Many Thanks - Another Watercolour Card

Hello everybody,

Gayatri here today! I am sharing with you another watercolour card using Faber-Castell's Gelatos. 

I have used watercolour paper for the panel which I stamped with the flowers and sentiment using Archival Jet Black Ink.  I then generously spritzed the panel with water. Then I also rubbed some blue, yellow and pink gelatos on my craft sheet which I also spritzed with water. I then took a round brush and applied the coloured on the watercolour panel. I let the colours blend and dry on its own.  How beautiful is that background. Love it! I then used the black Mr. Huey to spatter some black ink. I then added some tiny rhinestones for some bling.

Here is a closeup of the card.

 

These are The Craft's Meow stamp sets I have used on my card.

 

Beautiful Spring and Many Thanks

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Hugs!

 

Welcome New DT Member Larissa Heskett

We have another fabulous designer joining our creative team! Everybody give it up for Larissa Heskett!

Some words from Larissa....

I 've been married to my best friend Adam for almost 8 years. We have two handsome boys, Beckett (6 years old) and Greyson (7 months)! Both are more than blessings from God! We live on our family farm, and I enjoy EVERY aspect of living a rural life. 

I'm a Certified Surgical Technician, but I'm very blessed with being able to be a stay-at-home mom, and I enjoy crafting in every way, baking/cooking, gardening, singing, nature and taking photos. The work on our farm is never done, so we stay busy 24/7 helping in any way that is needed. 

Evenings are my creative time. I've been a creative soul from birth and really got my start in 4-H (making it to the State Fair was a goal each year - which I did)! I LOVE to stamp and have been doing so for the last 3 years. I LOVE all of the inspiration and the creative people I've found/met online and through other events! I also LOVE to try new techniques and experiment with my supplies! 

I've made my dream of becoming a published artist a reality and will have my first works in CARDS Magazine Nov/Dec issue, with more to follow after that! I have guest designed and designed for several of my favorite manufactures, and I look forward to inspiring you with the AMAZING TMC products!! I cannot even begin to explain how HONORED and EXCITED I am to have the opportunity to design with The Craft’s Meow design team. 

Have a FABULOUS and CREATIVE WEEK, everybody!!!

We're as thrilled to have Larissa as she's thrilled to be here and hope you'll take a moment to leave a note to congratulate her. Keep your eyes open because she's definitely All That And A Pack of Crackers!

(And a whole lot more - check out her blog!)

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day,
Deborah, DT Coordinator

Inspirational Mini Cards

Hi everyone!!  This is Amy here to share a fun set of inspirational mini cards created with the new Choose Hope stamp set.  I love tucking little inspirational notes in with gifts that I give to neighbors and packed away in lunches for my hubby and kids.  These little 3x3 inch sized minis are perfect for the job and I just LOVE the inspiring quotes in the Choose Hope stamp set.

To make these mini cards, I cut out four 3 x 6 inch pieces of white cardstock and then folded them in half to make a 3 x 3 inch card.  After stamping and embellishing the 2 1/2 inch square front panels, I mounted them on a coordinating color of cardstock cut to about 2 11/16 inches square.  I then mounted these on the 3 x 3 white card base with foam adhesive.

Here is a closer look at the rainbow mini that I colored with pens and then added some liquid pearls to the clouds for a fun accent.

On the Choose Hope card, I added some pen accents around the letters for extra color and then also stamped the butterflies from the same stamp set and added a large star brad.

On the Miracles Happen card, I made this one pretty clean and simple by stamping my sentiment and image and then adding a row of brads under the sentiment......

And on this final card, I just stamped the flowers from the Choose Hope set and added some small pearl embellishments to the center of the smaller flowers.  The larger flowers are actually stamped with the same color ink, just stamped on a scrap piece of paper first and then stamped again without re-inking to get the lighter image.

Take a peek at this wonderful set that I created these mini cards from.......

Choose Hope

I hope you have a great day!!

~Amy

Forever Faithful

Welcome TCM Friends!

It's Sharri with you today to share a card using a couple of the new stamp sets, Choose Hope and Folk Art Blooms. 

I tried to go with a CAS but as you can see I ended up adding a few layers ;)

The sentiment and butterflies are from the Choose Hope set. I wanted to add a flight pattern for the butterflies so I pulled out one of the little flourishes from Folk Art Blooms.

I wanted to add a flight pattern for the butterflies so I pulled out one of the little flourishes from Folk Art Bloom.

I finished off the card with a bow made from crinkled seam binding ribbon and topped it off with a button.

Here is a closer look at the stamps I used today -

Choose Hope

Folk Art Bloom

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Sharri

A soft, romantic look

Clare here today with a card using one of my new stamp sets Cottage Garden. I decided to go for a soft, romantic look by stamping the garden scene using a green ink (I used Memento Pistachio ink) and colored it using coloring pencils. The stamped lines blend nicely with the colored pencils resulting in a much softer effect.

It's a fun technique to try, just build up the layers of color and add some shading with the colored pencils. I used StazOn Jet Black ink to stamp the sentiment because sometimes the colored pencils can result in a slightly shiny surface.

I love the artistic feel to this technique, it works really well with floral stamps. Here's the stamp set I used today - Cottage Garden.

Cottage Garden

Thanks for dropping by today! : )