Stampin' UP! - Grace's Garden Birthday

 Happy Saturday!

Today, is my sister's birthday and this is the card I made for her. 

I used Stampin' UP! - Grace's Garden stamp and die bundle, also Stitched So Sweetly Dies.  The cluster of flowers are 3 stamps and dies, layered 

and colored with Arteza Real Brush Watercolors.   

Close Up:

The sentiment and pattern paper from PaperTrey Ink - Fillable Frames #4 and Bitty Big: Amethyst Allure Collection.

Watercolor Colors: A163 Blush Pink, A190 Rouge Pink, 

A121 Honey, A128 Bumblebee, A125 Orchid Purple, 

A154 Green Tea, A111 Lt Green, A153 Bright Green

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Blessings

Deb

Spellbinders - Loves Me, Loves Me Not

Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a birthday card with some fun techniques.  The stamp set is from Spellbinders - Loves Me, Loves Me not and sentiment called Happy Sentiments.

  I stamped the image on kraft cardstock.  The leaves are painted with watercolors and the petals are chalk pencil.  I made dew drops with FSJ glaze.

This second card is stamped with Veramark ink to give a guideline for the image.  The leaves are colored with alcohol markers and the petals are chalk pencil.  I added some black pen details and dew drops also.

Cardstock: PTI White, Kraft, Black.

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Blessings,

Deb

Stampin' UP - Home to Roost

Happy Saturday!

Today I have a birthday card to share.  During Stampin' Ups Sale-a-bration last Spring I bought a few things and this set, Home to Roost, was free with my purchase.  

I used my Arteza watercolor pens.  I really love these pens, so easy to use and such vibrant colors.  The papers are PaperTrey Ink, Black, Hawaiian Shores and Pure Poppy.  

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Blessings to you,

Deb

Arteza Watercolor - By the Seaside

Happy Saturday!

Back in October, I bought Arteza watercolor pens with grand plans to try them out over the Christmas-New Years break from work.  That didn't happen, however I found a weekend in February to try them out.  If you haven't seen the videos on Facebook, here is one, they looked so fun and easy and they actually were!  They have real brush tip with the watercolor pigment in the barrel, like a marker.  Apply full color to the page or dip in water or wet your water color paper to create the water color effect and to blend.

I found an un-used Joann's gift card in January, so I decide to get some new stamps.  This one was picked out for this Arteza watercolor pen experiment.  The rubber stamp from France, Carabelle Studio "En Bord de Mer" (By the Seaside).  

I was kind of blown away by how easy and well these Real brush pens worked.  I used Tim Holtz water color paper and used my We R Memory Makers Precision Press and Memento Black ink to stamp the image.  

The base card is 5 x 7 so a larger card than I usually make.  It is a large stamp.  The precision press allowed me to re-ink and re-stamp, since the water color paper is textured.  So hard to get a full image on the first try.  I made several cards, some with the stamped image on the smoother side of the water color paper and a couple on the textured side.  The image I'm showing today is stamped on the smooth side of the watercolor paper.

Close-Up:

Arteza Real brush Colors: 
Sun: A128 Bumble Bee Yellow, A121 Honey, A156 Sunset Yellow 
Boats: A169 Orange Rust, A190 Rouge Pink, A101 Red, A195 Punch Pink, A182 Wine Red, A181,  A162 Lavender, A125 Orchid Purple 
Water: Spearmint Blue 
Sky: A159 Cyan Blue 
Lighthouse:   A178 Ginger, A115 Smoke Gray


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Blessings to you,
Deb