i love watercolouring images and although i have a good supply of different companies’ products, my favourite is colourarte’s twinkling H2Os which i’ve been using now for years.
i know from reader comments that many people have them but they’re not being used; did you know you can use them on your rubber stamps? here’s a helpful how to video: Twinkling H20 Basics by Leslie “O” Inventor.
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i used some leftover papers from my last card to create this quick and easy christmas card that is a bit different for me since i usually watercolour images; this tree was included in the paper pad.
i had to colour something though so i used permanent markers to colour peel off dot stickers and covered up all the printed tree ornaments; i also die cut lawn fawn snowflakes from white glitter paper and added a few more.
i’m playing along with these challenges:
jingle belles: All Bundled Up – cards that have at least three layers!
rudolph days: anything goes from the 25th to the end of the month
simon says – anything goes
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i’m playing along with two of My Favorite Things Challenges: the Wednesday Sketch #268 and the Colour #39.
i watercoloured this adorable bear with twinkling H2Os and gave her a bright pink scarf and hat and, as usual, i literally followed the sketch so it came together quickly. i added one of the sentiments from the same stamp set and a MFT snowflake.
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it’s unusual for me to post daily but i was determined not to wait until the last minute to play along with the jingle belles for a change. the prompt this time is all about “celebrating fab fonts, lovely lettering and all things terrifically typographic with a prompt we’re calling, “Text Me“.
i used an older kaisercraft stamp inked with versa color on a background i created by brayering distress inks and splattering with twinkling H2Os; of course i had to add yellow stickles to the stars. i made three of this design just because it was a quick and easy card since i didn’t use a coloured image. thanks for popping by.
while i was having fun with the monster stamp set, i made two bookmarks to submit to the Avery Elle challenge and this month’s theme: AEI♥U Challenge 33–Friendship!
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these little cuties were watercoloured with twinkling H2Os on hot press watercolour paper and the backgrounds were brayered with distress inks. since the blue monster had his hands up in the air, i added splatters because i think he’s throwing confetti.
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this is the first time i’m playing along with the Avery Elle challenge and this month’s theme: AEI♥U Challenge 33–Friendship!
i thought these little cuties were perfect for the theme and it was fun to use them for something other than halloween. i watercoloured two of the monsters from the avery elle clear stamp set with twinkling H2Os and stamped the sentiment onto the bottom of the AE bookmark die to use as a tab and sponged it with distress ink.
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this fun card was made with someone special in mind, using an action wobble on the elephant to make it interactive.
i watercoloured with twinkling H2Os and fussy cut but since his tail was just a line i snipped it off and put some twine in its place; the sentiment is lawn fawn.
i’d like to submit this to these challenges:
Simon Says Stamp – Shake It Up
Alphabet Challenge – Z for ZOO animals
Craft for the Craic – February – Something To Make You Smile
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i’m just popping in with a reminder that you still have plenty of time to play along with us at the penny black and more challenge blog for the anything goes with a stamp and a die(s) theme this month.
i used sizzix ticket dies to cut the image and mat, watercoloured this cute hedgie from the penny black every which way clear stamp set with winsor & newton watercolour paints and twinkling H2Os. the heart bubbles were made dimensional with viva decor glass effect gel.
i hope you’ll come and play along – remember, you can use any company’s stamp for your focal point, just no digis please; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image and as always, there are some fabulous prizes to be won from: Penny Black, Crafts U Love, Stix2 and Crafty Ribbons.
pretty pink posh’s valentine challenge requires participants to pick one of four designers’ cards for inspiration:
i was inspired by joni’s cute couple, the banners, bows and sentiment. i watercoloured the background and penny black hedgies with twinkling H2Os, added die cut hearts and bows separated by PPP Razzle Dazzle seed beads in red and the container includes some pretty charcoal grey ones that i attached to their noses.
i’d also like to submit this card to these challenges:
ABC Challenge A is for Animals
Ellie’s Critters and Creatures #1 – Anything goes with an animal
kathy’s 30 day colouring
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the jingle belles prompt is ‘BLING on the Holidays’ and i have bling, just no mojo so i cased my trees card and used different coloured glitter papers.
i used the same design as my other card, the same wplus9 merry die and these little guys are also part of the same IO die set. instead of colouring my background, i added some red and clear stickles to the designer paper (free in a magazine), matted it onto shimmer paper and then glitter paper. i used the inlaid die technique with these tiny gingerbreads – time consuming but i like how it looks like white icing so all that frustration effort was worth it. i might even make a set of cards with this design.
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i’m playing along with the My Favorite Things Color Challenge 38; the cool colours are my favourite to use, but i thought this was such a pretty palette!
i watercoloured this sweet image with twinkling H2Os, mixing some of the colours to match as closely as possible to the challenge colours, and used the same twinks to create the mat; another CAS card for my stash.
i’m also playing along with kathy’s 30 day colouring challenge; this was coloured in stages over several days.
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it’s the first sunday of the month and time for a new theme at the penny black and more challenge blog and it’s a very easy one! we’d like to see anything goes with a stamp and a die(s).
i watercoloured this cute hedgie from the penny black clear stamp set hugs! with twinkling H2Os and i used a couple of dies: my favorite things stitched circle, my favorite things scalloped border and spellbinders petite scallop circle.
i used my scor-pal and followed this flap fold card tutorial by Julie Davison on splitcoastampers; i changed the orientation of the images and added designer paper to the top fold.
i hope you’ll come and play along – remember, you can use any company’s stamp for your focal point, just no digis please; a future guest designer will be selected from those who use a PB image and as always, there are some fabulous prizes to be won from: Penny Black, Crafts U Love, Stix2 and Crafty Ribbons.
visit the blog for some fabulous creations by my teamies.
i’m playing along with these challenges:
Sweet Stampin all you need is love
Ellie’s Critters and Creatures #1 – Anything goes with an animal
Scor-Pal – “More Than One Score” #23 – Pink or Blue It’s Up to You!
Noor! Designs UK #15 Love
One Crazy Stamper Anything Goes (no digital images allowed)
kathy’s 30 day colouring
Simon Says Stamp – Have A Heart
i’ve sometimes mentioned that i have severe RA (rheumatoid arthritis), an aggressive form that has had quite an impact on my daily life for almost 20 years now. initially, i resisted making any changes to my activity level, but in time i had no choice but to accept my limitations because of lack of mobility, deformed joints, pain, surgeries, etc.
while i enjoy my creative outlet/card making, there are some tools or techniques that are difficult to use and i wish the manufacturers would consider principles of universal access. i have to balance play with rest, which means i create and post when i can and sometimes i colour an image over the course of a few days. i also don’t comment as often as people expect me to or as much as i wish i could, even though i enjoy my reader updates.
today, i have a new assistive device that should make getting out and about easier; it’s a rollator that replaces my cane and since i had my choice of ten colours, i chose kiwi green – it matches my twinkling H2O kiwi. :)
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i made another card featuring this adorable wplus9 elephant for a special someone who really enjoyed the last one i made.
i fussy cut the elephant, used a wplus9 heart balloon die, watercoloured them both with twinkling H2Os and popped them on foam tape. the wplus9 sentiment is from the same stamp set and the hello was die cut from coordinating old kaisercraft paper and attached to fun foam. to finish it off, i added some twine around the trunk and i hope this card will be as well received as the last.
i was inspired to play along with these challenges:
wplus 9 – Throwback Thursday #11
kathy’s 30 day colouring
Simon Says Stamp – Have A Heart
Sweet Stampin valentine
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it’s the first of the month so it’s time for a new theme at the house of cards challenge and this month we’d like you to shape up – create a card that is not square or rectangle.
i created a cupcake card and matching tag by using one of Buddly Crafts’ free templates by owner and Artist Kim MacFarlane found in the online shop: Digi Templates.
be sure to visit the blog where you’ll find links to the rest of the talented design team’s creations. i hope you’ll come and play along!
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