More Watercolored Flowers

Good evening!

I'm headed to CHA tomorrow morning with some friends and am SO excited!  But before I finish packing, I wanted to share a couple of cards that I've made recently with the Seeds of Kindness stamp set.  Once again, I pulled out my waterbrush and tried my hand at watercoloring the images.

On this first card, I did a free form water colored background first and then stamped the image in versafine ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  Then, I water colored the image with some distress inks to help it pop...

Card Details
Stamps: Seeds of Kindness
Ink: Black Versafine
Cardstock: GinaK
Other: Border punch; embossing folder; waterbrush; twine; nestability die; ArtQuest watercolors; rhinestones

The next one was watercolored once again with Koh-i-noor watercolors and then touched up with a couple of distress inks to help the colors pop a bit more.

Card Details
Stamps: Seeds of Kindness
Ink: Black Versafine
Cardstock: GinaK
Other: waterbrush; corner rounder; embossing folder; nestability dies; white gel pen; buttons

Back to packing and finishing everything up!  I'm hoping to get photos while at CHA and will do my best to post them on my blog when/if I get internet connection while away from home. 

Have a great night and if you're going to be at CHA Wednesday - Friday, I hope I'll see you there!
Jessica

Light of the World

Details: Light of the World (Our Daily Bread); Cardstock: SU basic gray; hunter saffron, going gray, artichoke, bordering blue, Whisper White; Watercolor Paper; India Ink; USArtQuest watercolor palettes; Sakura Glitter pen; aqua painter, Krylon Silver Leafing Pen; SU organdy ribbon, Key tab punch & brads; Dollar Store Gems; Cuttlebug & embossing folders

I did some more playing with my new USArtQuest watercolor palettes on these two cards. The first lighthouse was stamped on watercolor paper & the second one was on Stampin Up's Whisper White cardstock. The paints went on both cardstocks beautifully, but I think I like it best on the watercolor paper because of the texture that the paper naturally has.

The cardstock colors are straight from my scrap drawer... I love using up my scraps!

We're back from the waterpark, exhausted and a little sunburned, of course! I look like Rudolf today - my nose is rather red ...

I'll upload a few photos of our trip a little later. They're downloading now... hopefully I got some good ones of everyone!

Jessica

Fruit of the Spirit

Card Details: Fruit of the Spirit (Our Daily Bread); Bazzil Textured Cardstock, K&Co. Designer paper; Watercolor paper; Superior India Ink Black; USArtQuest Stargazers & Pastelles Watercolor Palettes; Aqua painter, Prima Flower; K&Co. Gems; Cuttlebug & Embossing Folder; Sandpaper; Inkssentials Handle & Sponges for shading; Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, Antique Linen; SU Ticket Corner Punch

Good morning! My cards today were made with another stamp set from Our Daily Bread called the Fruits of the Spirit.


I used USArtQuest's watercolor palettes to color the fruit bowls on the first two cards. The fruit bowl is really shimmery in person, but I think it's hard for the camera to pick it up all the shimmer. These paints are similiar to Twinkling H2o's, except that they come in a palette rather than individual pots.


For the third card, I used Koh-i-noor's Watercolor Palette to color because I wanted to color a more vibrant fruit bowl. I bought the palette locally, but here's a link to see an online photo of what the palette looks like. Unfortunately there is no purple, so I mixed blue and red to make my own!

I don't know if you've noticed from my posts so far, but I love using my scraps when I'm making cards. Every card you've seen of mine so far has been made entirely from my scrap drawers. I hate to waste beautiful paper, so I'll usually make up a variety of cards when I sit and stamp. It's fun for me to see how similar papers can make entirely different looking cards using various stamps.

Card Details: Fruit of the Spirit (Our Daily Bread); Bazzil Textured Cardstock; K&Co. Designer Paper; Watercolor Paper; Superior India Ink; USArtQuest Stargazers & Pastelles Watercolor Palettes; Aqua Painter; Cuttlebug & Embossing Folder; Tim Holtz Distresser & Distress Inks: Antique Linen, Peeled Paint, Fired Brick; Inkssentials Handle & Sponges for shading; K&Co. Gems; Making Memories Word Button

Card Details: Fruits of the Spirit (Our Daily Bread); Palette Noir Ink; Koh-i-Noor's Watercolor Palette; SU paper: Confetti White; River Rock; River Rock DSP; SU corner rounder; aqua painter

Thanks for checking in with me this morning!

Jessica