Watercolor Class Flowering Vine

This is my last post of homework for the Watercolor for Cardmakers Intermediate Class

There are till techniques that I haven't tried.

Fortunately they give lifetime access to the class.

I can go back when I have time to really dig in to the last techniques.

Hopefully it will be soon.

For this card I did a bit of wash in the background, dried it,

painted the vine through a stencil and used brushstrokes for the flowers.

Debbie Hughes demonstrated this technique.

I love the softness and unstructured look.

(I say that so I can get by with these weird flowers.)

If you're interested in learning more about watercolor techniques,

I highly recommend this class.

You can find the class at

Online Card Classes

Thanks for taking the time to stop by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps: Sending and Wishing (SSS)

Ink:  Bermuda Bay (SU)

Other:  Watercolor Paint (Koi Travel Set), Sequins (PPP)

Watercolor Class Floral

I'm not as pleased with this card as with some of the others,

but thought I'd share it anyway.

I was trying to do the negative technique from Day 3 of the

Online Watercolor Class

I didn't get the depth that Dawn got and my negative space got out of hand.

I think my Aunt will like it though.

Here's what it looked like before I cut it down for the card front.

Glad you could stop by.

Enjoy!

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Stamp  Recipe

Stamps:  Fabulous Florets (SU), Friendship Messages (SSS)

Ink:  Chocolate Chip

Paper:  Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press), Blushing Bride (SU), Solar White (Neena)

Other:  Watercolors (Koi Travel Kit)

Watercolor Class Valentine

The Online Watercolor Class is pretty much over,

but the gallery is staying open this week.

So I thought I'd share my hubby's Valentine.

I used the wash technique from Days 1 and 2.

I die cut a heart and embossed it, cut a smaller heart from a

leftover piece of the wash, stamped and heat embossed the sentiment.

There's a little frame of scoring to give it a bit more dimension.

I hope he likes it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Friendship Messages (SSS)

Ink:  Whisper White (SU)

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press)

Other:  Primitive Heart Bigz Die (Sizzix), White EP (SU), Woodgrain EF (SU), Simply Scored (SU)

Santa for Merry Monday

Good Merry Monday morning!

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Kathy is our  hostess this week.

I always love putting Santa on a Christmas card.

I'm trying to thin out my UFO box and this Santa was sitting in there

waiting patiently for his turn to find a home.

My coloring had bled out so I fussy cut him and placed him in some

torn snowbanks.

I fussy cut the trees and placed them around him.

A little Dazzling Details and some tiny tags and it was done.

Even the base card with the embossed panel was in the leftover drawer.

So glad to thin out some of those pieces.

All those scraps will get me into

Pixies Snippet Playground.

and I'm going to play at

Christmas Card Challenges

Now it's time to get your Santa on and join us at

Merry Monday.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Season's Greetings (Retired There She Goes), Holiday Snippets (PB)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Chocolate Chip

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Whisper White (SU)

Other:  Copic Markers, Mainstreet Tag Die (Poppystamps), Linen Thread (SU), Dazzling Details (SU)

Watercolor Class Cornflowers

Here's another card using a technique from the Online Watercolor Class.

This technique was so much fun!

I didn't realize you could make flowers with a flick of a brush and some paint.

(You did know they were flowers.  Right?)

DH is amazed that I can get so many colors out of 3 tubes of color.

It is amazing.  But I'm still having problems getting the right amount of water.

I'm waiting for that aha moment when it all comes together.

This is how it looked when I finished painting.

I stamped a sentiment at the top.

Then I decided to do some scoring.

Yikes,

Should have let the ink dry first.

I'm glad you are enjoying my blunders and bloopers.

Rest assured that there are much worse that didn't get their picture taken!

I'll take this over to Simon Says Wednesday Challenge where it's

ANYTHING GOES.

You've got to check out those designer cards if  you haven't already.

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Papillon Potpourri (SU), Fun Birthday Sentiments (Happy Little Stampers)

Ink:  Whisper White, Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Watercolor (Strathmore 140 lb. cold press for base), (Arches 140 lb. cold press for design), Brilliant Blue (retired SU), Whisper White

Other:  Watercolors (French Ultramarine, Aureolin), White EP, Bitty Butterfly Punch (SU)