Tasteful Touches ~ Masking and Watercoloring Video

July 13, 2020July 12, 2020Leave a comment

Welcome back to my corner of the world

We have gone soft and subtle today, the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper is just packed full of beautiful visual textures that makes great backgrounds for your cards. I have paired this with the Tasteful Touches Stamp Set, Grey Granite ink and ribbon.

To build on the softness I chose to use a watercoloring and masking technique to use the beautiful ‘peony’ looking flower and soft and ‘floaty’ sort of leaves in the stamp set along with a greeting that would be about perfect for any occasion.

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Watercolor Lovely Lattice ~ Free from Stampin’ UP!

March 3, 2019March 3, 2019Leave a comment

The colors I choose to use in my cards often starts in my ribbon drawer – I love to use it in my projects so it makes sense to start there! For today’s card my eye was drawn to the 3/8 Pool Party Shimmer Ribbon so Pool Party is the main color for my card and the water coloring on the Lovely Lattice stamp set which is my focal point and I got for FREE.

I think we all love to get something for FREE and from January 3rd thru March 31st Stampin’ UP! are offering some really beautiful products that you can get for FREE with each $50 you spend on Stampin’ UP! product….. read on for more information 🙂

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Hello ~ Accented Blooms

July 17, 2018July 16, 2018Leave a comment

Summer is well and truly with us here in North Texas – we are forecast for 100F+ for the next 10 days. My garden is looking a little parched despite the fact I am out watering at 7am every day!

One thing that will not fade away in the heat is the lovely flowers that are part of the Accented Blooms Stamp Set. I have used So Saffron, Pool Party, Powder Pink and Pear Pizzazz to watercolor my flowers and they are still as vibrant as the day I painted them.

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Animal Outing ~ Birthday

May 24, 2018May 6, 2018Leave a comment

Our youngest grand-daughter just turned 3! Cannot believe how quickly those 3 years have passed. Nearby where they all live in the UK is a Wildlife Park, a favorite place for a family day-out. So when it came to making her a card this year the Animal Outing Stamp Set, which I got when attending the Stampin’ UP! demonstrator conference at the beginning of April, was perfect for her birthday card. Continue reading →

Petal Palette Thank You

March 9, 2018March 9, 2018Leave a comment

Petal Palette – I just love this stamp set – I have shared in the past how much I love flowers and using them in my cards and this one has them + a cute little bird and a boatload of useful greetings. Today’s card uses a number of products from the Petal Passion Suite in the Occasions Catalog. This suite features mainly black and white with a little flash of silver – so it will go with just about anything in Stampin’ UP!’s range of colors, today I chose to go with Calypso Coral. Continue reading →

Birthday Blossoms ~ with a touch of watercoloring

August 27, 2017August 26, 2017Leave a comment

So everyone has a birthday – apart from thank you cards they are the ones I probably make most of. I like to keep a stash of cards ready for when they are needed ~ well, that is my excuse for making cards for no specific reason other than to have some crafting time.

The Birthday Blossom stamp set has such pretty images and I am drawn to the lovely cursive greetings that it has. I used it as one of my virtual on-line stamp classes last year and I am thrilled to have used it again in the card I am sharing today. Continue reading →