Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - Card 2

Hello!!

Today I have another card for the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!! I managed to up another card for the hop ... because .... well when you're in the mood to create, you do!! Especially when Finals Week is looming and you know you will not get any card making done during said week!!

I'm writing this up last night, which means Finals Week, Day 1 is done!!! This is also going to be short and sweet because I have to get back to studying for today's exams!

For my card, I decided to some watercolor stamping, first some smooshing on watercolor card stock. Then I used W Plus 9 - Heartfelt Holiday stamp set and stamped the oval wreath.

Next, I used the matching dies to the set along with the dies and stamps to Pretty Poinsettias and watercolored some flowers, a cup, stocking, and a snowman. Oh, and I used my Distress Markers for the stamping.

After it had all dried I layered everything around the wreath, some directly to the card, others I popped on foam tape. Rounded the corners and added it to a white cardbase!

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Don't forget to link up your Winter Coffee themed project!!

Dana

Thank You

Hey there!!

I'm stopping by with a card i made for WPlus 9 Designs Birthday Celebration Week - Stretch It Challenge. And by stretch it they mean doing something new or takes you out of your comfort zone. I tried a new stencil technique i learn at the Online Card Class:Stencils.

ETA (edited to add) - I'm entering this into Moxie Fab's Styling With Stencils Challenge!

I used watercolor with a stencil and it didn't turn out as bad as i thought!! I will definitely be doing this again. I washi taped a stencil to some watercolor paper and pulled out my watercolors. I started with a light purple, then went to a dark purple, then to a dark blue and finally to a lighter blue. It was messy and i love how the look isn;t crisp and has darker areas!!

While that was drying i stamped four feathers in purple and blue pigment ink, then cut them out. When the watercolor panel was dry, i wrapped black ribbon around it and tied it in a knot.

Last i added the feathers and stamped the sentiment, Thank You at the bottom.

Thank you for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: WPLus 9 Designs - Fanciful Feathers
Stencil: Heidi Swapp - HS01148
Ink: Memento Luxe - Tuxedo Black, Sweet Plum, Nautical Blue

Love You Still

Hey there!!

Well yesterday it got to 40 degrees!! Yep i said 40!!! By afternoon i didn;t even need a jacket!! Of course now we are swimming with all the melting snow, and there is still a ton of snow left to melt!! And today its going to rain!! But don't worry winter is not over!! Next week its cold again! Yay!! (can you detect the sarcasm??!?!  :D )

Anyway today have a card i made for Wplus 9 Designs Birthday Celebration. The challenge is Trends, and i picked sequins! I have some really really old ones that are mainly primary colors, but late last year i got a pack of hologram ones from Neat & Tangled and they included a sample pack (isn;t that nice?!?!). This sample pack (as i call it) has lots of different colors and sizes of sequins, and wouldn;t you know i use those sequins the most. In fact i have yet use the pack that i bought!! :) Funny how things happen like that!!

I started my card by using the watercolor technique i saw on Wplus 9's blog last week. I colored the wreath with my distress markers, using 2 greens and 2 pinks. Then i sprayed the stamp with pearlized water and stamped it on watercolor paper.

I did the same thing with the sentiment inside the wreath and the banner. For the sentiment in the banner, i didn;t use water because the font is really small and fine and you have to be able to read it you know! :D

I really really like the look of this!! I have a feeling i will be doing this a lot!!! So anyway i trimmed the watercolor panel and mounted it on my card base with foam tape. Last i added a few sequins!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Wplus 9 Designs - Valentine Wishes
Distress Markers - Festive Berries, Forest Moss, Worn Lipstick, Mowed Lawn, Gathered Twigs, Vintage Photo.
Sequins: Neat & Tangled

Hello

Hey there!!

This is my second post today, click here for my TAWS card!

I have another card today! This card is for WPlu9 Designs Birthday Celebration - Step It Up Challenge. The challenge is have some dimension, any kind of dimension.

For my dimension i used a damask stencil and Ferro for the first time. The stencil is about 6 x 6 and i used watercolor paper as its very thick, figured it would stand up to the Ferro!

Well after it dried i went to trim it and found out that when dry the Ferro is brittle and breaks off easily when cut with a trimmer! So next time i will start with a panel in the correct size. I used scissors to cut it down and it wasn;t too bad, but i'm not sure its really straight! lol!

I already had the Fresh Cut Florals stamped (boy are they a lot of work!!!!) I added a strip of vellum across my card base and adhered the flowers. Then i stamped the sentiment on the vellum and added sequins!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: WPlus 9 Designs - Fresh Cut Florals
Die: WPlus 9 Designs - Fresh Cut Florals
Ferro - Iron
Sequins - Neat & Tangled
Ink: Various Hero Arts

Cure For The Monday Blues Challenge

Hey there!!

Today i am playing along with a brand spanking new challenge by my good friend Taheerah Atchia!!! Its called Cure For The Monday Blues Challenge!! Taheerah will choose a photo inspiration each Monday, all to get us card makers out of the Monday Blues!! You have until this Sunday 4 pm EST to play along with the first challenge!!!

This is the photo inspiration for the 1st challenge:

When i made my card i did most of it by memory. First i cut a piece of watercolor paper, added some water too it and then painted a bit with some pink, orange and yellow watercolors.

Next i stamped some silver stars. I want to note that i didn;t wait for the watercolors to dry when i started to stamp, the paper wasn;t runny but it wasn;t totally dry. I liked how the ink bleeds just a tiny bit.

After i stamped the stars, i stamped the flower wreath and sentiment in black ink. Then i added a few sequins. But i still felt like it needed something, so i checked out the inspiration photo again and i saw the yellow ribbon and added something similar to my card!

I hope you will play along with Taheerah's challenge!! Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: WPlus9 - Valentine Wishes. The Alley Way Stamps - Once Upon A Time
Ink: Papertrey Ink - True Black. Hero Arts - Silver
Ribbon: American Crafts

Easy One Layer Card

Hiya!

So i didn't mean to disappear there again, i was sick last week and just got back into the craft room this past weekend. My mojo was a little hit and miss as i didn;t have a lot of energy.

This is a quick card i made, just because. It was made during 'i'm tired, have no energy, but really want to something instead of sitting in front of the tv' moment!!! LOL

I wanted to play with some new stamps and new ink. I stamped the heart wreath and sentiment. Then i added a little glitter to the flowers! See... super easy, perfect when you don;t have a lot of energy!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season!!! I be back in a couple days!! (probably playing with some new crafty goodies!!)   :)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies:
Stamps: WPlus9: Fresh Cut Wreath
Ink: Hero Arts & Memento
Glitter: Stickles