Watercolored Distress Inks

Wow, look at the colors on this background.  I created it by adding a bunch of different distress inks to a background stamp (Anna Griffin) and then spritzing it with water!  Awesome effect!

Didn't need to do much to the card becuase I didn't want to cover up all that awesome colour!

Thanks for dropping by.

Donelda

One Layer Wednesday (OLW) 38 - Sketch Challenge

Edited: oops, that's right, it is actually Jennifer who handed out the actual challenge this week and she created the sketch herself!!  Sorry Jennifer for making this mistake!!

Susan R. gave us a sketch to use for this week's one layer wednesday challenge #38.  That is quite different!  I saw her card and wanted to use a silhouette flower and the bee.  You can't really see it in the photo but the flowers have a nice shimmer to them.  That is because I sprayed the inked up stamp with some water mixed with Perfect Pearls (Ranger) - one of Jennifer McGuire's favorite techniques! 

Flower and bee from smARTwork stamps, sentiment is from Papertrey Ink

Thanks for dropping by. 

Donelda

Femine Flowers

I love, love, love this technique ... faux watercolor.  The image is actually one that I've had for a long time.  When I first started stamping I had taken this image from Petal Prints (Stampin' Up!) and created various colors using my SU! makers and watercolor paper.  These yellowish orange ones haven't been used .. until now.   The background green cardstock was stamped with Background Basics: Text (Papertrey Ink)  using Versamark ink for a nice subtle look.  The sentiment is from Wishing You (Papertrey Ink). 

Thanks for dropping by my little stamping world.  I hope you have a great day.

Donelda

Bamboo Birthday

I know, you've seen this image a lot lately!!  LOL!!  Well, it is so pretty paired with a solid black sentiment and once I got playing around with the faux watercolor technique I just couldn't stop! 

This is one of the second stampings.  You can see some other cards created with this same image and technique here and here. 

This time,  a little tearing created the perfect texture for this rustic card.  I took the picture outside so it is a bit washed out - sorry!

Supplies: Stamps - Decrotive Bamboo (Hero Arts), Simple Little Things (Papertrey Ink); Ink - Jet Black (Ranger); Paper - Whisper White, Basic Black, Sahara Sand (Stampin' Up!), Other - black crochet yarn, dimensionals.

I promise I am done with these images but have some awesome baby cards for you that use up some items I've been stashing for a looooong time!!

Donelda

Bamboo Gratitude

Last week I created a card for a challenge to use watercolors in some way.  That card turned out great but this was actaully my first attempt.  I like it too but the challenge was for a One Layer Card.  You can imaging me slapping my forhead after finishing this card and then realizing my mistake! 

No problem, as I had played around with this great bamboo image and created a few different versions with it. 

The main image on this card is actually smooth watercolor paper matted with black cardstock and then placed on a very vanilla card base.  When doing the faux watercolor technique, watercolor paper accepts the color well and makes for a great final result!  I love it paired with this bold sentiment too. 

Supplies: Stamps - Decorative Bamboo (Hero Arts), sentiment from Spiral Bouquet (Papertrey Ink), Ink - Jet Black (Ranger), Paper - Very Vanilla, Basic Black (Stampin' Up!), smooth watercolor paper; Other - watercolor crayons (Stampin' Up!), spray bottle. 

Thanks for dropping in.  Have a wonderful day!
Donelda

One Layer Wednesday (OLW) - Watercolor

So Susan R's last one layer challenge #12 was to use watercolors in some way.  I LOVE using watercolor pencil crayons or crayons.  Here I colored the dry rubber image with 2 colors of green watercolor crayons and then misted the rubber.  I let the stamp sit a few seconds so the color would dissolve into the water and then stamped onto a piece of vanilla cardstock, then did it again.  this is actually the second stamping!  (You'll see my other cards in the future!). 

I didn't like how the bamboo just stopped before the bottom of the card so I drew a few lines with my Prismacolor Premier Assorted black markers.  It really gives the image some grounding and helps make the visual triangle with the sentiment also stamped in black. 

Supplies: Stamps - Decorative Bamboo (Hero Arts), sentiment from Spiral Bouquet (Papertrey Ink); Ink - Jet Black (Ranger); Paper - Whisper White (Stampin' Up!); Other - watercolor crayons (Stampin' Up!), various black markers (Prismacolor Premier), ruler, water mister.

Thanks for dropping in today!
Donelda

smARTworks Tea Party #11 - Monochromatic Blues

Welcome to the smARTworks Tea Party!! This time Susan

was the one to set the challenge and something had inspired her to go with a monochromatic scheme!! I can't wait to drop into her blog to see what she's been up to!

For me, I decided to go with blues! You see, I have so much scrap in my craft room that I am really challenging myself to use up as much of it as I can. And since I have about 3 times more blue than anything else, I am trying to make blue cards!! :D

Every once in a while I like to make really Clean and Simple cards!! No frill, no splashy stuff, just good old stamps and paper!!

This is one of those cards. But I did use the faux watercolor technique. It is one of my favs!! You simple color the rubber image and then mist it with water and stamp onto cardstock. I like to use watercolor paper because the image is very intereting as it dries!! I used one of the many silhouettes in Susan's Cookie Plate and colored it using a blue marker. Once it was dried, I added a bit of blue stickles which you can kind of see in the second picture (if you click on it you should get a larger view). Added a sentiment and a few layers of various shades of blue....and voila, a clean and simple card!

Now, off to see what the other cookies are having for tea:

Susan, Dina, Trish, Giovana, and our newest return cookie, Donna.

Make sure you leave a comment and a link to your monochromatic card here or on any of the design team blogs!! We'd love to have you visit for tea :D

Donelda