Butterfly with Gesso Dots

Hey everyone - I hope you're having a great week! After the holiday weekend, I'm struggling to remember what day it is - does that happen to you? Anyway, I'm glad it's only Thursday!

The talented Hilary (Fiddling About) hosts this month at CAS Mix Up and asks for stencils & gesso. Since I know Hilary through the Card Chain Challenge, I thought I'd make the effort to play along! If I ever had any gesso, I can't find it in the stash so I went out and bought some. I got it in the art area at JoAnn's and it's very thin - oh well, live & learn....

Supplies: Paper - Park Lane A2 card; Neenah white;

Poptone Black Licorice

Stencil - Hero Arts Chevron Stencil Pair

Stamp with die - Hero Arts Color Layering Monarch Butterfly

Die - A Jillian Vance Design Stitched Dot Rectangle Backdrop Set

Other - Artsmith Gesso, Tim Holtz Mustard Seed Distress Ink

Taylored Expressions Simple Strips in Reverse - Everyday Occasions

I've had this Hero Arts stencil set for ages and decided to give it some love. I had a thought to do a border for another butterfly I had sitting here. I applied the gesso through the stencil onto a white stitched rectangle and left to dry. Came back later and blended Distress Ink slightly off to further off the dots - sorta hard to see in the photo. Matted it in black and glued to an A2 card. Cut a TE sentiment strip into 4 bits and added going down the border. Curled the wings up on a monarch and popped up with some foam tape - done!

Thanks to Hilary and the CAS Mix Up Team for a fun challenge! Since it was out on the craft table, I also used some gesso with a new stencil for an upcoming Die Cut Divas project. Please watch for it on the 21st and if you have an Anything Goes project, be sure to upload it to our September gallery.

Thanks for stopping!

Joyful Greetings

Busy day today but I managed enough coloring for Day 7 of Kathy's (The Daily Marker) Coloring Challenge. I had my watercolors out from a previous day and I decided to go with them, using a new medallion die from Hero Arts.

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio Brights;

Strathmore 140 lb Cold Press Watercolor;

CZ Designs Sentiment Strips Reverse Christmas

Dies - Hero Arts Snowflake Medallion Fancy Die and

Nesting Circle Infinity Dies

Stamps - Hero Arts CL114 Joyful Greetings &

CL622 Designer Snowflakes (both retired)

Other - Prima Metallic Accents watercolors;

Memento Rosebud & Versamark inks;

Ranger Princess gold ep

I die cut the medallion from watercolor paper and watercolored with pinks and blues, merging on the borders for purple (plus I enhanced with more purple). The background circle was watercolored with yellow, gold and a few dabs of copper. The shimmer is so lovely in real life!! Stamped and gold embossed my sentiment on that circle then matted onto a blue one. Card is cut to A6 - A2 was too small, A7 too big and A6, as Goldilocks would say "just right"! Layered 3 snowflake dies for dimension and stamped a couple tone-on-tone snowflakes off edge for interest. Final touch was a sentiment strip - done!

Because I stamped off the edge and watercolored, this works for the current CAS Mix Up Challenge (third & final entry). Also used non-traditional colors so I'm adding to CAS Christmas (third & final entry) too. Finally - to Darnell's November NBUS Challenge since my medallion die is getting first play today and to Merry Little Christmas Anything Christmas Goes (second entry there). Thanks for all the fun challenges!!

Thanks for visiting and I hope you're enjoying the day! Happy crafting!!

 

 

 

 

Snowflake print making

TGIF and Friday the 13th, no less! Day 3 of Kathy's (The Daily Marker) Coloring Challenge and I decided to revisit her print-making coloring from a previous challenge. I had loads of fun with it this summer (see an example here) and thought it would be great using a large snowflake die.

Supplies: Paper - Ms Sparkle & Co A2 card;

Strathmore 140 lb Cold Press Watercolor;

CZ Designs Sentiment Strips Reverse Christmas

Dies - A Jillian Vance Design Stitched Dot Rectangle;

Hero Arts Snowflake Fancy Die (retired)

Other - Yasutomo watercolors; Twinkling H2Os;

Michael's gem

Basically all you do is die cut something from watercolor paper and paint it while it sits atop a sheet of more watercolor paper. Once painted you can spritz the object and use it as a stamp too. Cut a portion of the print you want to feature and away you go! Added my panel to an A2 card. Layered an unpainted snowflake behind the painted one for dimension and added a gem. Adhered to card and added a sentiment stripe - done!! This card works great for mass production - very quick and easy!

I had selectively die cut my print so it was off the edge. That way it would work for the current CAS Mix Up Challenge (second entry). Also used non-traditional colors so I'm adding to CAS Christmas (second entry) too. My card works at Watercooler Wednesday for All Occasions (my third and final there). Thanks for all the fun challenges!!

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a crafty weekend! Stay safe out there!!

 

 

 

Berry Merry Christmas

Hey crafty friends - I'm back with more coloring for Kathy's (The Daily Marker) current Coloring Challenge. It's Day 2 of only 11 for this one, very doable. I decided to color a Power Poppy image I ordered after the last Coloring Challenge. Marcella has so many gorgeous stamps and digis - this image is from a Holiday clear stamp set.

Supplies: Paper - Strathmore watercolor; Paper Studio A2 card;

Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes 6x6

Stamps - Power Poppy Berry Sweet Holiday

Dies - A Jillian Vance Design Stitched Dot Rectangle;

Lawn Fawn Stitched Labels

Other - Yasutomo watercolors; Hero Arts clear lacquer;

Copic black multiliner; various pencils;

Memento Desert Sand ink

I was also inspired by Bonnie's(Stamping with Klass) challenge over at CAS Mix Up where she's hosting with the theme of Watercolor & Off the Edge. I've never played there before so first-timer! I stamped my image off the edge of my watercolor paper using a pale beige ink to do no-line watercoloring. I stamped a second time coming down from the top and ended up trimming most of it off. I considered leaving it outline but ended up coloring it lighter than the main image. I added lacquer to the candy cane to make it stand out. I die cut three of the labels and layered for dimension, stamping the sentiment on the light teal one (the others were scraps). Done!

I'll also add (2nd entry) to Watercooler Wednesday for All Occasions. That's it for today - thanks for visiting and thanks to all hosts for the fun challenges!!