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Watercolor Love

Posted on August 2, 2019 9:37 PM by Julie 1 Comment

It’s my pleasure & my turn to host the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC713)! And we’re headed off to Wool & Honey..mainly a yarn site but they also have some really cute gifts. I love to knit so this place really spoke to me. For my card, I was inspired by THIS magazine. I really love the white plants on the watercolor bg.

Originally, I was going to mask the shape of the die cut, then watercolor the bg. But it just didn’t work out like I wanted so I went to Plan B where I watercolored the bg then added the die cuts on top. I misted the w/c paper lightly, sprinkled on 4 green & blue colors of Brushos crystals, then misted heavily. After I dried it, I stacked a white die cut slightly offset onto a matching black version to give it a little depth. The greeting was white embossed onto the black strip.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Organic set #2

Paper: Staples 110# white, black, watercolor

Ink: Colorbox frost white pigment

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch, Flower #7, Rectangle X Stitch dies, Brushos Water Color Crystals, white embossing powder

RN Organic set #2 3202	RN Flower #7 die 5175-07D	RN Rectangle X Stitch dies 5144-030D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	Colorbox Pigment Ink
Brushos Water Color Crystals	Ranger Embossing Powder	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	Water Color Paper

Balloon Races

Posted on July 27, 2019 8:42 PM by Julie Comment

Congrats to Jeanne, the newest Featured Stamper (FS651) on Splitcoast! Jeanne does a lot of watercolor, so I dug thru my watercolor backgrounds for my card. I was inspired by THIS card because I like the hot air balloon theme. So I kept that but I used different images, different colors & made mine a birthday card.

I had just enough of a left over watercolor bg in the pinks/purples to stamp & fussy cut my hot air balloons. I added just a little white pencil on the zigzag lines. The green/yellow bg was one of those that didn’t really work when I made it. So I tried a technique (from one of Lydia’s Challenge last year) where you take a fine line pen & outline all of the watercolor sections. She called it Topographic Watercolor. I was surprised how much it improved the look of it & how I liked it behind the balloons. You just never know when a “fail” will work out in the future.

Here’s the inside.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Stamps: DRS Designs:4 in 1 In the Sky, Hot Air Balloon, Another Year Flies (inside: Sunny Day Birthday Greeting

Paper: Staples 110# white, watercolor

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, (Kaliedacolor birthstone used on inside)

Accessories: Rubbernecker Square Stitch dies, white Prismacolor pencil, watercolors

4 in 1 In the Sky 952D	Hot Air Balloon –583F	Another Year Flies –489F	Sunny Day Birthday Greeting 592G	Memento Inks
Watercolor pan set	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Water Color Paper	RN Square Stitch dies 5005D	Kaliedacolor ink pads

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Mermaid Tails

Posted on June 28, 2019 9:34 PM by Julie Comment

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC708) we have Converse shoes. They actually have a colorful, fun site & I was inspired by THIS pair of shoes. I love the rainbow of colors.

For my card, I first white embossed the mermaid tails & little fish then used Distress reinkers & a waterbrush to create the rainbow of colors.The paintbrush was used to float in water, a section at a time, then drops of the reinkers were added. I made another little scrap like it to use for the die cut the “Happy”. A little splatter, some sequins, the stamped rest of the greeting & done.

Here’s the inside..I did a little masking to recreate the Fintastic part.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs: Mermaid, 4 in 1 Ocean Designs, Happy Tails (inside: Pawsitivily Birthday)

Paper: Staples 110# white, Neenah

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox frost white pigment (Kaliedacolor bouquet used on inside)

Accessories: Rubbernecker Rectangle Stitch dies, Sizzix Celebration Words dies, white embossing powder, sequins, Distress reinkers: tumbled glass, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron, ripe persimmon, picked raspberry

Mermaid 472F	4 in 1 Ocean Designs 953F	Happy Tails 1106D	Pawsitivily Birthday 727F	Memento Inks
Distress ink reinkers	Staples 110# White Card Stock	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	Sizzix Celebration Words 660223	Colorbox Pigment Ink
Ranger Embossing Powder	Niji Waterbrush	RN Neenah 110# Felt Ultra White	Kaliedacolor ink pads	Sequins