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Snowman Water Color Fun

11/10/2015

Today was gray, dull, dark, rainy and depressing here in Upstate New York! When I saw this Penny Black snowman card made by Birgit Egbloom awhile ago, I absolutely fell in love with her exclusive use of grey and promptly ordered the snowman stamp and berry bevy branches!

Here's her card that I fell in love with:

Here's my version:

We made this card at the Camden Club last Wednesday. I'll be bringing Snowy to our Paper Arts Club meeting on the 18th! My little snowman is painted with Zig Brush Pens, but any old water color medium will work. We'll be using a mask for the snow hill and the snowman also. Sentiment is by Stampendous and was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.

This is a great card to replicate for your Christmas card list. He's adorable painted in any color. Try all pink, all blue, all purple or any color you can think of!

My dark and depressing day is just a little brighter looking at this happy, cheerful and sweet little card!

Thanks for stopping by!

LYN

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Playing with Stamped Water Color

11/8/2015

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I was asked to create a gratitude card recently and decided to give a really cool Penny Black Hidden Lane #40-416 stamp a try. I played with this stamp once before with disastrous results. Because I'm currently heavy in my water coloring phase, I gave this image another go.

Here's the result:

The water color panel was first spritzed with a mix of water and instant coffee and allowed to dry. Next, I used my Misti to perfectly align the stamp over the watercolor paper. The image was colored with Distress cubes, which were easier to use while adding color onto areas of the image, and then spritzed with water.

I kept the colors fairly simple applying color from light to dark:

Pine Tree: Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn
Grass Area: Peeled Paint
Fence: Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain
Foliage Tree: Peeled Paint, Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick, Seedless Preserves

Gratitude banner was heat embossed with Stampendous Detail Copper onto a scrap of previously colored background paper from my stash. The twig button was made by my BIL.

Here's the story with the little leaves. I didn't have a leaf diecut in the size I needed (I know, shocker). The original leaves were from a package of Prima leaves that were huge. All I did was hand punch little leaves from the big leaves. (I had no idea if that would work because of the bulkiness and/or the punch wouldn't be sharp enough. I was thrilled it worked!)

The dry embossed background (Core'dinations) was a wood grain pattern from Spellbinders Bricks and Bark that was sanded with a Tim Holtz sanding block. Edges were distressed with a Prima distressing tool.

Once dry, the water color image was mounted on craft foam for a completely smooth raised panel. The inside sentiment (Thank you for being so amazing) is also heat embossed with Stampendous Detail Copper.

Hope you are inspired today and thanks for stopping by!

LYN

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Stampendous/Dreamweaver Thursday - Fall Fun!

11/5/2015

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Today I've been invited back to play along with my teamies at Stampendous! Here's a multi-dimensional card that is pictured in the July 2015 catalog in the Dreamweaver Stencil section.

I loved the process of creating this card! It began by creating background papers first and cutting up sections for the card panel and stenciled maple leaves.

Be sure to click the link for detailed 'how to' instructions on the Stampendous Blog!