Just Because

This is for PaperTrey's 9th Anniversary celebration and challenge for day 3: Grab and Craft Challenge where you need to use everything you grabbed in 5 minutes. I grabbed the Bold Blossom Watercolor Sheets, Scripted Stamp Set, Distress markers and a paint brush.  And here is my card:

I am submitting this card to Kathy's 30 day coloring challenge:

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Happy Anniversary

I couldn't wait to use this background stamp from My Favorite Things (MFT). I needed an anniversary card so this was a perfect time to use it. I used the colors from the Sunday Stamps Challenge blog:

I heat embossed the roses background with white embossing powder on the smooth side of the Tim Holtz watercolor paper and then painted the roses in with Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspberry Distress markers and a paint brush.  The sentiment is from Winnie & Walter - I used the Cutaway die Happy and then stamped and clear embossed "anniversary".

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Kindness

Wow I haven't posted here in over a week!  Life has been so busy and I have taken a few minutes here and there and tried to create some cards!  I got some new Penny Black brush stroke images a while ago and am just now getting to them.  They are large and beautiful images!  I used Distress Ink markers directly on the rubber, misted it with water and then stamped the image onto the Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor paper.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts.  I cut the image panel with PaperTrey's Tip Tops die and matted it with PaperTrey card stock.
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With Sympathy

Unfortunately I needed to make a sympathy card.  My good friend Jan's mother passed away over the weekend.  It happened at the best time possible for Jan as she was surrounded by her loving sisterhood group at our annual retreat.
Jan's favorite color is purple/lavender and today's SCS color challenge was to use Blackberry Bliss, Pool Party and Pear Pizzazz.  I substituted with Seedless Preserve Distress marker, Pool Party marker and Memento Pear Tart marker and water colored with them.  The flowers and butterfly are from Hero Arts and the sentiment is from Avery Elle.
I will submit this card to the Hero Arts challenge - Nature.

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You're the Best

The SCS color challenge for today is Crushed Curry, Eggplant Envy and Garden Green.  I cased this card by Kelly Latevola.  I used the sunflower from Stamplorations and colored the stamps with markers in the challenge colors (the leaves are from a PTI set) and stamped them on watercolor paper masking them as I went along.  I then used the watercoloring with markers technique to color the flowers in.  I added highlights with a white gel pen for some depth and texture. I cut the panel around the top of the flowers and leaves and set it aside.  I used a V99 Copic marker to color the top half of the card front, then layered the watercolored panel on top.  The sentiment is also from Stamplorations.
I am submitting this to the monthly Stamplorations challenge: Stamps and Markers:

Nothing like waiting for the last minute!

I am also submitting this to the Tuesday Throwdown Challenge: Opposites Attract:

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Thanks A Bunch

When I first saw Darlene's video here I knew I had to try this easy watercoloring method.  The way I learn is to pretty much copy the example in a lesson and I happened to have the same stamps that Darlene used.  Here is her card:

Isn't it beautiful?!?  I wanted to make a one layer card and I loosely used the FTL 304 layout from the Clean and Simple Stamping blog.  I stamped my sentiment too high so I watercolored some more flowers and then used my Hero Arts/Sizzix butterfly Framelit die to embellish that one spot.  The flowers are from a Penny Black set and I used Distress markers and a paint brush with clean water to paint them.  The sentiment is from Winnie & Walter.

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Watercolored Butterflies

I created this for the SCS Featured Stamper challenge.  I cased Beesmom's Faith card.  I colored the butterfly image with distress markers and misted with water then stamped the image twice.  I then used an aquabrush and more distress ink to spread the colors (wet on wet technique) for a more watercolored look.
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Still Addicted to Watercoloring!

As my title states I am still addicted to watercoloring.  I really like how this one came out.  This is a flower from Sweet 'N Sassy stamps.  I watercolored it with Distress inks and markers.

I am submitting this to the Addicted to Stamps Challenge: Make Your Mark  and  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes.

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Happy Birthday

Another card for the bonus day homework in the OCC - Watercoloring for Cardmakers.  This was done with a technique that Jean demonstrated.  I need more practice with this one.  I used the colors from this week's Color Throw Down:

I used a balloon die from Clearly Besotted, watercolor pencils and Distress Inks for the balloons.  The strings are from the companion Clearly Besotted stamp set.  The Hero Arts sentiment is embossed with Hero Arts detailed white embossing powder.

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Watercolored Tulips

This is for the SCS color challenge, using Iwona's Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #122 and practicing my watercoloring for the OCC - Watercoloring for Cardmakers.  I didn't include a sentiment because I honestly couldn't figure out what color to use for it without it taking away from the watercoloring!  I think I am addicted to coloring these tulips!  The vertical strip is washi tape and I covered some vellum paper with the tape and punched out the butterflies from it.

I am also submitting this to the Paper Players Challenge:  Clean and Simple Floral Challenge:

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Another Faux Hand Painted Card

I have to say that I am very proud of this painting.  It did take me two hours to complete the flower panel.  I used the technique that Tasnim shared in class.  I started with one flower (from Technique Tuesday stamped in Antique Linen) ) in the middle, painted with the wet on wet method with Distress Inks and paint brushes and really liked how it came out so I decided to mask that off and do a few more.  Three didn't look like enough so I did five!  I cut a Spellbinders frame from gold paper to mat the panel.  I added a touch of Wink of Stella to the flower centers.

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More Birthday Tulips

This time I embossed the image with white embossing powder and used Distress inks and Distress Markers pressed or scribbled on acrylic blocks to paint with.  This is the technique that Jennifer McGuire showed us in class.  The image and sentiment are from WoodwareUSA.

I am submitting this card to Seize the Birthday - Toppings is Flowers:

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Happy Birthday

Finally got some time this weekend to do more OCC - Watercoloring homework.  This was using Jean's technique of watercoloring a stamped image with Distress Markers.  The image and sentiment are from WoodwareUSA.
I am submitting this card to Seize the Birthday - toppings is Flowers.

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Watercoloring Backgrounds

This was so fun to create!  This is watercoloring stamped backgrounds with Distress Markers.
Off to play some more!
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More OCC Homework

More homework  playing with watercoloring with markers on stamps and spritzing with water.  I

made several panels with my favorite Penny Black stamp of all time - Blush.  I used Memento markers on the orange flower and Distress Markers on the purple one.  The background on the left card was created for Day 1 of the class.  

Hope you aren't bored seeing all of these water colored cards - I am having a blast making them! Thanks for coming by!

SSS218 & 2nd Gen Spritzing

This is the result of the Distress markers directly colored onto a rubber stamp and spritzed again with water after stamping it once.  No added ink is used.  Scroll down to my last post to see the 1st generation stamping/spritzing.  I actually like the colors better in the first generation because they are more defined than here.  I used the sketch from Karen Giron - Sweet Sunday Sketch 218:

All paper is from PaperTrey except for the image panel which is the Tim Holtz Distress water color paper.  I used Distress Markers for the watercoloring.

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Happy Birthday

I ended up doing LOTS of Sheri Carroll's technique today (from the OCC - Watercoloring) - using markers or Gelatos on directly on stamps and spritzing with water - several generations.  This is the first one that got made into a card and is first generation stamping and spritzing.  My next post will show the second generation of spritzing and stamping - I will be submitting the 2nd one to a challenge.

I used SU! Happy Harmony stamp with several different colors of Distress Markers.  The sentiment is from a PaperTrey set.

I am submitting this to Seize the Birthday - toppings is Flowers:

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Flowers in the Breeze

I entitled this post Flowers in the Breeze because that is the name of this Rubbernecker stamp set I used. It is a 4 step stamp set and I used the colors from the SCS color challenge: Primrose Petals, Wisteria Wonder and Pear Pizzazz.  I had these colors in markers only so I colored the stamps directly with the markers and stamped onto the card stock.  I then matted the edge with wisteria card stock and drew a line with a gold gel pen since using gold was an option of the challenge.
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Just Because

I haven't had a minute to make cards until tonight.  So this card is for a few challenges:  Retrosketch #111:

Muse Challenge #67:  Marion Vagg's card:

Just Us Girls:

and the SCS color challenge - Pumpkin Pie, Real Red and Pacific Point.

I used SU! Pumpkin Pie and Real Red Markers and Memento Bahama Blue marker.  I stamped the flower block with Versafine Onyx Black. I then colored on an acrylic block with a Pumpkin Pie marker, picked up the color with a wet aquabrush and color washed it over the entire flower. Then I picked up real red marker off the block and painted over the Pumpkin Pie in several places. I then painted the background with the Bahama Blue marker ink and aquabrush. 

The colors in my card are similar to Marion's colors, I used a flower and made my card square.

I will be taking the Online Card Class - Watercoloring and our pre-class work is to play around with watercolors - different paints, markers, etc.  I am submitting this to the pre-class gallery.

Today Darnell, Kim and I met at the Paragon Outlets in Livermore.  We shopped and had a little lunch and then shopped some more.   Here we are at the Ghirardelli Outlet.  It was such a fun day!

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Hello

In yesterday's Online Card Class - CAS 3 Jennifer Rzasa showed us watercoloring freehand images. This was my attempt at free hand water coloring a daisy.  I used distress markers on an acrylic block for my water colors and an aquabrush to pick up the color.  I lightly sketched the flower out with a pencil first then painted over it.  The sentiment is from Winnie & Walter.  I used a few enamel dots from MME to embellish.
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