Special Guest-Mayras Designs...

 

Happy Thursday everyone. I am so happy to be a guest designer this month for the Whimsy Stamps blog. I created two cards to share with you. The moment I saw the Hugs Bunny stamp set I was in love. The images are just so sweet and perfect for all occasions. Please feel welcome to visit me here for all of the details. 

I am so happy to be guest designing this month. 

Thank you very much for stopping by. 

I hope you each have a wonderful and blessed day. 

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!! 

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 

Happy Valentine's Day .....

Hello everyone!! 

Happy Valentine's Day!! 

I wanted to stop by and share the Valentine's 

my son and I created (he is in kindergarten) for 

his class. 

I hope you are all doing awesome! 

I have been crafting... just at a much slower pace. 

I have been doing a bit of everything, 

I will be sharing photos with you as soon as I take them <3. 

I am enjoying creating with different stamps and using different

coloring mediums. I am also LOVING creating in my travel journal.

It is something I had been wanting to do for awhile. 

I do have lots of photos to share with you today. 

I have been participating in the wonderful 30 Day Coloring Challenge. 

I did not post every day, I accumulated them to share altogether. 

To begin with here are the Valentines for my son Anthony's class. 

I used my Silhouette to cut the treat bags and create the design 

for the front of them. 

For the second project, I am sharing with you 

I colored this pirate and mermaid from My Favorite Things. 

For the next card, I came across these interesting inks from

Brea Reese. 

They are glitter inks. I love the Raw Umber color and that is what I used for the flowers. 

For the blue areas, I used the 

Ultramarine Blue.
The sparkle in these is super pretty. 

I hope you enjoy these projects I created to share with you today! 

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

Wishing you a wonderful and Blessed day! 

Lots of Fun with Lawn Fawn and The Stamp Market ....

Hello everyone, I am back with the second post of the day .
If you would like to see the first one
for our CDD October 2017 Release
please click here .

 I am super excited to be guest designing 

for The Stamp Market company today !!! 

I adore this beautiful stamp set  Feeling Floral . 

From the moment I saw it

I thought red would be perfect ... I must admit red is not my

color of expertise ( actually none are I am still in the

practice , practice stage ,lol ) . I just had to give it a go .

I would love if you took a moment to visit the blog post here, 

I let you know the colors I used 

to color these in and you can see more photos . 

I also have a second project to share with you , 

I created this card for the current Lawn Fawnatics challenge  #14  <3 . 

I also want to give them a HUGE thank you for featuring my card from the 

last challenge !!! Congratulations to each one that was picked !! 

For the card I created today I used the CUTE 

Beary Happy Holidays stamp set . 

I was inspired by the print from the 

Knit Picky paper pack . 

The little trees ... I wanted to add a bit of green ,lol 

are from the Winter Village stamp set. 

I hope you enjoy the set of cards I

created . Thank you so much for stopping by !! 

Praying you each have a wonderful and Blessed day !! 

Challenges 4 Fun ~ 

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #14 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : 

Thinking Of You