Scrappy Tails Crafts has this fabulous Rose Petals stamp and die set that I have really been enjoying creating with. I have been in the mood for watercoloring techniques, so I created 3 quick cards using easy watercoloring techniques with my Catherine Pooler ink pads. Catherine Pooler just came out with some new colors of inks and I… Read More »
The Make The Cards Challenge for this week is a color challenge! I just got a new order from Sassy & Crafty Stamps and I was very excited to use one of the new stamps from the February release! I love my Chucks! I always wanted a pair of these sneakers when I was a kid and… Read More »
The Make The Cards Challenge for week 3 is a theme challenge and that theme is Congratulations! I am not gonna fib…I thought it was Celebrate and that is the card that I made. I did a quick adjustment to amend my sentiment to include a congratulations with a slightly different type and font. I LOVE this sweet… Read More »
Today I’m sharing my first card as a Design Team member for the Make the Card Challenge! Welcome to the first ever Make the Card Challenge! This is a brand-new card making challenge that will have a constantly changing theme. Sometimes it will be a sketch challenge, sometimes you will find a color challenge, and sometimes you will… Read More »
You know that I love a good craft kit. I do have to confess that I’ve been surprised at the prices of kits these last few months. It feels like they doubled in price. I’ve actually cancelled all my monthly kit subscriptions with the exception of the Simon Says Stamp kit and the Altenew Mini Delight Kit. Simon… Read More »
Have you ever spent a few days just creating backgrounds and images from your own doodles and then painting or coloring them just for fun? I’ve been creating mixed media backgrounds for a few days now and today I just felt like pulling out my watercolors and creating something all my own. I’ve been working on my doodles,… Read More »
There are a number of liquid watercolor inks on the market today. I’ve mostly used the watercolor brush markers and I quite like creating with them. Altenew just came out with a new set this week. It’s now on my wishlist! Day 3 of Altenew’s Elements of Watercoloring Mediums, we explored using the watercolor brush marker liquid ink… Read More »
Watercolor paint sets wildly in price and types. I’m guessing that the gold standard is Daniel Smith paints in the tubes. Those are decadently expensive and that’s what Debby Hughes uses! She’s a master watercolorist and she’s amazing. For day 2 of the Altenew Exploring Watercolor Mediums class, we used the student grade pan set from Altenew. This… Read More »
Watercolor is one of those techniques that a lot of people are afraid to try. One of the things that I adore about it is that there are so many different ways to get that watercolor look and every single one of them is fun to try. This is an old technique, but a good one. I’m taking… Read More »
That’s right! I cleaned my craft room today to pack up a few things that I want to take home with me and I found some watercolor pieces that I had made a couple of months ago. I added some marker touches and created a very quick card out of the leftovers. I hated not using them! I… Read More »
I’ve been playing with watercoloring using my inks for the last two weeks. I just can’t get enough! Of course, I have nice watercolor paints that are actually sitting in my drawer while I play with my inks. I can get away with less craft supplies when I want to…but, why?! Today’s card was created using the Atlantic… Read More »
Altenew has a new artist watercolor pan set that I have really been enjoying playing with. I shared two of the other cards that I made from the Altenew Academy class called Artist Watercoloring 101. The two pieces I’m sharing today are from two other lessons. I’m using a new stamp set that I got from Concord &… Read More »
Have you had a chance to try watercoloring yet? There are so many different ways to watercolor and so many techniques to try. I’m taking a class at Altenew Academy called Artist Watercolor 101 and I am loving it. The instructor is fantastic and she is sharing so many tips and tricks. She keeps reinforcing little techniques as… Read More »
Have you ever looked at a card sketch and felt no inspiration at all? That happened to me today when I sat down to look at this week’s Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. In all honesty, it is the PERFECT card sketch for using up your pretty paper scraps or Washi tapes. I just wasn’t feeling it until I… Read More »
I had two cards to make tonight and they both needed to be quick and easy or they weren’t getting done. This card is for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge. Once again, I watercolored one of the butterflies from this month’s Simon Says Stamp Card Kit using Altenew Watercolor Brushes and Canson XL watercolor paper. I did… Read More »