Lots of Snowmen

Hi everyone.  Made another snowman card for my Christmas card stash, as well as playing along again with CAS Christmas.  Hideko is hosting this very fun challenge.

This time I inked up an adorable row of snowmen (Simply Celebrate Winter - Lawn Fawn) and die-cut with matching die (Lawn Cuts).  I added just a little watercolouring to their accessories in rainbow colours.  Added them over top of a smooshed brushos background with torn snow hills and splattered falling snow.  To finish, stamped the sentiment that comes with the set, in black ink and heat embossed in clear.

Sending this card over to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge #35 - Anything Christmas Goes.

And also entering the card into Christmas Craft Creations June Challenge - Heat Embossing.  The snowmen, trees, and sentiment are all clear embossed over black ink.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Simply Celebrate Winter (Lawn Fawn)

Simply Celebrate Winter (Lawn Cuts)

Stamps:  Simply Celebrate Winter (Lawn Fawn)

Paper:   Watercolour paper (Arches Hot Press 140 lb.)
Ink:   Brushos; Black (Memento); Distress Inks:  Candied Apple, Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, Wilted Violet (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   water mister, white acrylic paint, splatter brush, paint brush, clear embossing powder, heat tool, Simply Celebrate Winter dies (Lawn Cuts / Lawn Fawn)

Challenges:
CAS Christmas June Challenge - Snowman

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #35 - Anything Christmas Goes

Christmas Craft Creations Challenge June - Heat Embossing

More Sunflower cards

Hi everyone.  After posting a card the other day using the pretty sunflower stamp (Pop Sunflower - Stampendous) - (click HERE to see the card), I decided to make two more.  They do make happy cards. :)

The card above uses patterned paper for the background (I'm on a roll!). :)  Love this woodgrain paper.  Works perfectly with the sunflowers.  I watercoloured the flowers in a new-to-me colour combo of Rusty Hinge and Aged Mahogany.  Love the colours together. Splattered more of the same two colours in the background.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

For the second card, I watercolour with distress inks again, using bright shades of yellow and orange.  Added a piece of burlap to ground the jar.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Sending this over to the CAS on Friday Challenge - Flowers.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Pop Sunflower (Stampendous)

Card #1 - Sunflowers on Woodgrain

Stamps:  Pop Sunflower (Stampendous)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); Patterned Paper (unknown)
Ink:   Black (Memento); Distress Inks:  Rusty Hinge, Aged Mahogany, Ground Espresso, Mowed Lawn, Broken Glass (Tm Holtz)
Accessories:  Clear embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool, paint brush

Card #2 - Sunflowers on Burlap

Stamps:  Pop Sunflower (Stampendous)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); White card base (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:   Black (Memento); Distress Inks:  Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Abandoned Coral, Ripe Persimmon, Mowed Lawn, Broken Glass (Tm Holtz)
Accessories:  Clear embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool, paint brush, burlap

Challenges:
CAS on Friday - Flowers

Twofer #39 Challenge

Hi everyone.  Welcome to the new challenge - Twofer #39!

Please follow the rules:

I wanted to use the Rays Layering stencil- retired (Tim Holtz) for my two sunshine cards.  The first card uses a piece of patterned paper from the I {heart} summer collection (Simple Stories).  I was surprised that this paper is still for sale ... it's from 2013! :)

I sponged Versamark through the stencil on the left hand side of the card, sprinkling with Fossilized Amber Distress Glaze before heat embossing.  The design is subtle, but I like how the glaze allows the works in the background to show through.  A simple sentiment "Hello Sunshine" (Spring Sentiments - Stampendous) was also heat embossed onto a thin white sentiment banner near the bottom of the card.  This card is meant as happy mail to celebrate the openings after almost 1 1/2 years of restrictions for Covid.  There are a few quotes on the paper "OK gather with family", "Visit with Friends".  Doesn't that sound great??!!

The second card uses the same sun stencil.  This time I sponged my card stock with Mustard Seed distress Ink before stenciling (sponging) over top with Wild Honey Distress ink.  I added a silhouette die-cut of a bicycle (AliExpress) and a sentiment "Wishing you a Sunny Day" (Pop Sunflower - Stampendous).  This card is meant as an encouragement for a friend that needs a little sunshine in her life right now.

Thanks for stopping by!

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I {heart} Summer patterned paper - Simple Stories

Spring Sentiments - Stampendous

Pop Sunflower - Stampendous

Card #1 - Hello Sunshine

Stamps:  Pop Sunflower - Stampendous

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Black card stock (Stampin' Up!); I {heart} summer (Simple Stories)
Ink:   Versamark
Accessories:   Rays Layering Stencil (Tim Holtz); Fossilized Amber Distress Glaze (Tim Holtz)

Card #2 - Wishing Sunny Day

Stamps:  Pop Sunflower - Stampendous

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Black card stock (Stampin' Up!); Unknown (Simple Stories)
Ink:   Versamark; Distress Inks:  Mustard Seed, Wild Honey (Tim Holtz); Black (Memento)
Accessories:  Rays Layering Stencil (Tim Holtz), sponges, bicycle die (AliExpress)

Challenges:

Twofer Challenge #39 - Sunshine

Stamping Friends are the BEST!

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing a card I watercoloured using Arteza Mica Powders.  My dear friend Barb won a set of 60 colours and she generously mailed 52 of them to me!  She just kept a few out for herself to play with, but thought I would get more use from them.

The colours and the sparkle is gorgeous.  Mica Powders do not have a bonding agent, so if you brushed them or smooshed them with water onto a piece of card stock, the colours would dry and then brush off.  You need to add something to make them stick.  For watercolouring, I added Gum Arabic (also used for many other purposes - most familiar to me is blending pencil colouring).  The ratio for mixing is 1 part Gum Arabic to 4 parts Mica Powder.

The card above stamped and heat embossed in Gold (Beautiful Bouquet Dahlia - W Plus 9), then watercoloured with three colours of Mica Powders (Red Raspberry, Iris Purple, Spring Green).  So pretty!  Thanks again Barb!!

These powders make it a difficult card to photograph.  I have done my best to try to capture the shimmer from these amazing powders below ... they really are special!

Close-up ...

Thanks for stopping by!

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Beautiful Bouquet Dahlia (W Plus 9)

Stamps:  Beautiful Bouquet Dahlia (W Plus 9)

Paper:   Watercolour paper (Arches Hot Press 140 lb.)
Ink:   Versamark; Mica Powders (Arteza)
Accessories:  Gold embossing powder, heat tool, paint brush, Gum Arabic, corner die (AliExpress)