A little bit more watercoloring...

I wanted to try something a little different than my first card, so I thought I'd use a pretty Penny Black stamp in the stash...

For the Pretty Pink Posh watercolor blog hop....

Here's mine:

Materials:

Paper: TH Distress watercolor paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock

Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Ink - Antique Linen, Penny Black - Tiger Lily, Versafine - Onyx Black, Just Rite Clear Large Fancy sentiments

Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder, SSS - stitched rectangles

Misc.: Watercolors (Kuretake Gansai), SSS moonshine sequins, dimensional adhesive

Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor Blog Hop

It's been a while - I've still been creating, but, frankly, too lazy to actually create blog posts. So, here we go! I was very inspired by the beautiful work everyone was doing for the Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor Blog Hop, so I decided to give it a whirl!

Here's mine:

Materials
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, TH watercolor paper, BoBunny - Midnight Frost Snowfall
Stamps/Inks: Inky Antics - Snowball Penguin, Lawn Fawn - Critters in the Snow and Let it Snow, TH Distress markers and Black Soot Ink, Versamark
Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine white Opaque Embossing Powder
Misc.: SSS moonshine sequins, Perfect Pearls Mist, Mister Huey's Opaque white mist, white gel pen

Catching Up

Quiet on the blog, but very busy in real life!

We attended a Stampin' Up card class. Here are some of the projects Sandi R. had for us to put together...

I participated in another online card class.

This is an Impress build a Snowman set, with an Impression Obsession Background stamp, and a Lawn Fawn die cut.

And Secret Santa gifts are still in progress...

 Taylored Expression Sack-It dies.

 Some holiday knitting for Baby Gifts....

And some new DeNami stamps!

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Hero Arts sentiment, DeNami - Chickie on a Star, Candy Cane Chickie, and Holly Chickie
Cutting/Embossing: Pretty Pink Posh - Stitched Film Strip Die
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, liquid pearls, zig wink of stella clear glitter pen, sequins, Copic Markers

Holiday Card Class 2014

We are on to Days 4 for Online Card Class - 2014 Holiday Card Workshop!

Day 4: One-Layer Cards

I wished that I had the matching dies for this set after attempting this technique. Not very easy to fussy cut after the fact! Maybe something to add to the Christmas list!

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans; Versamark, HA Shadow Ink - Cup o' Joe and Red Royal, Clearly Besotted Stamps - In Stitches: Christmas
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard Circles, Judikins Opaque white embossing powder
Misc.: Zig - Wink of Stella clear glitter Pen

Online Card Class - Holiday Card Class 2014

Days 5 and 6... moving along!!!

Day 5: Tags (I always need more tags!). I also combined it with a coloring technique from Day 6. And I decided to place this tag on a card.

Materials
Paper: Kraft, Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock, vellum, Lawn Fawn - Peace, Love, Joy DP
Stamps/Inks: Versmark, Memory Box - Poinsettia Bloom, Mama Elephant - Season's Greetings, Versafine - Onyx Black
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Zing - Opaque white embossing powder, PTI - tag sale #3 die, ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc.: Prismacolor pencils, Zig wink of stella clear glitter brush, stickles, Wendy Vecchi white embossing paste, Tim Holtz tinsel, Neat and Tangled sequins, dimensional adhesive


Day 6 (Bonus Day): Coloring!

I was so excited to see a video by Sandy Allnock - she does outstanding copic coloring, and I was fired up to try her new background technique.

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz - Stamper's Annonymous - Christmas Blueprint 4
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil:
Misc.: Perfect Pearls - Gold, copic colorless blender, copics, dimensional adhesive, glossy accents

Online Card Class - Holiday Card Workshop 2014

It's been quiet on the blog, but I have been busy! I have been taking Holiday Card Workshop 2014, and slowly plugging away on my Christmas cards. A little of knitting, but we'll save that for another post.

The classes have been wonderful. I've been focusing on making multiples of each card, so it's taking me a bit longer. I'm going to combine the first two days into one post...


Day 1: Easy to Duplicate Cards

Materials:
Paper: Kraft, Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black and Rhubarb Stalk, TH Distress Ink - Black Soot, Hero Arts - Holiday Sayings, Mama Elephant - Arctic Penguins
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Corresponding Mama Elephant dies, SSS - Falling Snow stencil, Lawn Fawn - Stitched Hillside Borders, Wendy Vecchi white opaque embossing paste
Misc.: Twine from The Twinery, dimensional adhesive, copic markers

 Day 2: Interactive Cards                                                           

Materials
Paper: Gold Foil paper, Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock, vellum
Stamps/Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black, Versamark, Mama Elephant - Season's Greetings, PTI - 2008 Holiday Tag Collection
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder, Judikins Opaque white embossing powder, Lawn Fawn - Stitched Snowflakes, PTI - Tinsel and Tags Tag Die/Ribbon die
Misc.: Twine from The Twinery

Hero Arts 90 minute Challenge --- and Online Card Class Holiday Card Workshop

I was so excited to see that the 90 minute scramble (which I haven't been able to participate in for QUITE a while) could be overlapped with my homework for the Online Card Class Holiday Card Workshop.

Theme: Wreath (with some embellishment - subtle zig wink of stella glitter brush, in this case!) --- combined with watercoloring from the OCC Holiday Card Workshop

Materials
Paper: Watercolor paper, gold foil paper, misc. DP, Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Versafine - Onyx black, Hero Arts - Pinecone Wreath CG222 and Holiday Sayings CL343
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Ranger superfine gold embossing powder, Lawn Fawn stitched snowflakes
Misc.: TH Distress Markers, glue dots, zig Wink of Stella clear glitter pen