More watercolor fun

Just playing around with, again Distress Inks and Markers. I'm trying to decide if I want to invest in more traditional watercolor paints. For now I'm happy playing with what I have.

For this one I stamped using Antique Linen for a no line watercolor effect. I then came in with Distress Markers. I used Abandoned Coral for the flower, Fossilized Amber for the center with some tea dye and Twisted Citron with Crushed Olive for the stem.

Thanks again for stopping by!
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Karen

Watercolor....

I decided to take another online card class.  This one was "Watercolor; exploring mediums".  I always get so much out of the card classes. Like I had NO idea there were so many types of watercolor paper, and liquid masking .... who knew. So much to play with and so much to try. Here are just a couple of my first attempts. 

The first card is using Ranger/Tim Holtz watercolor paper and Distress inks. I LOVE distress inks and like how this turned out. Also on this card is my new stamp from Simon Say's Stamp " Many Thanks."

These 2 cards are done with Bazzill cardstock.....why you ask?? Well sometimes I have things laying around that I cut on my silhouette for when I need a quick and easy card and this happened to be what was on the mat. I used Gelato's....for the very first time. Talk about creamy!!! These are fun and I can't wait to play with them again. After I blended the colors onto the surface I laid a mask I also created on my silhouette and with a baby wipe went in and removed a little color. The stencil is lighter than I wanted....I probably should have done this step sooner but it had been several hours before I went back and did it. 

I highly recommend this class!! Hope to post more samples as I get time to play with all I learned.

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Karen

Simon Says Monday Challenge

This week's Monday blog challenge is "Love this technique". I thought about this a while and realized I Love so many technique's and I just couldn't pick!  So I decided to do a technique that I do love but haven't done in a looong time.

So here it is.....

I used Ranger alcohol inks. I applied Carmel, Cranberry and Terra-Cotta inks to my craft sheet with a little blending solution and swiped glossy cardstock through it.  I used Staz On ink to stamp my leaf and sentiment.

I'm so ready for fall......how about you??

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Karen

Hero Arts Makeover Challenge

I have been so out of the loop lately but I did see the awesome new Hero Art's Web site!!! WOW super fun and all the same great products and ideas.

The  Challenge was to take a card you had previously created and give it a make over. Fun right!!!

Here is my original card followed by 2 new cards I created.

 This first card (above) was created using the Hero Arts Lg. Lotus background stamped and embossed with white embossing powder. Next I went over it with Ranger Distress Stains. At the time the stains had just come out and were in the original dauber type bottle.

This next card was created using the Hero Arts Lg Lotus stencil. I have been playing with different types of texture mediums lately and the one on top was done with 3-D modeling paste in a mat finish. I then used the Ranger distress stains in the spray bottle. Colors; Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon.

For the last card, I used a Gel Texture paste, glossy and added the distress stains to it before I applied it to the stencil. I also used a texture tool to create the lines.

Super fun challenge and if you happen to be here, thanks for stopping by.
Hugs!!
Karen