Hi creative and crafty friends! Monday already!? How are you? I woke up at 5am and have been in the studio all morning trying to organize and plan my week. I have a lot of projects in the works and trying to keep it all straight in my head. If you can believe it, Valentine's Day stamps are already starting to arrive here! Yikes! It's really remarkable how far ahead the planning is for crafting projects! Yesterday I had a "girl day" and took a crochet class with a dear friend. We had fun for sure! I'm getting better, but still have a lot to learn. There are sooooo many gorgeous yarns out there. I want it allll! A whole new thing for me to hoard!! LOL. This is definitely not your grandma's crocheting! It's more modern and fun and I am loving it. After that I hung out at the stamp store and had dinner with the crew from Judikins who are here visiting Sacramento! F-U-N! I have a super busy week this week. Most weeks I am home at least a couple of days but this week I am out and about every day and night! Must be the Fall season! It's all good, fun, work, play, all of that. I hope that you have a great week my friends!
Last month I was trying to keep up with the 30 Day coloring Challenge and had some half done projects saved. Today I'm sharing a card made with one of the panels I colored - a classy botanical style tree rose stamp from Impress Cards and Crafts. A beautiful image to color for sure! I used my Zig Clean Color Brush Markers and some small paint brushes. I made it into a clean and elegant birthday card in a square format!
My finished card is a 5x5 inch square. I made my card base from my favorite shade of pink cardstock! I layered cream cardstock onto the pink and then layered my watercolored panel using foam tape. The main image was stamped in black archival ink to stand up to the water. For the bottom cream layer I used rich brown ink and stamped the stamp twice - once in each corner - to add a bit of a background effect. I used my Kuretake Markers to color the roses and leaves and also used a bit of blue around the image. The sentiment was gold embossed onto a black banner for some drama!
Here is a close up of the coloring and the background. For the leaves I used three shades of green and let it all blend together. Tip: Use a tiny paint brush and get the paper wet before adding your marker color - the effect will be nice and soft. Then, after your project is dry, go back and add depth with the marker itself. These markers are so wonderful to work with.
Maybe I went a little crazy with the shimmer spray??? LOL. I used Gold and Pearl Shimmer on this one! It's veryyyyy pretty but super hard to photograph! I like how it all came out!
Thanks so much for spending a little bit of your day with me! Have an amazing week! Lots of love from my studio to yours! XOXO
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Beautifully done, Wanda! Rarely do I make square cards but this is encouraging. Surprised to see brown ink on one layer and then a black banner, but it looks great.
Posted by: Kathy Mc | 10/12/2017 at 08:41 AM
I forgot to say, stay safe. California is in trouble with all the fire. Hope it is not long before they get it contained.
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 10/10/2017 at 06:14 AM
This is gorgeous. Love how the color seems to drip on the paper. Pretty pink. Sounds like you're super busy... I am on vacation on S Padre Tx. Brought loads to color. The weather is hot with oppressive humidity.. the air in our condo feels great. I will sharpen up my colored pencils and watch out the Windows....
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 10/10/2017 at 06:11 AM
Gorgeous card and a super fun week ahead for you!!
Have much fun!!
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 10/10/2017 at 05:21 AM
Pretty card. Lots of fall birthdays--I need to get busy!
Posted by: Julie | 10/09/2017 at 11:44 AM