Paper Menagerie: Watercolor Pencils

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Saturday, March 3, 2018

Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #12

Welcome to the Three Amigos Blog Hop. We are three Close To My Heart Independent Consultants with a love for stamping and scrapping, and would like to share our creative ideas with you. On the 3rd of each month, we feature a different CTMH product and create a card, layout, or other project. There are only three stops on this hop, so it will only take a few minutes to hop through. When you finish hopping, be sure to check out the Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge!

Our challenge for this month is "Out Of This World." Let your imagination run wild! Whether it's Outer Space, Mermaids, Fairies or anything magical, fantastical, or other worldly!

As soon as i saw the Super Girl stamp set, I knew I had to make a card for my sister who collects Wonder Woman stuff. She recently hit a few awesome goals, and I wanted to show her how happy I am for her! I saw a tutorial here for an interactive slider card that was perfect for my theme. I stamped, water colored (using a waterbrush and our ink pads), and die-cut the super girl image and adhered her to the slider mechanism of my card.

When you pull the slider tab, she flies across the card to save the day.

I added a few glittery touches to her gloves, bow, star, and boots with the Clear Shimmer Pen. I also shimmered the two sentiments (Wow! and GiRL CAN). A couple retired Enamel Stars finish off the front design.

To make it easier to grab the slider tab, I notched a little area on the card base. I stamped a few stars from the Stargazer-Cardmaking stamp set on the inside, making sure I left plenty of room to write a message.

Thanks for hopping by today! Hop over to Lisa's Blog and Donna's Blog to see what they created for you, then over to the Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge. We hope you play along!

Supplies Used:

Z4163 Super Girl Stamp Set + Thin Cuts

C1704 Stargazer- Cardmaking Stamp Set

X7229B Stargazer Paper Packet

X5956 Sapphire Cardstock

X5967 Pacifica Cardstock

X5963 Poppy Cardstock

Z3146 Watercolor Paper

Z2848 Sapphire Ink Pad

Z2892 Pacifica Ink Pad

Z3224 Waterbrush- Small Round

Z2060 Thin 3-D Foam Tape

Z3293 Shimmer Brush- Clear

3505 Watercolor Pencils (Retired)

Z2010 Enamel Stars (Retired)

Thumb Notch Punch (Retired)

Saturday, February 3, 2018

Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #11

Isn't that little pizza dude adorable?! I knew he would be my focal point, so I selected a pattern from the Make It From Your Heart, Vol. 4 book to showcase him. The background paper is from a retired set of Enchantment Fundamentals. The clear embossed hearts create a subtle texture. I used our Basic Heart Thin Cuts to cut the heart shape from the scallop square panel, then backed the opening with vellum to soften the background. The adorable pizza dude is colored with our Watercolor Pencils, softened with the Small Round Watercolor Brush, and popped up over the heart cut-out with Thin 3-D Foam Dots.

I wanted to add a few sparkly accents, but couldn't find the perfect color. ShinHan markers and Purple Glitter Hearts to the rescue! I made custom accents that work perfectly with my design by coloring three glitter hearts with the Carmine ShinHan marker. The white glitter ribbon border carries a little of the sparkle down to the bottom of the card as well.

The inside sentiment and hearts are from the retired December SOTM, A Little Bit of Pun. I mimicked the card front design, leaving enough room to write a short message. All of my stamping was done with Nutmeg Ink.

Thanks for hopping by today! Hop over to Lisa's Blog and Donna's Blog to see what they created for you, then over to the Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge. We hope you play along!

Supplies Used:
B1581 We Belong Together
S1712 A Little Bit of Pun (retired)
1385 White Daisy Cardstock
Z3237 White Glitter Paper
Z2380 Nutmeg Ink Pad
Z2870 Ruby Ink Pad
3505 Watercolor Pencils
Z3224 Waterbrush- Small Round
Z3317 Thin Cuts Basic Hearts
Z2448 ShinHan Marker- R11 Carmine
Z3124 Enamel & Glitter Duos- Purple Hearts (Clearance)
Z3341 Thin 3-D Foam Dots
9044 Make It From The Heart, Vol.4 (Pattern #5)
X254 White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack
Embossed Enchantment Fundamentals (Retired)
Other: Scor-Tape, MFT Die-Namics Stitched Mini Scallop Squares

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #10

The challenge this month is Anything Goes. Time to get our creative juices flowing this year. The three cards I am sharing today are actually cards we made at the Seasonal Expressions Launch last month. If you haven't checked out the new Seasonal Expressions 1 idea book, I highly recommend you take some time to browse through it!

All of these cards feature a technique using the Watercolor Pencils and Clear Shimmer Brush. After lightly coloring the images with the pencils, I used the shimmer brush to soften the pencil strokes. The result is a shimmery, watercolored effect. I love the Background & Texture papers (B&T) in the Chelsea Gardens Paper Packet!

You can see the shimmer on the wing of this butterfly. It's stunning in person!

This card uses vellum to add interest and texture to the card. The leafy stems, flowers, and butterflies are all colored using the watercolor pencils and the shimmer brush.

The vellum on this card tones down the charcoal cardstock behind the sentiment. I attached it with glue dots positioned behind the butterflies.

Thanks for hopping by today! Hop over to Lisa's Blog and Donna's Blog to see what they created for you, then over to the Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge. We hope you play along!

Supplies Used:

C1709 Chelsea Gardens- Cardmaking

X7230B Chelsea Gardens Paper Packet

X7230 Chelsea Gardens Coordinating Cardstock