Watercoloured Wreath

Hi everyone.  I went down a rabbit hole recently with YouTube and came across this lovely video of a Christmas wreath by Cecy Catalan.  The title included "beginner", which I definitely am, so I gave it a go.  To my surprise, I'm pretty happy with my card, considering this is only my second attempt. 

This card was made yesterday when I had a card making playday with my good friends, Susan (Cardmaker's Garret) and Christine (It's a Card Day's Night).  We get together every month or two throughout the year to craft and have lunch together.  It's always fun. :)

I started with using the rim of a small, round dish to create the ring of the wreath three times, offsetting slightly.  I used Lumiere Acrylic Gold paint, which has a shimmer to it.  Unfortunatley, the watercolouring over top of the rings on the left side show up.  I made a second version using Delicata Gold Re-inker and it worked better. :)

I used my Kuratake watercolour paints and Princeton watercolour brushes to add the leaves, sprigs, berries, and gold ornaments.  I finished by adding some linework with my black micronpen, and stamping a gold embossed sentiment.  It was fun to make.  

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Sending this card to the following challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Inks / Paints - Kuratake w/c paints

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #71

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Stamps:  Merry Christmas (SU!)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Cold Press watercolour paper (Arches 140 lb.)
Ink:  Delicata Gold re-inker; Versamark
Accessories:   Kuratake w/c paints, Princeton w/c brushes, water mister, small round dish for creating center of wreath, Black Micropen for outlining, white gellyroll pen for details

Challenges:

November CAS Mix Up Challenge

Hi everyone.  Today is the start of the November CAS Mix Up Challenge, hosted by Jenny.  This month's challenge is to use stencils and powdered inks.  

I love this time of year, and wanted to make a fall card using my Magicals (powdered inks from Lindy's Stamp Gang).  They have a beautiful shimmer that you'll notice in the photos, especially the close-up.  I used Sunflowers stencil (Magenta), and magicals (Autumn Maple Crimson, Hag's Wart Orange, Witch's Potion Purple).  I just love this combination to make multicoloured sunflowers.  The stencil is a trio of sunflowers and I managed to make two CAS cards from the one mixed media panel of stenciling. :)

I used these fun double-stitched frames I bought many years ago from AliExpress.  I have used these frames A LOT.  They are perfect for framing up CAS designs.

I finished the card with a sentiment (Clearly Besotted - A Little Sentimental) stamped in Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink.

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Also sending this card to the following challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 1 - Inks - I used Magical Powdered inks

Snippets Challenge #544 - used snippets of the sunflower stenciling to create two cards. :)

CAS Challenge 918 - Sunflowers at Splitcoaststampers - CAS918

 

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Stamps:  A Little Sentimental (Clearly Besotted)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Magical Powdered inks (Lindy's Stamp Gang); Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Wander & Find stencil (Carta Bella), small water mister, Snowman Joy die (Penny Black), sponge

Challenges:

November CAS Mix Up Challenge

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 1 - Inks

Snippets Challenge #544

CAS918 - CAS Challenge- Sunflowers at SCS

November CAS Christmas Challenge

Hi everyone.  This month's CAS Christmas challenge is hosted by Susan, and she has picked ... 

I went through my stash of backgrounds and settled on two pieces that I used for the same design.  Both cards are made completely of snippets, except for the card bases. :)

This is helping me build my stash of Christmas cards.

The above background was done as a dirty pour with acrylic paints on canvas paper.  I've had this in my stash since 2018.  Crazy, right??!!

I made these backgrounds with friends (and zoomed with more friends) during a retreat many years ago.  We did a lot of dirty pours (mixes of diluted acrylic paints with a little silicone oil), which creates beautiful designs.  They make the most beautiful skies. :)

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While I had my die out, I used another leftover background piece (brushos) to make the card below.

Sending these cards to the following challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 1 - Inks (card 2 only)

Snippets Playground Challenge #544 - I used snippets for all the pieces of each card, except the bases :)

 

I hope you'll join in our fun CAS Christmas Challenge - Reindeer.  The Designers and our wonderful Guest Designer Marcia, have designed lovely cards.  Come check out the blog post.  I hope you are inspired to join us.

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Card #1:

Stamps:  Christmas sentiments (Penny Black)

Paper:  White 110 lb. card stock (Neenah); Mixed Media Paper (Strathmore)
Ink:  Black pigment ink (Altenew Obsidian)
Accessories:   Inspired die (Penny Black), silicone oil, canvas paper

Card #2:

Stamps:  Snowglobe Sayings (MFT - closed)

Paper:  White 110 lb. card stock (Neenah); Mixed Media Paper (Strathmore)
Ink:  Brushos powdered inks; Black pigment ink (Altenew Obsidian)
Accessories:   Inspired die (Penny Black)

Challenges:

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 1 - Inks (card 2 only)

Snippets Playground Challenge #544

Lovely As A Tree

Hi everyone.  This is one of the first stamp sets I bought when I started this amazing hobby (Lovely as a Tree - Stampin' Up!). :)  I still love this set.

A little inking directly to my tree stamp in different shades of green ink; then lightly misting with water and stamping onto my card panel.  Repeated these steps until I was happy with the results.  I finished with one last stamping, this time Versamark ink and then heat embossed to protect the tree image.

I used a few shades of blue to sponge the sky.  Added a torn snowhill at the bottom of my focal panel, stamped with a Christmas sentiment (retired).  For the finishing touch, sprinkled Chunky White Frantage and heat embossed to melt.  The whole panel is popped up onto the white card base.

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Sending this card to the following challenges:

Rudolph Days October Challenge

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 5 - Anything Goes - lots of inking, sponging, heat embossing  :)

SCS CCC26OCT - Christmas Card Challenge

Stamps:  Lovely as a Tree (Stampin' Up!); Snowglobe sentiments (MFT retired)

Paper:   White cardstock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140.lb)
Ink:   Distress Inks:  Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Tumbled Glass, Broken China (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   water mister, sponges, Frantage Chunky White embossing powder (Stampendous), Clear embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool and griddle

Challenges:

Rudolph Days October Challenge

Darnell's IDEAS Calendar - Week 5 - Anything Goes - lots of inking, sponging, heat embossing  :)

SCS CCC26OCT - Christmas Card Challenge