Online Card Class: Watercolour Day Two

Hello Everyone,
I love the different take on the techniques shown yesterday. I have chosen to case Jennifer's card. I made a stencil of my daisy die and used versamark to ink it up on the card front. Then I stamped the sentiment. I clear embossed both. Then I masked off the edges with painter's tape and watercoloured over it. Lastly, I dried the watercolouring and ironed off the embossing powder. I love the way this turned out. I just love these online card classes - there is so much inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by and  for leaving me some feedback!

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Online Card Class Watercolouring Day one, take two!

Hello Everyone,
This is the second card I made with Laura Bassen's technique. I inked up the acrylic block and stamped in a block formation. I used Picked Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade. I really spritzed this time with lots of water, so that the colours would really bleed together. I love the way it turned out. The die cut rose is a Silhouette file that I fell in love with. I would love to use this as a stencil too. I covered the die cut with Glitter Ritz Opaque White glitter to give it a soft velvety look. I love the way it turned out - the glitter doesn't show up in the photo, but it looks stunning in real life.

Thanks for stopping by and, as always, I love to hear your feedback.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Online Card Classes: Watercolouring Day One

Hello Everyone,
Today was the first of the new Online Card Class: Watercolouring for Card Makers. The focus is on backgrounds. I was particularly intrigued by a technique demonstrated by Laura Bassen. Essentially she inked up an acrylic block with distress ink, spritzed it with water and pressed it onto watercolour paper. I loved that it creates a bold watercolour background. For this card, I followed Laura's technique step by step. Mine got a little messy around the edges so I trimmed it out. I die cut five of the "mom" sentiment five times and layered them. I love the way it pops off the background.

In her demo video, Laura mentioned that she would be intrigued with trying it by creating blocks of colour. I tried that on the next card which I will post next. As always, I appreciate any and all feedback. Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Online Card Class: Water Colouring for Cardmakers

Hi Everyone,
I have been meaning to play with watercolouring and have just been super-busy at school - we are coming up to the end of the year crunch and I am marking like crazy. Anyway, I saw this great card by Laura Bassen and had to case it. I love the simple geometric background and the softness the watercolouring adds. I changed the colours up a bit, but other than that, I copied the background pretty directly. I wanted a bolder sentiment, so I went with the large "Hello" from Simon Says Stamp. I die cut the hello from the water colour piece (and used it on another card - see post below), so that I could inlay the black die cut. I decided that I wanted a bit of dimension too, so I layered it on three other die cuts. I love the way it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by - I look forward to your feedback.

Happy Stamping,
Meg

Muse #65, Simon Says "Anything Goes" and Online Card Class Pre-Class gallery

Hello Everyone,
Sorry for the absence - it is that time of the school year when my brain gets a little stressed and preoccupied with marking etc... While I find stamping a stress release, coming up with card designs does require focus and my mind just hasn't been up to it. Well today I felt the need to leave work behind and play a little in my stamp room.

I saw this card by Laura Bassen and just loved it. I have been wanting to play with watercolouring as I am taking the new Online Card Class which starts on Monday. I love the soft geometry of her card - I recently purchased the Altenew set that Laura used (Sohcahtoa) and thought that was definitely a sign that I should case her card! I felt I needed a bolder sentiment, so I went with the "hello" die from Simon Says Stamp. Well, when I made this card (which I will post next), I had this amazing "hello" die cut - so, I just had to use it. This is where Muse comes in - I missed out on Muse last week, but am definitely playing along this week.

This card came together very easily. I was inspired by our Muse Gillian Ross' use of a layered diecut sentiment as the focal image. So that is what I did. I felt the black panel needed a bit of texture, so I scored it randomly on my score board. I love the way it turned out. The colours on the watercoloured sentiment really pops off the dark background. I had fun with this card. I am also going to enter this in Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by - as always I love to hear your feedback!

Happy Stamping,
Meg