stamps that can be used in making a card for the men in our lives.  I find making a card for men is really quite fun.

The challenge for this week over on The Male Room.

A friend of my parents comes to help mom with yard work.  My dad died last year and this special person has been so very helpful for the heavy work on the property.  I wanted to let him know how grateful I was for his help and thus the creation of the card below.

The card includes water coloring, die cuts, ink, stamps and the inner part of a box.  

I attached a stand to the back so the card actually becomes a picture.

Hope you like it.  Hope it will inspired you to do more cards for the men in our lives.

Have a blessed Day,

Deborah

A Cupcake Inspiration challenge #341

This morning I ran across a card made by another blogger whose inspiration was off the blog  "Cupcake Inspirations" here: http://cupcakeinspirations.blogspot.nl/2016/01/challenge-341.html?m=1

The challenge is to make a card based and inspired by this picture.

This is the first time I'd seen this blog and when I saw the inspiration picture for this challenge I knew exactly the card I wanted to do.  It had been milling in my mind for sometime now.  I had even thought of doing it for my Christmas cards for this past Christmas but went a different direction instead.  So with this challenge it gave me the push I needed to make this card anyway.  

 The card is simple linen paper in a off white cream color.  I used a Tim Holtz die for the trees, cutting several of them.  Each one is then painted with picket Fence Distress Stain and Wink of Stella clear glitter added here and there. (see next picture for the highlighting effect it gives).

Over all a simple card which I think came out wonderfully.

Thank you for taking a look and have a blessed happy creative day.

Deborah