Watercolor Flowers...

The Design Team challenge at Inspiration Emporium for May is flowers. I love flowers! 

 Here are a few cards I made using some Dylusion stamps. I've been dying to use them. I made the yellow card first by stamping several flowers onto watercolor paper to create a background with Jet Black Archival Ink. I used Archival Ink because I wanted the ink to be waterproof so I could use the new Water Brushes by Ranger.  

 Color the flowers with the NEW Seasonal Distress Inks. Love the bright colors. I started by applying a little ink directly to my craft sheet. Using my Detail Water Brush I picked up the ink and colored my flowers. For the background I watered down the ink with the 1/2" Flat Brush so it would be lighter. This brush is amazing for doing large areas. 

 I also stamped a few extra flowers and cut them out to add a little dimension to my card. The word Journey is stamped on a die cut Styled Label Movers and Shapers than I inked it with a blending tool using Peacock Feather Distress Ink.

For this card I had an extra flower and I couldn't let it go to waste. The card is die cut using the Ornamental Movers and Shapers die. I die cut one from white card stock for the back of my card and one from Chipped Sapphire Distress Coredinations. The white card is scored about 3/4" down from the top and glued to the Sapphire card only at the top. From watercolor paper I die cut the Mini Ornamental Mover and Shapers. I did a wash for the background using my 1/2" flat water brush. Next stamp the stem, leaves and words on the background of the watercolor paper with Jet Black Archival Ink. The stem was stamped using one of the leaves stamp but do not ink the leaves only the stem, I had to stamp two times to get the steam long enough. You could draw it in too. 

 The flower is pop dotted to the card. 

What's your favorite color of Distress Ink from the 
new Seasonal Distress Ink?

Shaded Lilac

Squeezed Lemonade

or

Peacock Feather?

Richele

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Vintage Telephone Note Pads

Head over to the Sizzix blog to see how to make this fun project. These little note pads are great for home, office or a gift for someone special. 

 Have a great Sunday!

 Richele

Art Journal Class

I want to share a few photos from my class this past Saturday at Stampers Corner in Elk Grove, California.

I fell in love with this paper line "Follow Your Heart, Be Amazing" form My Minds Eye back at CHA in January. I knew when I saw it it would be great for a Journal. 

The covers are from Wendy Vecchi's Art Parts and of corse lots of Ideaology from Tim Holtz. 

 Flowers from the Sizzix Alterations line "Tattered Floral Garland" with Rock Candy Distress Stickles.

The new Faucet Handle is from Tim and Picket Fence Crackle Paint finishes it off for a vintage look.

Here's the ladies working away!

 They had such a wonderful time making their version of the Journal. 

Thanks for spending the day with me.  

They even played with the new Tim Holtz Distress Inks! 

Love the new colors!

Happy Monday!

Richele

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day

I hope that your are all spending the day doing what you love.  

Whether it's spending time with family, creating in your studio, or just relaxing make it a good one.

You Are Loved!

Happy Tuesday bloggers! 

I'd like you to meet my granddaughter Kayla. She is 4-1/2 years old and loves flowers and butterflies. She like snails too! ewe! You should have seen her smile when I showed the project to her.

This is a shadow box frame that I found at Ikea, they come in black and white. Works great for dimensional flowers and things under the glass. The background paper is the new Paper Love line from My Minds Eye. Love this paper! I added some stitching, Tissue Tape and a little bit of stamping. 

I made all my components first. I started with the flowers. Using white card stock I stamped Hero Arts Old Letter Writing with Distress ink then I used an Ink Blending Tool to add a little color. Tim Holtz has a wonderful Tattered Pine Cone Bigz die and you can make flowers with it.  See Tim's video here on how to make these little jewels.

Now the butterflies. This is a fabulous set by Sizzix and Hero Arts. Stamp your image with Mementos London Fog ink and then just line up the die, die cut and your done!  No more detail cutting. After stamping and die cutting I used my Distress Markers and Detail Water Brush to color the butterflies. 

Add a little light blue Dabber Paint to the Ornate Plate and a little pink Dabber Paint to the Word Band. Add long fasteners and it ready to mount. If you like a vintage look you can sand it too! 

I wanted to use the new Tim Holtz Alterations Bigs XL alphabet Word Play die to cut out "Kayla". Using a collage stick I glued Distress Core'dinations card stock to a piece of Grunge board and die cut the letters out. Paint the sides and a little on the front of the letters with white Dabber Paint. The band behind the Kayla is a strip of blue crepe paper, trimmings ribbon and metal foil adhered to card stock then die cut using Tim Holtz Alterations Sizzlits Vintage Lace Decorative strip die.

Once I had all my components and the background paper done I glued it all together with a hot glue gun. I added buttons from the Adornment pack, pearls from the Baubles collection, and lots of Rock Candy Distress Stickles for a little sugar coating. 

I can't wait to make a couple more with my two grandsons. Maybe black frames for them. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Richele

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