You're Magical With Lawn Fawn ......

Hello everyone!! Happy, happy, Monday! 

Can you believe April is already over!

This month really went by fast! 

I hope you had a great month, I have been enjoying trying out 

new watercolors. I also purchased a couple Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. 

I have colored with them a bit, but haven't used them to create a project with. 

For today, I created a 3D card for the Lawn Fawnatics challenge. 

I used the Lawn Fawn Shadow Box die to create my card. It is such an awesome 

die, it makes creating these super quick and fun! 

I went with a fairy scene using the Fairy Friends stamp set. 

I adore this set so much, it is one of my all-time favorites. 

I used Distress Oxide ink in Wilted Violet and Distress Ink in Shaded Lilac to add color to the background. 

For the grass hills, I used Distress Ink in Mowed Lawn. 

To color the purple areas, I used my Copic markers. 

I used V25, 22, 20. I then added a bit of V17, V15, and repeated the beginning colors again. 

To darken the purple a bit more I added V09 and V15 along with V22. 

For the green areas, I used G99,94, YG17, YG13, and YG00.

Once I finished coloring the images in, I assembled the card. 

The sentiment is from the Pizza My Heart and Costume Party stamp sets. 

I hope you enjoy the card I created to share with you today and feel inspired to create! 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by!

Wishing you a wonderful and Blessed day!! 

Challenges 4 Fun~

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #27

Simon Says Stamp ~ Wednesday Challenge

Anything Goes

Daniel Smith or Prima Watercolors ?

Hello and happy Thursday everyone!! 

I am stopping by to share a couple of 

watercolored cards I created. In between my Copic

coloring, I have been practicing and trying out new 

watercolors. 

Do you have a favorite brand of watercolors? 

I am going deeper into the wonderful world of watercolor, the talent is AMAZING. 

I have been curious to expand my collection. 

I have been hearing wonderful things about Daniel Smith 

and Prima watercolors. I usually use Winsor&Newton or Kuretake Real Brush Pens. 

I do love those brand. I am just curious to try new brands and see how they work. 

I am also catching up on creating birthday cards. The cake image from 

the Concord & 9th Happy Day stamp set was perfect for the theme and to practice with 

the new watercolors. 

This is the card I colored using Daniel Smith colors. 

I should have written down the colors I used as I was using them ( I apologize if I forget any, I will remember to write them as I go next time).

I tried to use the similar colors. 

For the Daniel Smith colors I know I used Deep Scarlet, Permanent Brown 

(these are now two of my FAVE colors) and Indigo along with Payne's Blue Gray

for the flowers. 

 This is the prima watercolored one. I used the Decadent Pies, Tropicals, and Classics sets. 

For the flowers, I used from the Decadent Pies Guava Meringue, Apple, Pecan, and Blackberry. 

I am very impressed with both brands. 

I can't pick a favorite. 

I love the colors, how they blend, the different look of each one. 

I am hoping to color another of these images using Winsor&Newton colors, I need a couple more to match this color theme. Once I have those I will color the image and share all three cards side by side. 

For the Daniel Smith colors, they are an investment. I asked the super talented Rubeena from a Rare Ruby's craft blog what watercolors she used and recommends. She suggested the dot chart, and it is absolutely worth it! I was happy to find these and the dot chart at a local art store( LOVE it). Now I have a wishlist. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by! 

Wishing you a wonderful and Blessed day!! 

Hello Bluebird Elephant Friends....

Happy Wednesday!! 

I am stopping by today to share a set of cards I created using the

cutest stamps from a brand new to me company Hello Bluebird. 

From the moment I saw the images I knew they would be super 

fun to color and create with. 

For my cards, I used the Elephant Friends, Sprig Script, and Gallery Frame Dies.

I began by creating the day and night scenes that would be the background. 

I used Distress Inks in the colors Twisted Citron, Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire. I also used 

Broken China Distress Oxide ink. I added a bit of Memento Danube Blue to the nighttime scene as well. 

I then colored the super cute elephants. 

I used mostly the same colors for both scenes. 

For the night scene, I made the elephants a bit darker.

I used Copic markers in the colors C7, C5, W5, W3, C1, and C0. For the ears and cheeks, I used 

E93 and R000. 

For the bunnies and duckies, I did the same thing I added a bit more of the darker colors to the night scene ones. 

I used E50,51, 31, 35, 55, 37 and 47 for the bunnies. 

For the ducklings, I used E50, YR23, Y19, and YR21.

These were lots of fun to color! 

I hope you enjoy and feel inspired to create! 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by! 

Wishing you a wonderful and Blessed day! 

Celebrate This Special Day with Altenew...

Hello everyone!! 

Happy Tuesday! 

I am so happy to be stopping by to share this card I created. 

I have always loved watercolor, especially watercolored 

flowers! They are absolutely beautiful! 

I enjoy practicing and know I have a lot to learn and

believe me I admire the beauty the watercolor artists create. 

With that in mind, I pulled my Winsor&Newton  watercolors out and decided to practice with

the beautiful flowers from Altenews Magnolias For Her stamp set. 

I began by stamping my image onto Arches 140LB Cold Pressed watercolor paper.

I used Antique Linen Distress Ink. 

I then began to watercolor using my Winsor &Newton colors. 

It is such a relaxing process, it does take time( for me it does, lol). 

I hope you enjoy and feel inspired to create!!

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by! 

Wishing you a wonderful and Blessed day!! 

Challenges 4 Fun~

Altenew Share Your best Altenew Project

 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: 

Happy Birthday 

Wish Big with Sweet Stamp Shop.....

Hello everyone!
I am happy to be stopping by today to share this set of cards 

I created using the brand new 

City Border Die that is part of the 

Border Die Bundle. 

I used watercolors and alcohol inks to create these cards. 

For the watercolors, I used Winsor & Newton. 

I just added brushstrokes over a strip of watercolor paper and then die cut it using the

City Border Die. 

For the second card with the alcohol inks, 

in the colors Salmon, Butterscotch, and Wild Plum. 

I die cut the cityscape from white cardstock. 

The sentiments are from the Birthday Sentiments stamp set. 

I hope you enjoy these fun cards and feel inspired to create!! 

Wishing you a wonderful and Blessed day!