Fabulous Flowers

Hello! This will be my third post today. I am having too much fun playing with Oxide inks.  I started this card by sponging a White CS panel with Iced Spruce ink...love this color. (Actually did that a few days ago when I received my very first Oxide ink).  I did a bit of Dry Embossing beneath the sentiment that I stamped with Worn Lipstick and embossed with Clear EP. I layer stamped 3 flowers using Technique Tuesday Two Stampin' set with Oxide Fire Brick and Worn Lipstick inks.  I used a water brush to fill in the color. The leaves were stamped with Peeled Paint (DOI)  and Forest Moss(DI).  I fussy cut the flowers and leaves and attached to the background with foam tape.  I picked up the pink color in the flowers for the card base to finish.  I consider this a CAS card since the only thing that took time was the fussy cuts.  All stamps are from the same set. 

Challenges:

Mod Squad Challenge: Layered Florals-I used layered stamping as well as layered my cut flowers.

Stamp Ink  Paper: Challenge #108 Fabulous Flowers

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Thinking of Spring Flowers

Welcome to the studio!   Even though snow is on the way, I am thinking of spring flowers.   I was inspired by the colors of the flowers and the weathered wood of the chair in the graphic below in designing this card.   I began by creating a gray weathered wood background with white cardstock, Memento gray flannel ink, scor-pal, and a woodgrain embossing folder.   I used Technique Tuesday flower stamps from Two Steppin' set with distress inks Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar, Squeezed Lemonade, Peeled Paint for the image.  I water colored flowers on a panel of water color paper with a water brush and then fussy cut them.  I assembled the card on a Gray Metallic card base and added a sentiment heat embossed on a strip of Vellum.

Challenge:
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge 175 Photo Inspiration on right
Sweet Stamps Blog: January challenge is Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge: #306 Flowers
Sweet Stampin'  Challenge: Theme is Flowers
 

It is fun to make your own "Pattern Paper" with this technique to create a wood look.
Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Playing with Water Coloring

Welcome! Today I am sharing another card playing with watercolors.   I was inspired by another video by Jill Foster here.  She was using distress markers but I used mostly Memento Markers for the coloring.  I did stamp the images with Wild Honey distress ink and filled in the background with  Vintage Photo distress ink. I stamped the images on watercolor paper and water colored the images using markers and water brushes.  This took a bit of time to water color since I was drying the layers of colors during the process.  I followed the techniques for water coloring shown in this  Jill Foster video using acrylic blocks for palette for the ink..  I trimmed the image to the size I needed, inked the edges, and added to the layer of Pattern paper and then to a card base that I distressed with ink. I was surprised how close the card base matched the image background...after I distressed the edges.
The sentiment was heat embossed with pearl gold EP but failed to show well in the photo.  It does show much better IRL. 
Note: Since the sentiment did not show well,   I colored the sentiment lightly with Copic E29 to bring out the color to be able to show in this photo. This is the photo redone:

Challenges:
AAA Cards: Play with watercolor
Shopping Our Stash: Challenge is Splish Splash - use a water medium

Supplies:
Stamps: Technique Tuesday Two Steppin, GKD Happy Birthday
Ink: Distress Ink Wild Honey and Vintage Photo,  Memento Markers Rose Bud, Lilac Posies, Grape Jelly, Bamboo Leaves, Northern Pine, Tangelo, Versamark
EP: Ranger Embossing Pearl Gold
Papers: Strathmore Watercolor Paper, GKD Honey Mustard (Card base), K & Co Pattern
EF: Cuttlebug  Swiss Dots

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa

Coloring Vellum

Welcome!  This card was inspired by a video about coloring vellum from Jennifer McGuire seen here. I just had to try her tips and techniques.  I stamped Flowers and Leaves from Technique Tuesday Two Stepping set with versamark on clear vellum and heat embossed with white EP. I colored the backs of the images with Memento Markers Angel Pink, Rose Bud, Lilac Posies, Bamboo Leaves, New Sprout, Cantaloupe, and Dandelion. I fussy cut the flowers and leaves. I cut a banner with Cameo from pink vellum and white cardstock. I heat embossed W&W's Happy Birthday on the vellum and layered on the white banner.  Using a White CS Card Base,  I added  a layer of white embossed with Cuttlebug  EF Wicker Weave and arranged and attached  the banner, flowers and leaves with Vellum tape.  Love the lovely texture and colors on this card.

Challenges:
CAS(E) this Sketch: See graphic on the right
Simon Wednesday:  Let's be clear!  Hope it's clear that I clearly used vellum.
Mod Squad Challenge: Love that texture.  Texture is in the embossing and the embossed vellum.
Crafty Catz Challenge: All about Flowers
Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes

I enjoy all your comments. Thank you. Theresa