Watercolored Prayers
Hi readers! TGIF! I was delighted when I saw these brand new card ideas from Yoonsun Hur, and I hope you are too! The vibrant colors are perfect for a thinking of you card, and may just brighten up someone’s day! Be sure to read on for tips and tricks on how you can recreate these beauties for yourself!
Enjoy!
Spring is in the air and the flowers are going to be in full bloom! That means we are also ready to make something beautiful. Today I’m happy to share with you a couple of watercolor flower cards that I’ve made using my all time favorite Best Mom Ever stamp set.
For my first card, I stamped the flowers and leaves from Best Mom Ever set onto watercolor paper using VersaFine Pigment Ink Vintage Sepia. I then watercoloured them with Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey, Mowed Lawn, Crushed Olive Distress inks using a paint brush. Once dry, I die cut the left-hand corner of the watercoloured panel using Wavy Scallop Stitches die, then mounted the panel on top-folded Fog Gray card base using dimensional foam tape. For the sentiment die cut, I heat embossed the word “Prayers” with gold embossing powder.
For my second card, I made the same way but used different colours. I stamped the flowers and leaves from Best Mom Ever set onto watercolour paper using VersaFine Pigment Ink Smokey Grey and then watercoloured them with Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon, Stormy Sky, and Pumice Stone Distress inks.
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Have You Seen Our Latest Card Kit?
Hi readers! Have you checked out our latest card kit called A Colorful Life? April’s kit comes with bright and cheerful coordinating pieces from Simple Stories’ Life in Color collection that includes 8 sheets of stickers, clips, and 12 6×6 papers. The Simon Says Stamp exclusive stamp set this month is called Birthday Flowers and we think you will love how it is super versatile with messages, flowers and background images. You’ll also receive a jar of the very popular WOW black embossing powder, as well as several coordinating high quality 80# Simon Says Stamp cardstocks: Black, Schoolhouse Red, White, Cotton Candy and Surf Blue.
Yana Smakula has been crafting up a storm with this fun kit! I love how the samples below really show how you can go with a softer palette or a bolder palette depending on the accessories and cardstock you decide to use! I hope this inspires you, and if you’re not already a subscriber, you can SUBSCRIBE HERE, or to just purchase this kit, click here for the April 2016 Card Kit!
The always clever and talented Debby Hughes made these fabulous gift envelopes with the kit!
Thanks for reading today, and thanks to Yana & Debby for sharing with us some projects she’s making using the April 2016 Card Kit!
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Nature Inspired Card Making
Hello crafty and creative friends! Happy first week of Spring! I am so inspired by how green and beautiful everything is in my neighborhood right now, and my card for today is based on that Spring inspiration…and the color green! Green is definitely one of my favorite colors – and I use it all the time in my projects. I am especially partial to bright lime green! Today I’ve used the beautiful Simon Says Stamp Exclusive “One with Nature” stamps and dies to create watercolor trees and leaves.
I first started by die cutting squares out of watercolor paper to design my card layout. The Simon Says Stamp Stitched Squares dies are perfect for mixing and matching to make graphic card and scrapbook layouts. I stamped my trees and leaves with Archival (waterproof) ink onto watercolor paper and die cut them using the matching dies.
Here is a close up of the trees to show the water-coloring. I used my Kuretake Zig Clean Color Markers for this project. These markers are water based so they are perfect for watercolor cards. I colored with the markers directly onto the watercolor paper and then used a paint brush to move the color and blend the colors together. I used several shades of green, blue and teal for this card. No need to worry about being precise. I think it looks good sort of messy and free form.
I used a Tim Holtz Ideaology Word Token charm and a bit of natural cord to add to the nature feeling of this card.
These beautiful word stamps come with the “One with Nature” stamp set and I offset my text on the top and bottom of the largest square – for some background interest. That font is really cool.
Once my watercolor trees and leaves were dry, I attached them to my card front using foam squares. I added turquoise enamel dots to finish off the look.
Are you inspired by Spring right now? Have a wonderful day! I will see you back here on Saturday for Weekender with Wanda!
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