Challenges

Paper Smooches February Challenges is -Fun and Cute!  Not really sure how you can beat this fun and cute image, but I tried. :-)  

  This sloth is super cute, I love it!    This is my card.

I have loved these cute dogs from Paper Smooches Woofers and Tweeters for a long time.  The dog with the sad eyes is just the sweetest!  His friend is coming over to play!!  I blended the background with distress inks and added some blended clouds, along with trees and birds.  The dogs are colored with Copics and I added glossy accents to their noses and eyes. I know it is hard to see 'sigh'. I cut them out and adhered them to the card front. I used PS Stitches Wise Dies to create the hill and tree line.

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Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-One Layer  

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

The challenge for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is Have A Heart.  I think I have mentioned before how much I love Valentine's Day! lol So I make a lot of cards for this holiday!  Here is one I made for my grandson, who is only 3 months old (I know, I know but it is what I do). :)

The image is from Purple Onion and is colored with Copics.  The sentiment is Lawn Fawn's Claire's ABC's, this is when the MISTI comes in handy! Laying out alphabets on an acrylic block took a long time!  I put some sequins and hearts on the card front, then die cut an oval frame and put it over the image.

He really is the sweetest baby! :)

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Supplies Used: Stamps: Purple Onion Hearts on a String, LF Claire's ABC's.  Dies: SSS Oval Stitched dies

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is Ray of Sunshine.  They are featuring Dina Wakley products and I had a stencil of hers that I wanted to use on a card so this is what I came up with.

I used a stencil and tinted embossing paste to make the background.  I die cut the heart, bird, branches, leaves and adhered to the card front.  I put it all on kraft card stock.  I am on a kraft card stock kick for some reason! The images are colored with distress inks. The sentiment is from Tim Holtz's Small Talk.

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Supplies Used: Stencil: Dina Wakley-Leafy, Dies: Simon Says Stamp Songbird Branch, Sketchy Heart, A2 Card Curved Edge
Distress Inks: Festive Berry, Candied Apple, Crushed Olive, Mowed Lawn, Tea Dye

 

Lawnscaping Challenge #123

The Lawnscaping Challenge is Sending Love.  I love Valentines Day a lot!!  My kids, who are grown, still get valentines and they just shake their heads at their mom.  :)

I made this:

I used the light bulb in Lawn Fawn's Turn Me On stamp set, and stamped it on kraft card stock.  I used Zig Brush Watercolor Markers to color them. These markers are great, you can use straight out of the marker or blend with water.  Since I wasn't using watercolor card stock I just used them with no water blending.  The colors are so vibrant.  I heat embossed, in black, the sentiment on vellum and attached it to the card front.  I added a couple of red hearts and applied glossy accents to them.  I cut out a couple of light bulbs and popped them up with some adhesive squares for dimension and I applied clear Wink of Stella to the light bulbs.   (P.S. I won this stamp and die set on one of  Lawn Fawn's Inspiration & Release Week posts.  YAY! it is soooooo cute)

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OCC Watercolor Intermediate Day 6

Today, guest artists demonstrated examples of the Day 5 lesson, Expressive Florals and Leaves.  After watching the guest artists I just sat down and started to dab color on the paper and sure enough I got flower shapes. I also drew the bowl in watercolor paint and it actually looks like a bowl.  This was the last lesson, and honestly this is one of the best classes I have ever taken at OCC.  There is so much information that you can build on to make wonderful creations.

This is what I created today.

Soooo it was hard for me to call this done, I wanted to do something else to it, but in the end I let it be.:)  That is kinda stressed in this class, less is more sometimes.  The sentiment is from SSS Happy and Smile. I stamped this with my MISTI, and glad I did because watercolor paper really needs a couple of impressions to make it dark enough. I used a round brush and Kuratake Gansai Tambi paints on Arches 140 lb Cold Pressed watercolor paper. 

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OCC Watercolor Intermediate Day 5

The lesson today was  Expressive Florals and Leaves .  I enjoyed this lesson, I really like how loose it was, which surprises me, because I am all about structure. ;)  It was very relaxing when I was practicing the strokes.  This is an example of what I did.

This was done with a  round brush on Arches 140 lb. Cold Pressed watercolor paper.  I used Kuratake Gansai Tambi pan paints.  I loosely made some flowers. drew in a branch and then leaves. Once it was dry I added some highlights by adding additional paint of 'lifting' some of the paint off.  That was pretty much all I did.   I used a SSS die cut for the 'hello' and adhered the card front onto a black card base. 

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OCC Watercolor Intermediate-Day 4

Let's just say the technique samples that the guest artists demonstrated today were spectacular!  The lesson continued with Stamped Scenes.  This is what I made:

I stamped the flower image from Lawn Fawn's Our Friendship Grows and watercolored on Arches 140 lb Cold Pressed watercolor paper using Kuratake Gunsai Tambi water colors.  I received these watercolors for a Christmas gift (my husband was listening).  :)   Still working on technique but I am getting more comfortable.  I first did a watercolor wash in light blue, then stamped the images.  The sentiment is heat embossed on black cardstock in white.

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