AECP Workshop with Handmade by Michelle

I would like to thank Michelle Lupton (Handmade by Michelle) for inspiring to make some rainbow cards for her Altenew Educator Certification Program. I used a different stampset as I have recently made a huge purchase during Christmas. I have cards that I made on her workshop below. It was fun joining in online and craft along! It was a lot of fun! I have also made variations of the card which I will share in the next post.

Details

Stamp/Stencil - Altenew Billowing Peonies

Watercolour - Altenew

Inks - Altenew 

Card - Canson Montval Aquarelle, Neenah Solar White, Vellum

Others - Altenew White EP, Ranger Platinum EP, Altenew Waffled Diamonds 3D Embossing folder

Challenge
Seize the Birthday - Rainbow of Colors

Farewell card for Sue

I have a watercolour card to share. A long time friend at work just retired last week after 43 years of service! I made this A4 sized card on the one night as we had just over a week to collect signatures and messages from staff at work. I decided to use the largest flower bouquet I have from Simon Says Stamp and heat embossed with Altenew Rose Gold powder. The flowers and background with coloured with Zig markers and distress ink. The photos I took were with my phone camera as I was in a rush to get to work the next morning! Thanks for dropping by!

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp IG Watercolour Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make your own Background

Materials:
Card - Watercolour card, Kaisercraft glitter card
Stamp - Simon Says Stamp
Dies - MFT Dienamics
Inks - Zig Clean Colour and Distress Ink
Others - Altenew EP

Rose Filament Birthday

I have another card to share. I used the Altenew Rose Filament dies and traced the outlines onto watercolour card stock. I loosely coloured them with the Altenew Pan set and then diecut the shapes. Then the fun part, arranging them in the background of the card and then die cutting the rectangle shape. Some sentiments added and it was done! I'm adding this to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.

Materials

Dies - Altenew Rose Filament, Winnie and Walter and Lil Inkers
Stamp - Altenew

September Inspiration

It's been a while since I've blogged. So to make up for the long absence, I made a series of cards last weekend as I'm running out of birthday cards! Yes, it has finally caught up with me! I decided to try a cotton blend water colour card for the flowers which were stamped in black and loosely water coloured with my new Altenew Pan set. The background was inked with stencils and then splattered with more paint. The flowers were splattered with white paint from my Gansai Tambi water colours. Thanks for dropping by!

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stamp for Stamptember
Altenew September Inspiration Challenge

Just a beautiful day

I have a card to share which I made during the week for this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes challenge. The flowers and leaves were coloured (wet on wet) with Altenew inks on watercolour paper and then fussy cut. The background was created with some splashes of the same inks and then a stencil was applied over the top with texture paste. Thanks for dropping by!

Materials
Stamps - Altenew Beautiful Day and sentiment from Floral Garden
Inks - Altenew
Dies - MFT Stitched Rectangles
Others - Tim Holtz Gothic Stencil, Ranger Texture Paste

Bright and Cheerful

I'm sharing a gold embossed card on water colour cardstock. I left the images blank and decided to just drop colours into the the pre-wetted background. It was really easy and fun to make! I'm adding this to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Bright and Cheerful! Thanks for dropping by!

Materials:
Card - Watercolour 
Stamps - Altenew Label Love and Wild Hibiscus
Dies - MFT Stitched Rectangles
Others - Altenew Rose Gold EP and inks

Birthday card for Lauren

I have a CAS card to share using embossing with distress inks. This one took three goes before I got it right!. I stuck the first card upside down and tore the card when I tried to remove it!!

Materials:

Card - Tim Holtz Specialty Stamping paper

Stamps - Altenew Adore You, Concord and 9th Sophisticated Script

Inks - Distress Ink Picked Raspberry and Peeled Paint

Others - Ranger Liquid Platinum EP, Glitter tape, Pretty Posh Pink Clear Drops

Challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge -  Clean and Simple

Have a Beautiful Birthday

I have a quick watercolour card to share. I used distress inks to add some colour to the background and then white embossed some images over it. I love the washed out look of the distress inks! Thanks for dropping by!

Challenges:
A Blog Named Hero
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Splatter It

Materials:
Card - Watercolour paper, Neenah Desert Storm
Stamps - Hero Arts July Kit
Inks - Distress Inks - Picked Raspberry, Broken China and Seedless Preserve
Die - Lil Inkers 

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Blue Hydrangeas

After seeing a few blue cards posted recently, I was inspired to do one as well. This card was made with Distress Inks on water colour card. I wanted to colour in the negative space as there is a fair bit of detailing on the stamp which I wanted to leave untouched. I've also inlaid a die cut from Winnie and Walter. I'm adding this card to the current A Blog Named Hero Florals challenge with Winnie & Walter. Thanks for dropping by!

Materials:
Stamps - Hero Arts and Winnie & Walter
Inks - Distress Inks Chipped Sapphire and Broken China, Hero Arts Navy
Dies - Winnie and Walter and MFT Stitched Rectangles
Others - PPP clear drops

PTI May Blog Hop

When I saw the inspiration photo for the PTI Blog Hop, I knew what I had to do! Here is my interpretation of the photo. I stamped the main image twice on watercolour paper and then applied water! The first generation images were then die cut and adhered onto the card with dimensional tape. The rest was easy! Thanks for dropping by!

Materials
Stamps and dies- PTI Market Garden Gate Kit
Inks - Distress Inks Stormy Sky, Picked Raspberry, Dusty Concord, Carved Pumpkin, Dusty Concord, Iced Spruce and Broken China

PTI May Inspiration Challenge

A Sympathy card

I have a sympathy card to share. This is for no one in particular, just a spare to have if I need it. I used the Hero Arts Antique Rose on watercolour cardstock and distress inks. A very easy card to put together! I'm adding this to the A Blog Named Hero's watercolour challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Materials
Stamps - Hero Art Antique Rose and sentiment
Inks - Distress Inks Wilted Violet, Dusty Concord, Carved Pumpkin, Cracked Pistachio and Blueprint Sketch
Dies - Hero Arts Infinity dies
Card - Hero Arts

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PTI Create with us

I was inspired by Keeway Tsao's card in this month's PTI May Release. I used an old stamp set which is one of my all time favourite with distress inks on watercolour card.  I'm adding this to the PTI Create along with us challenge. Thank you for dropping by!

Materials:
Stamps - PTI Friends Til the End
Inks - Versafine, Distress Inks Squeezed Lemonade, Abandoned Coral and Mowed Lawn

Keeway Tsao's Inspirational Card

Musical Butterfly

I had to make a card for the current Fusion Card Challenge. I just love the inspirational photo and sketch. Both elements were combined in this card. I'm also adding this to the current A Blog Named Hero's Watercoloring Challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Materials:
PP - Kaisercraft
Stamps - Hero Arts and Altenew
Inks - Distress Inks

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Watercolour Dahlia

I'm back with another card using the Hero Arts Artistic Dahlia stamp. Lots of masking created this background of flowers on watercolour card. Only two colours were applied with Zig markers to create this lightly washed effect. I'm adding this to this month's A Blog Named Hero's May Watercolour Challenge. Thank you for dropping by!

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Materials
Stamps - Hero Arts Artistic Dahlia and Many Everyday Messages
Inks - Versafine, Zig Clean Color brush, Versamark, HA White EP

Stencil Water Colour Background

I'm trying a new technique (for me) using water colours and a stencil. I was inspired by Betsy Veldman on the recent MIM challenge to make this card. I don't have many PTI stencils and decided to use one from the Garden Gate kit. As the watercolour panel was quite big, I was able to make two cards with it.  Here they are! Thanks for dropping by!

Materials:
Stamps - PTI A Sweet Life
Stencil - PTI Garden Gate kit
Inks - PTI Simply Charteuse and Pinfeather, Altenew Blush, Rouge and Ruby Red
Paper - Neenah Desert Storm, Arches Watercolour card

More Flowers!

I'm very excited to ink up my latest purchase from Hero Arts! The watercolour panel was inked and masked with the Dahlia stamp and water coloured with Zig markers. Love the effect! I'm adding this to the current Fusion Card Challenge, CAS(E) This Sketch, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Showers or Flowers challenge and A Blog Named Hero's Anything Goes challenge.

Materials:
Stamps - Hero Arts Artistic Dahlia and Many Everyday Sentiments
Inks - Versafine, Zig Clean Colour Markers, Versamark and Hero Arts white EP

Color Crush

I'm loving the Color Crush powders I got at the last Paperific Expo. This is another one with techniques I learnt at the Watercolour Class I attended. I'm adding this to Virginia View's Challenge - Spray, Mist and Splatter and A Blog Named Hero's Texture challenge.

Materials used
Dies - Lil Inkers Stitched Square, Hero Arts Stamp and Cut
Stamps - Hero Arts Stamp and Cut
Colours - Tinby Designs Color Crush powders and Gansai Tambi Gold

Colour Crush

As mentioned in a previous blog, I attended the Paperific Expo on the weekend. I sometimes book a class and as it was a last minute decision to go, I didn't intend to attend a class. As it turned out, there was an available spot in one of the mixed media classes on watercolours. I have two cards to share that I made at the class with Beck BT using the Tinby Color Crush powders. Here are the cards I made using the Indigoblu butterfly stamp, with diluted ink brushed onto the stamp, first and second generation. I'm linking up to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - It's Hip to be Square.

Materials used:
Colours - Tinby Designs Color Crush powders
Stamps - Indigoblu stamps, Winnie and Walter sentiment
Dies - Winnie and Walter sentiment, Lil Inkers Stitched squares

Second generation stamping with Color Crush watercolours

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the crafty Mums! I have a card to share for the current Fusion Card Challenge and the Simon Says Stamp Mother's Day/Flowers challenge on Flickr. The stamped images from Simon Says Stamp were coloured with Distress Inks (Tumbled Glass, Candied Apple, Mowed Lawn and Spiced Marmalade) on watercolour card. The inspiration is based on the Fusion sketch and colours. Hope you all have a great day! Thanks for dropping by!!

Antique Rose for Mother's Day

I've been wanting to try this watercolour technique for quite a while now. I stamped my Hero Arts Antique Rose stamp with Distress Ink Antique Linen onto water colour paper and coloured in with distress inks. I made two cards at the same time just in case one did not turn out. The sentiment die cut is from Winnie and Walter. Well I think that both were OK and I decided to use both of them.  I was inspired by this week's Muse Challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Muse Challenge #161 - Anita Bowden

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