Watercolor Citrus Blooms

 

A super simple watercolor card using the citrus blooms stamp. I love the sentiment "JUST CHECKING IN". After stamping the image on watercolor paper, I used an aqua painter to color the image. 

Hedgehog Friends

SUPPLIES:

• CARDSTOCK: Whisper White, Basic Black
• INK: Strawberry Slush, Memento Tuxedo Black, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede
• STAMPS: Love You Lots, Touches of Texture
• ACCESSORIES: Scallop Trim Border punch, Large Oval & Scallop Oval Punches, Flourish Thinlit Dies, Vintage Button, Candy Dots, Aqua Painter. Twine not SU.

Card is size 5" x 7". Used the swish from touches of texture for the green below the hedgehogs.

Wonderland Silent Night

SUPPLIES:

• Stamps: Wonderland
• Ink: Blushing Bride, Smoky Slate, Always Artichoke, Craft White, Basic Gray
• Cardstock: Blushing Bride, Smoky Slate, Watercolor, Whisper White
• Accessories: 1 3/8" Circle punch, Silver Cording, Enamel Dots, Very Vintage buttons, Aqua Painter, Sponge Dauber. Always Artichoke stampin write marker. Crackle paste by Golden.

Using aqua painter, colored water color paper with smoky slate and blushing bride. Stamped trees in Always Artichoke. Forgot to mask moon, so punched circle mask, added crackle paste and sponged on some craft white. Added a little more smoky slate with aqua painter to moon. Colored some of the trees with Always Artichoke marker where smudged. Colored below trees with aqua painter in basic gray.

Stamped sentiment on whisper white. Added button with cording and enamel dot. Matted with Smoky Slate and adhered to Blushing Bride card.

Wonderland Peace

SUPPLIES:

• Stamps: Wonderland, Work of Art
• Ink: Smoky Slate, Always Artichoke, Silver Metallic
• Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Watercolor
• Accessories: Silver Cording, Christmas Greetings Thinlits, Snowflakes Elements, Washi Tape, Aqua Painter, Snow Flurry and 1 3/8" Circle punches

On watercolor paper, masked the moon with circle punch; colored the sky with Smoky Slate and aqua painter. Added a little of the smoky slate on one side of the moon. Stamped trees in Always Artichoke, masking off bottom of trees with piece of paper. Added washi tape, snowflakes, silver cording and peace diecut.

 

Stamped background from Work of Art in silver on 4 7/8" x 6 3/8" Whisper White. Adhered to black card - size 6 5/8" x 10 3/8". (can't see black cardstock in photo very well because of black background). 

Watercolor Hello

SUPPLIES:

• PAPER: watercolor, whisper white, melon mambo, pear pizzazz, basic black
• INK: coastal cabana, strawberry slush, crushed curry, pear pizzazz, rich razzleberry
• STAMPS: secret garden, simple stems, stippled blossoms
• ACCESSORIES: basic jewels rhinestones, hello you thinlits. black flat rhinestones, water spritzer

After inking each flower I spritzed with water before stamping on watercolor paper. Applied the diecut "hello" and then colored around the card with aqua painter and coastal cabana ink. 

2-15-15bday

SUPPLIES:

• Stamps: Peaceful Petals, Simply Sketched, Parlor Prints
• Ink: Coastal Cabana, Always Artichoke, Versamark
• Cardstock: Whisper White, Calypso Coral. Gray and turquoise not SU.
• Accessories: Aqua Painter, White EP, Clear EP, Stampin Write Markers. Pearls, Ribbon.

For the flowers, stamp large flower in versamark on whisper white cs and emboss with white EP; color with aqua painter and tangerine tango. For smaller flower, stamp in versamark and emboss with white EP on Calypso Coral cs; color with Calypso Coral marker. Repeat with leaveson white cs.

I cased this card from pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/346284658823684730/

Her card is LOVELY!! I needed to get a birthday card in the mailbox in a hurry.

Swallowtail Parlor Prints

 

 

Stamped Swallowtail in Stazon Black on Whisper White CS. Colored with aquapainter and Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Night of Navy, Pool Party. Added Basic Gray marker. Inked Parlor Print background stamp with Coastal Cabana - blotted off excess ink with cutout shape of butterfly - then stamped on top of image. Added Sahara Sand marker to edges of butterfly. Stamped For You from Chalk Talk set in Basic Black on Whisper White, then added background color of Coastal Cabana using the round negative cutout from the center of one of the Chalk Talk stamps.

Seaside Retreat

This seaside scene was created using aqua painter on watercolor paper. Ink colors used: Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Night of Navy, Island Indigo, Crumb Cake, Baked Brown Sugar, So Saffron. I colored the sky, sea and sand and let it dry before stamping the images. Colored stamped images with markers.

Birds and grasses from Wetlands set. Sentiment from Express Yourself; Palm tree not SU.

Sketched For You

A CAS card using flower from Simply Sketched hostess set. Stamped on watercolor paper using Black Stazon ink. Colored using aqua painter and Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie pads. Sentiment from A Round Array set.

Framed image using Labels Collection Framelits and Square Lattice EF.

Moose Wild CASE

I CASE'd this card from Julie Gearinger's post on SCS:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2391713

Stamps used: Walk in the Wild, Parlor Prints, Hearts a Flutter

Acrylic Block Watercolor Technique

SUPPLIES:

• stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Flowering Flourishes, Teeny Tiny Wishes
• cardstock: Whisper White. Black, White, Watercolor paper not SU
• ink: More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Basic Black, Craft White
• accessories: acrylic block, water mister, mini brads, Word Window Punch, Aqua Painter, Sponge Dauber.

Using acrylic block F 4 7/8" x 6", I added reinker droplets starting with More Mustard in the center, Pumpkin Pie in a ring around the More Mustard, then Cajun Craze in a ring around the Pumpkin Pie. (about 5 - 8 droplets of reinker per color). Misted the block with water, and with the block face up with misted reinkers on it, I placed watercolor paper on top block and pressed. Then used aqua painter and Cajun Craze reinker drops to blend the outer edges of the color that didn't quite get coverage; sponged Early Espresso around edges. 

Stamped Lovely as a Tree and Flowering Flourishes in Basic Black. Stamped JUST FOR YOU from Teeny Tiny Wishes on black using craft white ink. Punched Word Window Punch; added mini brads.

Snow Much Fun 2

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - snow much fun
• cardstock - bashful blue, espresso, real red, whisper white
• ink - black stazon, real red, lucky limeade, black, indigo blue, pumpkin pie, daffodil delight
• accessories - framed tulips EF, itty bitty banners framelit, aqua painter, designer naturals button, red baker's twine

Another variation of the snow much fun christmas card.

Snow Much Fun

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - snow much fun
• cardstock - bashful blue, espresso, real red, whisper white
• ink - black stazon, real red, lucky limeade, black, indigo blue, pumpkin pie, daffodil delight
• accessories - framed tulips EF, corner ticket punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, aqua painter

Triple Tree

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - snow much fun
• cardstock - lucky limeade, bashful blue, whisper white, navy
• ink - black stazon, wild wasabi, real red, indigo blue, lucky limeade
• accessories - aqua painter, twine, framed tulips EF