Hi friends! Happy Monday! We’re happy to welcome special guest designer Libby Hickson to our blog today! We are reprising these four uniquely fabulous projects she made! Scroll on, and enjoy!
I began by die cutting the Tea Party Fancy Die from watercolor cardstock. I watercolored with several colors of liquid watercolor, including the new Cocoa color for the table, chairs, and branches. Next, using just the outer frame from the die set, I die cut the oval background and added a watercolor wash. Once the piece was completely dry, the message from Spill the Tea was stamped with black ink. The two pieces adhered together for foam adhesive, and a small bow was tied to the table. For the background, I die cut the Woodgrain Texture Fancy Die from white cardstock.
First, I stamped the cat image in Intense Black ink on Neenah cardstock. The image was colored using Copic markers. Next, I created masks – one to cover the kitty, and one to cover the area outside of the cup. With masks in place, I stamped the flower from the stamp set onto the cup using Unicorn White ink. Stickles were added to the flower center, Black Glaze pen on the eyes to make them twinkle, and fine little whiskers were drawn on with a Copic Multiliner. Once all ink and glitter glue was dry, I die cut the image with the matching die.
To create the background, I made random dots using Copic markers in the same shades of blue and purple used when coloring the main image. The message was stamped using Intense Black ink, and a strip of glitter paper was added – because everything is better with glitter!
I began by embossing the teacup image from Spill the Tea in white on the main panel of watercolor paper, and also embossing the spoon and mint leaves in white on a scrap piece of watercolor paper. All three images were watercolored using the Hero Arts liquid watercolors, and the spoon and mint leaves were die cut with the matching dies. The spoon and leaves were added to the image using foam adhesive. The message was stamped using black ink, and die cut with Oval Infinity Dies. Ombre Sunshine sequins were added using Multi Medium Matte.
For this card, I began stamping the foam kitty from the Foam Animals stamp set in Soft Brown ink on kraft paper. Next, I created a mask for the kitty by stamping on masking paper & trimming out. I placed the mask over the kitty, and stamped the coffee cup, lining it up so the foam kitty would be at the top of the cut. After removing the mask, I colored the image using Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils. There are matching dies for this stamp set, but I chose to hand-trim the combined image instead. The heart message bubble from the Kit-Tea Stamp & Cut set was also stamped on kraft paper and die cut.
To create the background panel, I created a mask using the Round Rectangle Infinity Dies and masking paper, using the negative piece left after die-cutting. I placed that over my image and blended on Soft Brown ink.
To finish the card, I added the message in Black ink and adhered the coffee image and heart bubble with foam adhesive.
Hi friends! Happy Sunday! I’m delighted to share this gorgeous card with you today created by Norine Hope featuring many items from the Paper Rose collection! Read on for a brief description of the process and more photos, and enjoy!
The leaf images were stamped on the watercolor cardstock with Versafine Ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder and loosely watercolored.
Once dry cut the panel down to 4” x 5.25” and die cut the shadow of the Thanks Die from the panel. Wrap with gold string and adhere this panel to a white card base. Die cut the thanks word from gold cardstock adhere in the opening in the watercolor panel. Die cut the solid leaves from navy cardstock and leaf outlines from gold cardstock and tuck into the gold string.
Hello friends, its Nina-Marie here with you today sharing inspiration using our Simon exclusive Outline Butterflies background, along with some additional exclusives that we released in our Blossoms and Butterflies collection! This is such a great time to make and share encouragement cards.
The card is watercolored with Distress Oxides; not only are these inks amazing to ink blend with, but the rich colors also make for gorgeous watercoloring.
I was going for an ethereal style with this card, so not only did I use a myriad of colors for the butterflies, but also in the background of the card itself. Mixing Oxide inks is extremely easy, so even if you are a beginner at watercoloring, I think you’ll find this Oxide ink watercolor technique super easy and also fun!
To enhance the colors of the butterflies, I used a rainbow of Nuvo Gloss Drops on their wings, and also in the background. For sentiments, I used greetings in both the You Got This CZ Design and our Comfort and Prayers set.
Want to see how I created this colorful encouragement card? Be sure to watch the video below!
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