Category: Watercoloring

Hero Arts Handmade for Christmas Stencil + Embossing Paste

Today, I’m sharing two cards using the Birds & Leaves stencil from the Hero Arts Handmade for Christmas 2014 Catalog.

EmbossedChristmas

For the first card, I used gold Ferro paint (so not technically embossing paste) through the stencil and finished the card with a sentiment from “Very Merry Christmas,” one of my favorite holiday sentiment sets from Hero Arts. I used a double frame to showcase the stenciled image.

EmbossedColoredBird

For the second card, I applied Ranger’s texture paste through the stencil, which I “water” colored with Distress markers after the paste was dry. This was a much more ambitious card than the first one! My first try was a mess as the watercolor seeped through. I was much more careful the second go round, although there’s still room for improvement.

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Christmas in July: Penny Black Krafty Kat

I’ve been playing with the new Penny Black Krafty Kats release, and today, I’m sharing a holiday tag created with one of the images from the 30-241 Good Day! stamp set.

Christmas in July: Penny Black Krafty Kats

This particular image could also be used for a birthday tag (with different colors on the wrapping paper and ribbon). I stamped and heat embossed the image on watercolor paper and colored it with a combination of watercolor pencils and Distress Inks. I die cut the image with the large die tag from the 51-007 Tagged and then added the “Merry” sentiment, die cut from the Love & Joy [#51-021] set. To finish off the tag, I stamped the “For You” from Blooming Tags [#30-228] on a small punched tag.

Penny Black Krafty Kats

I’m over on the Penny Black Blog today with another card featuring one of the new Krafty Kats stamps.

Penny Black Krafty Kats

I stamped and heat embossed the cat and sentiment on watercolor paper, and then watercolored the cat with Faber-Castell watercolor pencils and Distress Inks. I cut the panel with a rectangular die cut and attached it to a cellophane bag. The bag is attached directly to the card panel, which I stamped with the Dotted Fusion background stamp. The die cut tag, with a gift card attached, slips into the cellophane bag.

Penny Black supplies: 30-239 You’re Retro!, 40-278 Dotted Fusion, 51-007 Tagged

Penny Black Krafty Kats

Happy July to you! I’m over on the Penny Black Blog today with a card featuring one of the new Krafty Kats stamps.

Penny Black Krafty Kats

I stamped and heat embossed the cat on watercolor paper and colored with both Faber-Castell watercolor pencils and Distress Inks. The Hooray sentiment was cut three times with the die for added depth. The orange balloon is attached with dimensional adhesive.

The Krafty Kats release will be featured all week on the Penny Black Blog – be sure to check out the inspiration there!

Penny Black supplies: 30-241 Good Day!, 51-038 Hooray, 51-004 Uplifting

Penny Black Great Day

Today I’m sharing a card created with Penny Black stamps and die cuts featuring the combination of coral and turquoise.

GreatDay

I created the card background with Distress Inks which were applied to watercolor paper, spritzed, and dried and then more color was applied. Once the panel was dry, I heat embossed it using the Penny Black Dotted Fusion [#40-278] background stamp. I die cut the dragonflies with the Flutters [#51-006] set from watercolor paper that had been similarly colored with Distress Inks in shades of blues. The circle was cut from watercolor paper and stamped with a sentiment from the Amazing [#30-243] stamp set.