Hi, friends. I’m back today with another Quick Crafty Tip. If you’re new to my blog (welcome!), be sure to check out previous Quick Crafty Tips HERE and scroll down. Today’s tip is all about recycling packaging… I’ve been saving all of the packaging that my stamps and dies come in to reuse when I watercolor. It makes a great palette when mixing colors or simply adding water to ink to create watercolor. I like...
Hi, there. Today’s card features a space background created with THIS and THIS die from Simon Says Stamp’s latest release… I started by covering a sheet of THIS watercolor cardstock with reds, oranges, and yellows from THIS watercolor set. I used another sheet of the same cardstock and die-cut THIS border die several times, rotating it each time until the background was covered. I appled THIS Distress Oxide ink directly to the paper covering...
Hello. I’m sharing cards today that is personalized for my dog loving friends and family. I started by using THESE watercolors and painting two backgrounds on to THIS cardstock. I die-cut a border along the edges once they were dry using THIS and THIS die set. I used the same watercolors to color in THIS dog house after stamping it using THIS ink on to a piece of the same watercolor cardstock. I used...
Hello, friends. I thought I would revisit a technique that I did awhile back HERE and create another example using a technique I like to call, “Camouflage Die Cutting”… I was inspired by THIS card that my friend, Kelly Latevola created. I love that she took a different approach to THESE Suzy Paintables. I decided to also die-cut from the panel once I painted the flowers using THESE watercolors. However, I wanted to put...
Hi. Today I’m sharing a couple of simple watercolor cards… I don’t know about you but sometimes I get stuck creatively. When I do, I just start playing and that’s how these cards were born. I love the look of metallics with watercolor, so I die-cut THIS word several times from THIS foiled cardstock. When I adhered them on top of the background, I layered them, shifting them slightly to create a “thicker” look…...
Hello. The Little Tangles Challenge Blog just announced their latest challenge HERE, which is all about watercolor. I created two cards for the challenge showcasing easy watercolor backgrounds…. First, I stamped the images and sentiment from THIS adorable Neat and Tangled stamps set using THIS ink and clear heat embossed them. I used THESE watercolors to color in the images and used THESE and THESE dies to cut them out. For the backgrounds, I...
Hello. I thought it would be fun to do something a little different on my blog. I want to feature 1 stamp set and show 5 different ways to use it other than on a card. I’m featuring THIS stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. In case you missed it… Click HERE for Day One Click HERE for Day Two Click HERE for Day Three Today is Day Four and I created some simple...
Hello. Some of you may know that I’m a big advocate of crafting with kids. My niece crafts with me a lot and I do a feature here on my blog called, “Taylor’s Take” showcasing her work. (You can find more about that HERE.) I recently sat down with my four year old son to do a bit of crafting and he helped me make these cards… I was creating THIS card and had...
Hi. I’m back today with a project featuring another collaboration for STAMPtember. This time Simon Says Stamp and Hero Arts paired up to create THIS sweet stamp and die set… I thought the images would be perfect to watercolor so I stamped them using THIS ink on to THIS watercolor cardstock. I used my MISTI to stamp the images several times since the cardstock is textured. Once the ink was completely dry, I used...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! STAMPtember is finally here. I will be sharing lots of inspiration this month, but wanted to kick off the party by sharing a card created with THIS stamp set… I stamped the fairy image using THIS ink and then clear heat embossed it. I did this because I used THESE watercolors to color in the image and the heat embossing helps keep the colors separate. I...
