Rainbow themed Winter Cards LF

 

Hi, all!

Welcome back to my blog today. I have a couple of cards made with some Lawn Fawn products . I love the big frame dies from the fall/winter release and I incorporated a rainbow theme to them to be eligible for the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge where the theme is Color Inspiration.

To begin with, I roughly watercolored paper in rainbow gradation using Mijello Mission Watercolor paints. It doesn't have to be fine because most of the part would be masked by diecuts or frames. 

[ Card 1 ] 

MERRY & Bright Shaker card 

 I die cut Giant Outline Merry & Bright out of the watercolored panel and white card stock. To make front panel of a shaker, I adhered the white frame on a piece of acetate film first, then I in-layed letters that were cut from the rainbow panel. I put the top frame upside down and adhered foam tapes along the edges and backside of the letters.  

I  removed cover film of foam tapes first, then I put sequins and seed beads of various colors and covered the well with backdrop sheet from Let It Shine Starry Skies paper pack. 

If you're new to making shaker cards, be sure to remember that the film of tapes should be removed before putting in shaker contents. 

Now the shaker is finised! 

I trimmed warm tone gingham pattern paper into A2 size in order to mat the shaker. 

To add cuteness to the card, I adhered images from Say What? Holiday Critters set onto the shaker front. 

[ Card 2 ]

After I finished the Card 1, negative and positive diecuts were left from each colored & white panel. So, I assembled them to make another rainbow card front, which looked a little flat. 

 So, I cut another set of Letters from white paper again, applied Glue & Seal on bottom part of each letter, then I put Prisma Glitter to them, and then I glued the letters for a dimensional look. 

I also added small clous diecuts, which I made with Plane and Simple Coordinating dies set, inked edges, applied molding paste and Prisma Glitter. For embellishment, I adhered some clear drops. 

[Card 3]

It's again a shaker card. 

I prepared backdrop, front panel, and letter diecuts as shown in the picture : Stitched Snowflake Backdrop pattern added to the watercolor panel, shaker frame with Snow Flurries Backdrop, and the letters Giant Let It Snow cut out of white, cotton pink and glitter card stock. 

Making process for shaker well was very similar with the Card 1. 

I love the giant letters and frames so much, which have endless designing possibilities. 

That's it for me for today. I hope you enjoyed my cards. 

Thank you and have a great day.

MARGE

Watercolor Ranunculus Cards using the Altenew's pan sets

 

Hi, friends!

Today, I've got two cards for you to enter an exciting challenge going on at Altenew's blog, which is called Pair-A-Flower Watercolor Contest . 

I'm a big fan of Altenew's watercolor products because they have beautiful colors and they work very well as watercolor mediums. For today's cards I used both the 36 & 24 pan sets as the colors are slightly different between the two sets.

Now it's time to choose stamp sets. Among the gorgeous floral stamp sets in my stash, I chose Ranunculus this time, which had been sleeping, never used over 5 years.  Although this is a layering stamp set, I chose not to use the layers but only outlines to watercolor the petals. 

I trimmed Hot press watercolor paper into A2 size, then I stamped the Ranunculus using Distress Ink Tea Dye. I placed the blooms and leaves overlapped using masking for one-layer look.

Once the images were stamped, I colored in them using 24 pan set. In order to give shades to the petals, I referred to the layer-stamped images printed on the stamp package. 

After coloring was done, I stamped sentiment on the top and added splatters of black, gold, and white inks. 

For my second card, I tried different color palette and for this I used 36 pan set as it has beautiful blue colors in it. 

Making process was quite similar with the first one. For stamping sentiment, I tried Versafine Claire Nocturne ink for the first time and I liked how it came out! Very saturated and crisp. 

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a great day !

MARGE

Rainbow Houses Winter Scene Card LF

 

Hi, friends!

Today I'm sharing a cute winter scene card to join the challenge over at Lawn Fawnatics Blog. 

The current challenge theme is Color Inspiration and it is rainbow. 

Here's step by step descriptio of what I did for today's card. 

First I die cut  Little Town Hillside Pop-up Add-on out of watercolor cardstock, and I watercolored each house in rainbow colors. 

As you can see in the picture above, I did partial diecutting so that the little pieces were held in the frame and it made coloring easier. 

Next, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock into A2 size, then I ink blended it using 3 different Distress Oxice inks : Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose, and Spun Sugar. I added splatters of water and dabbed with tissue to remove excess water. 

Next, I placed Snow Flurries Background Stencil onto the panel, then I applied modelling paste through the stencil. I used Schimincke's product which I had bought a local art supplies store.

After the paste was dry, I foam mounted houses diecut on the panel. 

Next, I adhered  Snow Flurries Backdrop frame which was cut from watercolor paper, which finished soft & rainbow colored winter scene. 

For the sentiment on the top, I stamped Winter Wavy Sayings on Fancy Wavy Banners Diecut using Versafine Onyx Black Ink. I adhered cute critters from  Say What Holiday Critters set around the banner and on the bottome of the card. 

As a finishing touch, I added some clear drops around the scene. 

That's it for today. Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a great start of a new week.

MARGE

Watercolor doodling cards

Hi, friends!

Last weekend, I could finally open my new watercolor paint set which I had bought a month ago.  This Artisits' Watercolor 24 Pan Set from Altenew is so amazing! I shared a short video of opening the set, labeling each color and quick testing major colors  on my Instagram account. So if you're interested in it, please check it out. At first, I was just thinking of doodling video, but in the end, I made two cards from it, which I'm sharing here today. 

In the picture below, you can see that I opened all the half-pans and  adhered the sealing stickers onto a spring note to make a color chart. I think these sealing stickers are so useful because you don't need to make a color chart. The colors printed in the stickers well represent the real colors! I then also quickly made several watercolor testing panels. Without planning color schemes, I just colored each paint in the order they were placed on the palette. The paints were highly pigmented, colors were very pretty and bright, so it was such a pleasant time for me. I then set them aside and finished my watercolor doodling. 

The next day, when I look back into the panels on my desk, I decided to pick some of them and make cards. So I picked two, each with different color palette, and went with card designing. 

[ Card 1 ]

For this warm color palette card, I stamped Fairy Tale Rose using versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. 

I trimmed the right side border using Creative Edges Lace Die and matted with similar colored pattern paper which I added more shades using some red & violet dye inks. 

I splattered with the same watercolor paints, and metallic gold & white inks as well. 

Sentiment strip was foam mounted on the bottom of the panel. For embellishment, I adhered heart shaped clear drops. 

I love how the elegant outlines of rosebloom in white go well with the gradient colored background. 

[ Card 2 ]

For the second card, I did the same process, except that I used Creative Edges Notebook Die  on the left border.

 The clean line notebook edges look so well with the cold color palette. For embellishment, I added clear round drops. 

With simple watercolor doodles, I could pull out two different designs, which was such a fun process! Which one caught your eyes ? 

Thank you for reading today's post.

Have a great day!

MARGE 

Winter critters card

 

Hi, crafty friends!

Today, I'm sharing a cute critters card made using some old and new products from Lawn Fawn. It's been ages since I last colored cute critters, so I needed some courage to do it again. 

For background, I trimmed a piece of blush cardstock into A2 size, then I made snowflake stitches pattern using Stitched Snowflake Backdrop Die. I added pink & violet shades to the panel by sponging the panel with my dye inks. Next, I adhered snowflake frame that were cut out of white cardstock using Snow Flurries Backdrop Die, giving a little dimension with thin foam tape. I added splatters of white ink and metallic gold ink all over the panel and let them dry. 

For the critters, I stamped images from Ugly and Bright and Say What Holiday Critters set on copic friendly paper with Memento Black ink, then I colored in them using copic markers. Next, I cut them all using coordinating dies. 

I adhered the critters and sentiment which was heat embossed in white, on the panel using adhesive foam squares. As a finishing touch, I adhered some pink colored jewels. 

Coloring little cute critters drew out my inner child, and it was so much fun. I think I'll do this more in my future projects. 

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a great day!

Marge

Distress ink blended background winter cards LF

 Hi, friends!

I've got two winter cards with the same colored backgrounds by using distress inks. 

I used some old and new products from Lawn Fawn for today's cards.

Here's the first card made of only diecuts with minimal coloring. 

For the background panel, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock into A2 size, then I ink blended it using regular distress inks : salvaged patina, weathered wood, and specked egg. I splattered with water, removed excess water by tapping it with tissue. 

Next, I placed Snow Flurries Background Stencil onto the panel, then I applied modelling paste through the stencil. I used Schimincke's product which I had bought a local art supplies store. 

I love how the tiny snowflakes and stars look very cute when they were given dimension by molding paste. 

I set this panel aside and let them dry. 

Next step, I die cut Snow Flurries Backdrop from white cardstock.  I made two cuts and glued them together. 

I also cut "Let it Snow" from white cardstock and diamond glitter cardstock, then I layered them with dimensional look. 

The small bird and a pair of gloves were cut with Build-A-Snowman and colored with Copic markers (RV99, R89, R59, R39). I added white gel pen accents to them.

Once all the elements were finished, I glued Snow Flurries Backdrop frame to the background panel, and then I adhered "Let it Snow" diecuts using foam squares, and finally I adhered bird and gloves. 

As a finishing touch, I added clear drops. 

My second card used the same colored background. However, probably due to the differences in white paper (this time I used Strathmore Bristol paper), which I don't exactly understand the reason, I had to add more inks to make similar colors. 

So, I used salvaged patina, weathered wood, and specked egg, peacock feathers, and evergreen bough. Stencil was done with the same way. 

Next, I cut Deck The Car out of some color cardstocks, then I added more shades by lightly sponging the edges of diecuts. After coloring was done, I assembled them using a fine tip glue. 

To make a road for the car, I used Little Town Hillside Pop-up Add-on diecut which was slightly inked with Evergreen Bough distress ink, and were glued to the panel. 

For the sentiment on the top, I stamped Winter Wavy Sayings on Fancy Wavy Banners Diecut using Versafine Onyx Black Ink. After assembling all the pices to make a fun winter night scene, I added some clear drops and finished off my card. 

These two cards were done with easy and simple way, but I really enjoyed it. It's always so exciting to add colors and shades and textures one by one onto white paper and finally you get a fun, colorful scene !

A new REEL of making process will be soon shared on my Instagram account. 

Thank you for stopping by. 

Have a great day!

Marge