watercolor flowers

I did a card swap a while back using the watercolor flowers in a set of versamagic ink. I used purple and green cardstock. I was inspired to play with my watercolor crayons and a damp paper towel to get even more of a watercolored look. I used scraps of purple and green to finish the cards. It was a fun project with such a beautiful carefree effect.

I did this one the same time as the last. I used the same papers but only needed straight edge adhesive and watercolor pencils. I think it might have been nice if I grounded the chair with some green in addition to the gray.

I have been busy creating, honest. Its time for me to start sharing again. This one is done with a little bit of coloring. I think it was watercolor pencils. I got out a lot of my tools for this one. My paper piercer, crimper, corner rounder, and eyelet setter. Enjoy!

A little stress relief

I've had a busy week and I was just dying to create, but I was tired and worn out and my work station seemed overwhelming. So I grabbed a piece of white cardstock and started to punch out shapes. I stamped in noir palette ink using the Santa from Everyday Events onto several tags. I then colored in the image with watercolors using my Aquaflow pens. Ahh, nothing like a little simple coloring at the end of a long day. Now I can keep these little guys in mind for another project.

For the ultimate outdoors man

This is a birthday card I made for my brother, the ultimate outdoors man. I used the camping set. First step was to stamp the fire in Coffee Bean brilliance ink. Then I clear embossed it. I colored in the flames with marker and immediately embossed that too. Then I stamped the tent in Pearlescent Ivy Brilliance ink and embossed. I stamped the stars in Moonlight White Brilliance ink and embossed. I took Aspen Mist and Aegean Blue VersaMagic ink direct to the paper starting with the lighter one and working up and then the darker one overlapping the lighter. I then blended with a tissue. I used Pearlescent Ivy for the ground. I used watercolors to fill in the open areas of the tent. I colored in with a light blue and added purple to the areas that would have less light on it.
I have seen the direct to paper technique with the embossing before and admired the effect. I hadn't done it myself before and now am glad I gave it a try. I hope you will too.

Rose Collage Air Freshener

This is a stamp I got for free! I was my own Hostess and got it by placing a $100.00 order.
This beautiful stamp is so easy to work with. I just stamped in Cognac palette ink, cut around the edge, and colored with chalk pencils very quickly and viola. Beautiful.
I attached two of these to ribbon and wrapped them around this vanilla air freshener. The pretty freshener came from Joann's, skip the automotive section.
Even though I love to color, I can see this as a very striking black and white card perfect for valentines day or mothers day. And the ribbon could easily be written on.

Ice Cream Cone Card

I love sweets and this cute little image puts a smile on my face. Its called All Smiles.
Its a pwp (purchase with purchase) so I bought it in a mini set for 2.95 with a $30.00 order.
I colored it in with watercolor pencils and blended with a dove blender pen. I used a scalloped or cloud scissors to cut the edge of my card and used my cropadile to punch the holes. I punched the scallop punch and then pierced holes using circular plastic canvas as my guide. Hope it puts a smile on your face too.