Birthday Geraniums

 

Greetings from Central CA, where our temps are just perfect for ripening fruit.

Not so perfect for long walks, outdoor picnics and much needed gardening.

So I'm indoors, crafting, playing with the new Greetery Summer release!

Botanicuts: Geraniums... LOVE! 

Trying the die cuts with watercolors, and kept a loose, let it happen touch.

Here's my technique: Die cut from watercolor cardstock, light spray with water, touch

with paint, it happens!

Once the pieces are dry, you can add deeper color to accentuate the veins, or not,

your choice.

I love to make envelopes special too. And find Betsy's stamps ideal to compliment the

cards. Her style coordinates throughout each release. They work so  well with each

other. Also love having a birthday stash ready to go!

Watercolor tips?

Don't overwork, keep it loose, above all enjoy the process. And, toss what you

don't like! Remember what colors work well together and what create mud, and

you're good to go!

Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

The Greetery: Botanicuts: Geraniums, Postal Frame, Window Pane Plaid BG, 

Pretty Postmarks, Birthday Blooms, Let's Have a Word: Birthday

Memory Box: Garden Folly designer paper, Fairy Jewels

Altenew: Inks

Daring to Dream: The Card Concept Challenge

 

Well, hello there! And welcome to the Card Concept's newest challenge, 

Daring to Dream.

Confession time... I had the hardest time with this photo. Why? Too masculine?

Muted colors? No flowers? I finally decided to focus on the globes, (always

loved globes!) and design my own way! That's a hint for you too, folks. Do

what you love, create your own way! 

And, I rather like the results! 

On water color paper, I smooshed color onto the surface with a stamp block.

It took 3 tries, and this is the one I liked best.

Glorious Globes from PTI haven't seen ink in a while, and I love the sizes in the set.

Simple stamping, and a few pop ups for the books and globes.

In case you can't read it, the sentiment says: 'You will change the world.'

The card is for a brilliant DIL/Geography teacher, who is truly on a path to

change with education. 

Play along for two weeks, and remember to add our challenge photo and

pick a style. Choose one of ours or design one of your own.

By the way, mine is Mixed Media (watercolors and inks) and Clean and Layered.

Products used:

PTI: Glorious Globes

The Greetery: All Blessings Flow (greenery sprigs), Crimped Frame Die.

All Altenew Inks

Tim Holtz watercolor card stock

Hello Sweet Friend

Hello, sweet friends! I'm up on the Poppystamps blog today, with a 

 watercolor card full of spring blooms! Pop on by to see how I used my

new Arteza pens to create my scene.

Can't wait for the real thing, (blooms that is) in my neck of the woods!

Have a blessed weekend!

Hello Sweet Friend by Nancy Penir

Watercolor Thanks

Hi, playing along (again!) with Cas Watercolour Challenge.

Bonnie and Loll have given us the theme, 'Autumn', 

for the month of October.

Sunflowers are in full bloom everywhere right now, 

gorgeous reminders of fall sunshine. I chose the lined drawn sunflower

 from PTI's Botanical Blocks.

Sharing a couple of techniques with you.

First, to color onto dark card stock: painted on bleach 

within the embossed image,

When dry, watercolored with Zig pens.

Background dry embossed with PTI's Bloom Builder's die.

Then spritzed with water, and colored randomly with watercolors.

Flicked Terracotta Tile and Ripe Avocado Inks, (PTI), after the 

background was dry.

Thanks from Swoosh dies.

Olive Twist cardstock: PTI

Watercolor cardstock: Canson

Card base: Rustic White: PTI

'Thanks': PTI's Cream shimmer

Do you love to watercolor?

Play along here:

CAS Watercolour October Challenge and DT Call

adding also to:

Challenge #98 - Watercolour

Happy Holidays

MIM this week with Danielle, has us 

splattering our projects, something I already love to do!

It's always great to learn a few of the designer's special

tricks, and Dani has plenty to share!

Make It Monday #233: Splattering

I couldn't wait to break open Winter Woods, a new set with beautiful bold winter birds.

White frost splatter created with: Mister Huey's Color Mist Shine. 

Sentiment from Botanical Blocks 3.

Twinkling H2O's watercolors

Vintage Linens Paper Collection

Sequins & Beads: WMS Vanilla Frost

Also playing along at:

The Challenge #53 {Make a NON-Traditional Christmas Card}

edited to add my bird card to 

Merry Monday, where the theme is Birds

Merry Monday #182 {Birds}

Yesterday we kicked off the holidays with a trip to the Moscow Ballet's 

traveling production of the Nutcracker.

Ron and I took our Analise and Reagan, ages 11 & 10.

It was magical!

Part of the package tickets were nutcracker dolls with the

event & date engraved on the bottom.

Grandpa snapped these pix with an iPhone, not bad for a phone!

If the production comes to your town, don't miss it!

The sets, costumes and performers were wonderful!