Water color poppies

I opened my mail yesterday and to my surprise it was a card I had made. I had sent in several cards about 2 years ago to Scott publications and quite a few were published I had totally forgot about them. This one will be in the Just Cards magazine. I am currently working on getting samples ready for a water color demo I am doing at a stamping event for next weekend so this will be a nice addition to my samples.
I used Raisin boat stamps Field of Poppies and misted it with water after coloring to get the pretty bleed out of the colors.The seamstress in me added the black stitching which really adds a nice touch of detail to the finished card.
I like to say it is the little things in life and this was one of those fun little things to find in the mail.
  Thanks for stopping by.
Donna


 " When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

Zig Water Color cards for demo

   

   I am preparing for a fun weekend of Stamping and chatting and learning with a fun group of gals that have met together for 11 years now. We started out Angels with a stamp company called The Angle Company even though the company is no longer we still are meeting once a year in March for what we call the Madison Mingle. The projects are now made with all different stamps from all kinds of stamp companies. I am wowed every year with the creative projects that people come up with. I always learn something new and get my stamping mojo on.
   I am doing a demo this year with the zig water colors and a few other water color techniques. I plan on posting some of my projects on my blog so people can go here to refresh there minds on what I showed them.So thanks for stopping in I hope you learn a new tip or idea.
      These two cards are very simple but yet pack a big punch of color. I stamped some outline flowers I had in my stash from Stampin up.( Go through your stash and find some outline stamps I am sure you probably have some) I stamped them with Archival ink on water color paper.I then outlined the inside of the flowers and pulled the color out with a water color brush.I went back and reinforced the darker color in the centers using the same pen for the blue and orange card. For the pink and yellow flowers I went back with a darker shade of the same color and lighly added a tad bit of color and pulled it outward to blend it.
       The pretty scripted Happy Birthday is from Raisin Boat Stamps All the write words I love this set nice simple script to used on a card.
     Thanks for stopping.
Donna
 

" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

Birds of A feather

     I love that Susan Opel has found a new place to land and share her talents over at My Favorite Things. I also love Challenges so here is my take on My Favorite things sketch challenge.
     I used a fun stamp from Raisin Boat Stamps called Perfect Partners.  I used water color paper and water color pencils to color the cute little birds. I went a little different with the black and white/off white theme.I used spellbinders dies to mat the birds. I used some color core paper and embossed it and sanded it to let the pretty design show through. To add a pop of color on the top and bottom and to go with the sketch. I added some delicate white lace and a skinny red dot washi tape. To finish it off I added a scalloped die cut heart and a metal love embellishment I had in my drawer waiting to be used.To be truer to the sketch I added the delicate leaves a My Favorite Things die that has been discontinued.
   I hope this gets you in the Valentine mood.Be sure to pop over to My Favorite Things sketch challenge to see all of the other wonderful cards the talented paper crafters have made for this challenge.
  Thanks for stopping.
Donna

" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer

JustRite challenge # 094 sketch take one

I finally have found some time to play in my craft room. I had stamped and colored these flowers months ago and am now making them into cards and I am using  a sketch for my designs for JustRite's challenge. I stamped the iris from Botanical Medallions and Banners onto water color paper and colored them with Faber- Castle water color pencils. I cut it out and used foam tape to attach it to the oval.I used a Spellbinders die to cut out the oval. I used my new JustRite background stamp Elegant Fronds ( so pretty!) for my side pieces, I also sponged the edges with the same lavender ink.I embossed the card front with a sizzix embossing folder.
   I hope you can find some time to play with your stamps today too!
Donna
" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me" Erma Bombeck Writer