CASology: Earth

Hello! I'm back with a fun new cue from CASology!

I decided to go with a broad interpretation of this cue and used my fun origami map from Neat & Tangled to create this simple watercolored cutie.

This was a super easy card to put together. I cut a panel from some Ranger Watercolor paper and then used my MISTI to stamp my map and sentiment in Versamark ink which I heat embossed with gold powder. I used my watercolors to create a simple rainbow wash over the top of my stamping and then allowed it to dry. I adhered it to a white card base with some double-sided tape and I was all done!

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Watercolor Birthday

I don't typically watercolor a whole lot. I'm not comfortable with it as a medium and I tend to be too much of a perfectionist to really throw myself into it. I've taken a few classes to try to get a better understanding of techniques and colors, but I still find myself reaching for my copics more than any other medium. Today, I decided to just let go and play with some watercolors!

I started by heat embossing my sentiment and all of my images on watercolor paper with some white embossing powder. I love this technique. It helps the perfectionist in me stay inside the lines! I used distress inks on a makeshift pallet (laminated paper) and a water brush to do my actual watercoloring. I love how vibrant the colors are even after they dry. I used 2 colors for the roses and leaves in order to get some dimension, but I also used 3 different blues for the background. I wanted it to be darker around the sentiment so it wouldn't get lost in the haze of blue! I adhered my watercolor panel to a Fog cardstock base using some Be Creative tape. It really helps keep that sucker down even if it was a little warped! I finished it all off by adding a sprinkling of my favorite sparkling clear Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

I'm entering this card into four separate challenges! Holy Moly!

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Resist (I used watercolor resist for this one.)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Birthday
Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge - Spring
Inspired By All the Little Things: See the inspiration photo

Best Mom Ever	Big Scripty Greetings	Ranger Watercolor Paper	Fog Gray	Tumbled Glass	Broken China	Peacock Feathers	Spun Sugar
Abandoned Coral	Twisted Citron	Mowed Lawn	Versamark	White Embossing Powder	Water Brush	Sparkling Clear Sequin Mix	Misti Stamping Tool
Ranger Multi Medium Matte	5mm Be Creative Tape

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Watercolor Florals

We've made it to my absolute favorite day of Online Card Classes Watercolor Intermediate Techniques! We're learning to play around with floral images today and I'm having a blast! Here's my favorite piece from today.

I can make brush marks with the best of them! If I try to purposely make a flower, it just doesn't happen. This, however, I can do! After I finished the piece, I trimmed it down the a Stitched Rectangle die and then added a greeting from Simon's Big Scripty Greetings set. I'm in love with how this turned out!

I'm going to enter this into the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge and the Simon Wednesday Challenge. Both are anything goes right now!

Big Scripty Greetings

Stitched Rectangles

Canson XL Watercolor Paper

Smoky Slate Cardstock

Winsor & Newton Watercolors

Memento Tuxedo Black

Cotman Size 10 Round Brush

3M Foam Tape

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