I'm enjoying painting many of the Art Impressions flowers lately, especially tulips, it seems! This little pot of them if from 5870 - Peeking Bunny Set that was recently released. I stamped the pot three times in a row on my Ranger Distress Watercolour paper - using the colours that they are painted in.
Friday, March 15, 2024
Tulip Trio
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Quick Easter cards
I have always been a patterned paper fan, and Art Impressions has some of the prettiest paper packs around - today I am using 5742 - Easter PP along with the sweet bunny outline die from 5869 - Easter Bunny Puppet Set.
Since I wanted the papers to shine, I just used the die from the puppet set, starting out with a shaker card.I cut the bunny out of the oval die cut (5065 Oval Double Stitched Dies), as well as the background paper, where I inlaid the gingham bunny - this isn't a necessary step, but I wanted the base to be as flat as possible, giving my shaker elements lots of room to move. I glued on a piece of acetate, and rimmed the bunny with some thicker 3D foam adhesive, I placed the shaker bits on top of the bunny and attached the oval overtop.
I also whipped up a quick placecard, as I thought he'd make some pretty cute Easter table decor!
The sentiments are both from the newly released 5867 - Mini Easter Sentiment Set.
Saturday, March 9, 2024
Best Wishes
When Spellbinders came out with their alphabet press plates, I knew that I'd be grabbing a few. This is the Every Oxccasion Floral B and Sentiment plate set. I used Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink on the Betterpress cotton cardstock, then coloured in the florals with Copic markers. Card is 5 1/4" square.
Friday, March 8, 2024
All-Spellbinders card!
I have a Betterpress card today, using the Sealed Floral and It's Your Day Sentiment Strips press plates, pressed with the Betterpress black ink onto Canson XL Watercolour paper. I painted them with 3 colours of Distress ink, added some silver paint spatters, a silver metallic bow, and finally a silver wax seal made with the Timeless Blooms seal.
Sunday, March 3, 2024
SF Village & a Bunny card
It's Watercolour Weekend time, and I have a couple of projects to share here and on the Art Impressions blog today.
My second card has been in the back of my mind for a few months. Last fall my husband and I visited Mont Tremblant, a ski resort just north of Montreal - and the 5746 - SF Village stamp reminds me so much of the village! Scroll down and you'll see a photo that was my inspiration.
I stamped the Scenic Foundation onto my Canson XL watercolour paper using Tombows #969/565. I picked my warm and bright palette of: #993/837/373/476 to paint the buildings, layering the colours to create darker, shaded sides and keeping the sunnier sides brighter. #837 was also used for the chimneys. Layers of #N57 were painted onto the planters, sidewalks and to create the cobblestones. Several layers were painted to create the chalkboard sign. I used #249 along with the leaves stamp from 4052 - Flowers set 1 as the shrubs in the planters, and the small green from 4867 - Foliage Set 2 to create the greenery in the flower boxes. After softening them with a damp brush, I used the Bleed Proof White Paint to add dots that became flowers in the boxes. The mountains and hillsides were suggested behind the buildings with washes of #565/177. #565 was also used to add shadows under eaves, in doorways, on planters and in the windows. A wash of #493 was added to the sky.
I like to leave a little white space around my paintings, so I selected one of the 5063 Rectangle A2 Double Stitched dies to cut out my image, then mounted it with some 3D foam adhesive to my card base. A few enamel dots were sprinkled around it. Here's a photo of Mont Tremblant:
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Spellbinders Cardmaking Star
I am entering the Spellbinders Cardmaking Star competition with this card using the Cosmos Backdrop press plate, that I've watercoloured using Distress Inks.
I matted the image with black cardstock, and adhered it down to my periwinkle blue cardbase. The sentiment is attached with 3D foam adhesive, and a few black gems were placed around it.
I'm really loving my Betterpress!
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Snow Happy
I coloured these up a few weeks ago, thinking I'd use them for winter birthdays, but decided to make them into Christmas cards instead. This is "Snow Happy" from the Colorado Craft Company - illustrated by the amazing Anita Jeram.
So happy to have my first two Christmas cards ready for this year!