Crafty with Caly: Joyful Poinsettia Faux Watercolor
Hi friends! Happy Saturday! Can you believe we’re a week away from Christmas? This duo by Caly Person will keep you in the festive spirit! Read on and be sure to watch the video for all the details! Enjoy!
Hi, Friends! Thanks for joining me today for two cards using a faux watercolor technique using WPlus9 products! I’m a part of the WPlus9 Encourage Creativity Community on Facebook and absolutely love watching Dawn Woleslagle (the owner of WPlus9) create. She did this faux watercolor technique in one of her lives and I was so inspired to recreate and put my own spin on it to share with you.
My cards today use the WPlus9 Joyful Poinsettia set. Dawn illustrated this set herself and it’s just beautiful. I’m also trying to squeeze in every holiday card I can before Christmas – no shame in the game! These cards also use accessory images from the Bells and Bows set as well, to give some body and interest to the sentiments. You can certainly join the WPlus9 Encourage Creativity Community on Facebook to see Dawn create these, but you can also see a condensed version in my video today!
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I used finger daubers and Distress Oxide inks to ink up the background stamp – you can also use Distress Ink as well. Because these inks are water reactive, they will rejuvenate as it takes a while to apply ink to cover the full stamp before stamping to paper. I used Distress Watercolor Cardstock today as I found it appropriate for the medium and technique used. After inking up the stamp, I spritzed it with my Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer about 5 times (full spray with fine mist) and coated the stamp evenly with water before pressing the stamp over the cardstock. This leaves a beautiful faux watercolor look.
The best part about this technique is that you can get multiple impressions. I stopped at two impressions, but Dawn creates 3 and says you can get up to 6 depending on the amount of water you use between impressions. It gets lighter with each impression, so it’s really a matter of preference on how you want your panels to look and which will be your favorite. While the panels dried, I used the Bells and Bows set to stamp some pine sprigs, bells, and bows for my cards. I also stamped the sentiments using Walnut Stain Distress Oxide Ink.
To give my cards some interest, I used a paper distresser to fray the edges of both my watercolor panels and sentiment panels. I added some of the brown residual ink to my sentiment panels to give them a more rustic feel too. After applying my sentiments to the watercolor background panels, I used the images stamped from the Bells and Bows set and embellished with some gold thread and some iridescent sequins.
I love getting two cards using one technique and hope you enjoyed it! A huge thanks to Dawn from WPlus9 for such a beautiful stamp set and sharing her technique. Thank YOU for being here with me today! ~Caly
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Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks to Caly for being our guest!
January 2022 Card Kit Inspiration with Kristina Werner
Hi, all! Kristina here with some card kit inspiration! The January 2022 Card Kit is packed with so many fun supplies! For my card, I used the Warmest Wishes stamp set and the Fractured Snowflakes embossing folder.
There are basically three elements to my card. First, I added texture to the card by embossing white cardstock for the main area of the card using the Fractured Snowflakes embossing folder.
TIP: Lightly spritz your cardstock with a bit of water before embossing to soften the fibers of the paper. This prevents the cardstock from cracking when using a deep embossing folder. I used the Distress Sprayer from Tim Holtz.
The second element of my card is the ink blended circle. I cut a circle out of white cardstock and ink blended using two Simon inks: Hydrangea and Royal.
Lastly, the third element of my card is the cute snow people! I stamped the three images from the Warmest Wishes stamp set in Copic-friendly black ink and then colored them with Copics. (See the video below for the exact colors I used).
After all three elements were created, I was able to work out placement for the greeting stamps, which were white heat embossed. I also added white snowflakes, dots, and “sparkles” with a white gel pen.
I hope you enjoy the card video! You can pick up the January 2022 Card Kit HERE, or subscribe to receive this kit and future kits HERE.
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Sizzix 15% off Sale + FREE GIFT(s) <-- yes, plural!
Hi friends! Happy Friday! We have another special DieCember® sale going on this weekend only! This one has TWO delightful bonuses! Not only is the sale extended to Tim Holtz Sizzix as well as regular Sizzix products, but while supplies last any Tim Holtz Sizzix purchase of $25 or more will automatically get you a FREE exclusive to Simon Says Stamp Dash Away All die! We bought extra in anticipation of everyone loving it like we did and to hopefully allow everyone that wanted one to get one!
In addition, we have a very limited supply of a super cute Sizzix die set that will also be added to your cart automatically with any Sizzix or Tim Holtz Sizzix purchase this weekend only or while supplies last!
Happy shopping and please enjoy!
