This past weekend I attended the CKC show in Manchester, New Hampshire.  I spent a couple of hours watching Kendra at the Art Impressions booth watercolouring some of their new stamps.  From her tutorial I was able to create the following two cards.

My first watercolour using Art Impression stamps. For this one I used the 4701 Clay Pot and UM4208 – Furries TF.

My second watercolour created using Art Impressions stamps, this time I used 4761 Watering Can and of course UM4208 – Furries TF

Entered into the Art Impressions Blog – Challenge 182 found here:  Art Impressions – April Challenge

Created as a template for a Childs class.  This clock was created using Tim Holtz rabbit die and flower by prima and flowers by Dea.

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A friend showed me this technique so I decided to play and this is what I came up with.

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I had a really busy weekend, but still found time to play.  Here is a card I created for the mixability challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  I started by painting the cardstock with gesso, then I added a layer of Tim Holtz distress stains, then I stamped the background with Hero Arts Clock background stamp, then I added the Tim Holtz clock stamp, I was not happy with the background so I used the Tim Holtz clock stencil and inked the stencil with gathered twigs, still not happy so I added Inka gold and Inka Blue to highlight areas.  I am finally happy with the outcome.  Next I moved onto the clock, wings and heart. The clock is sprayed with Dylusions ink, I lapped up the overspray with the wings, once everything was dry I highlighted the wings with a Sharpie Paint white marker, then I painted with Tim Holtz rock candy crackle paint and let dry.  While it was drying I punched out the heart in red cardstock, inked it with gathered twigs stain, then I embossed the imaged three times adding mica flakes to the embossing when it was hot, the arrow was left over from a project I did last valentines so I have no idea what I did to it to get it that tone but it worked so voila.

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Created for a challenge on splitcoaststampers.  The mix-ability challenge this week was to add static electricity which I did by adding the lightling.  Todays card was created using:  Tim Holtz distress inks, water colour paper, memento ink, dina wakely acrylic paints, sharpie white paint, silver lead pencil, copic markers, watercolour wax crayons, watercolour pencils.  I had a wonderful time working with all these mediums.

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The weather has been horrible the past couple of days so I have locked myself in my craft room and have undertaken a mission.  I am going to make clean and simple cards using up scraps from my scrap pile, I am also going to start using some of those items that I bought but have just not gotten around to using.

The following cards were created with Memory Box – Chloe die.

And these cards were made with a set of stamps I received from a class I took at CKC Manchester.  The class was called Kick Start by Technique Tuesday.  The stamp set is really cute and works great with clean and simple as the stamps are quite small as you will see in the card set I created.

As usual, my photography lacks lighting but you get the idea.  Thanks for stopping by and stay safe.

Dea

Todays creation is inspired by Trina St. Michaels Steampunk class that she taught at Crop A While here in Ottawa, ON Canada. My background is created with Watercolour wax crayons, I then cut out and added the balloons with ek tools Gloss Glace, from their I added the different flowers from Prima and the cogs are Tim Holtz, so are the spinners and the clock.  The mocking jay is from the new movie release Catching Fire.  Pricilla is dressed in suede paper and various prima papers.

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Dea

Created this card as part of a mystery image swap.  I loved colouring it and creating this card.

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Today I celebrate five years of marriage to my soul mate and best friend.  Warren this ones for you lover….

The traditional gift at five years is wood so I have created a photo album celebrating out five years together using this wood frame available at Hobby Lobby.  The idea came to me when I saw a similar one posted on Prima Marketing site.  This album has five pages for photos and journalling – that is one page for each year of marriage.

Pictures of my Son, his family and my parents, and two pictures of my darling grand daughter.  These pictures are a little old but I am finally getting around to finishing her album and I am gathering photos from everywhere.  For this page I am using Mindy to represent Lizzy as she is today to what she was when the photos were taken.  Lizzy is maturing into a beautiful young women from an amazing young girl.