Water-Colored Flowers

I felt like doing some painting, so I pulled out this old set from Gina K. The flower and each leaf are separate, so I had to do some masking. I used black embossing powder for the images, and the sentiment, also. I used Zig Clean Color Real brush markers on this first one. Then I added some black sequins.

For this one, I used metallic water color paints. It's very shimmery in real life.

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November Calendar Page

 

Happy November, everyone! Here is my calendar page for the month. I truly can not believe that it's November already, and that I have so much to do before Christmas!! At any rate, here's what I used for this month's page: Gina K pumpkin stamps embossed with detail gold powder, Zig Clean Color markers and Hero Arts sentiment stamp.

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Daisy Thank Yous

Another mini set from Altenew - the flowers and the sentiment. I colored with Zig markers. Again - not impressed with my coloring with them. I added sparkle to the centers. The patterned paper is from Gina K and I also added thin silver sticker strips along the right edges of the patterned paper.

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April Calendar Page

April has rolled around, so here is my calendar page. The image and sentiment are from My Favorite Things. I colored with Zig Clean Color markers. I sponged some ink around the edges. Happy Spring! I hope it feels like spring in your neck of the woods! LOL.

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Flowery Birthday

An advantage of waking up REALLY early is time in my stamping room. Here is card I made a couple days ago. The flower stamp is from a Gina K set that I got from a friend. I embossed it with pewter embossing powder and colored it with Zig Clean Color Markers. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things, also embossed with pewter. I used a Gina K stencil for the stripes on the sides. I also added thin metallic, turquoise stickers along the edges of the white panel.

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Watercolor Hello Friend

And one more card with my hand-drawn flowers. Once again I used my Zig Real Color Brush markers. The sentiment is from Gina K. I used a piece of gingham paper from my stash. I embossed the blue strip with a Darice folder and rubbed some white ink on it. The sentiment/flower panel is mounted on foam squares.

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Watercolor Thank You

And another painted flower, done with my Zig Brush markers. The sentiment is from Gina K, as is the patterned paper. I added thin black strips beside the ivory panel. I cut the flower and the matting with Nestabilities and popped it up with foam squares.

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Celebrate Today

I was inspired to try a little watercoloring again, and did some practice flowers. Of course, I then had to use them and not toss them! So you'll be seeing a few cards that I made with them. Here is the first. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I used my Zig Clean Color Markers for the flower and Nestabilities for the die cutting. The card base is ivory and the patterned paper is from Bo Bunny.

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Large Flower "best wishes"

This large flower is stamped with a wood-mounted stamp that I recently received from a friend (in the two huge totes that I got and sorted through.) I thought I would use it before I put it away. I stamped it three times on water color cardstock. I colored each one with Zig Clean Color Markers, basically the same on each one, but with different colors of green for the leaves and stem. I matted each with purple cardstock and added some sequins from Gina K. The patterned paper on each is from Gina K, also. I added a thin strip of the same purple cardstock along the edge of each patterned paper.

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Simple Hi

Just a simple card to say hello. The flower stamps are from Scrappy Cat. I stamped them on watercolor paper with Versamark and embossed them with black embossing powder. I used Zig Clean Color markers on them. I gave them a thin mat of purple. The sentiment was cut with an Altenew die. I cut it four times out of black and glued them together. Then I used Versamark on it and added two layers of black embossing powder to give it a shiny look. The cardbase is ivory.

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Birthday Wishes

Another card using older, rubber stamps from Gina K Designs. I used Zig Clean Color markers to color directly on the rubber, misted with water, and stamped on watercolor paper. Then I used a paint brush to go over the flowers. I added Nuvo drops to the flower centers. I popped the panel up on foam squares. I used a stencil for the background.

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Watercolor Technique Birthday

When I'm walking on my treadmill each morning, I often watch stamping videos. I usually forget to try out what I've watched, but this time I actually did. It was by Jill Foster, I believe, and it was the first time I'd heard of her. She used Arteza markers, but I used Zig Clean Color markers. I used the Zig markers directly on the stamp and then stamped on watercolor paper. Then I took a small watercolor brush and water and went over the image. I really like how it turned out. If I were artistic, I would have added something more, especially in the flower centers, but I didn't want to take a chance of ending up not liking it. The image and the sentiment are both from Gina K. I used patterned paper for the bottom layer.

This was my first trial. Before wasting a piece of watercolor cardstock, I wanted to make sure it would work! So, this is just regular cardstock. Not nearly as effective, but it sort of worked and of course I wasn't going to throw it out. After doing the stamping and "painting" I added some color to the flower centers. And then I stamped over it with a light gray ink. A different effect, but fine.

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More Christmas Blessings

Another card using the same Stampin' Up! that I used on yesterday's card. I colored the image with Zig Clean Color markers. I added thin strips of gold on each side of the image panel.

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Fall "Any Reason" Card

A simple fall card that could be used for just about anything. The leaves are a stamp from Gina K. I colored them with Zig Clean Color markers. The background was embossed with a Darice folder. I matted each of those pieces with orange. I mounted the leaf panel on foam squares. The card base and embossed panel are ivory.

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Happy Thanksgiving

I rarely make Thanksgiving cards, but here is one for this year. The stamps are both from Gina K - different sets, but from the same card kit. The pumpkins were cut out with a coordinating die. I used watercolor paper for the pumpkins and colored them with Zig Clean Color markers. They are popped up with foam squares. The background is sponged with Gina K inks. The finished card measure 3.5 x 6.5. The card base is ivory. The stamping was all done with black ink and embossed with detail black embossing powder.

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More Birthday Flowers

These flowers are from the same Stampin' Up! set that I used on yesterday's cards. I used Tim Holtz multi-media paper and Zig Clean Color markers for them all. I cut them out with coordinating dies. I mounted these on foam squares. I added strips of patterned paper on each side of the image panel. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

This flower is also mounted on foam squares, and the sentiment is also from Papertrey.
The stem is from the flower set.

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Color Swap Flowers

I made this card for the monthly color swap in my stamping group. The colors this month are yellow and bright green. The stamp I used for the flowers is from Inkadinkado. I colored them with Zig Clean Color markers. I used a die to cut the bottom edge and matted with bright green. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I also added Wink of Stella to the flowers.

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Butterflies Birthday

I have had a note to make a background like this on my desk for months, and I finally did it. I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers directly on an acrylic block and then spritzed with water and placed it on my cardstock. When it was dry, I added a bit more color with Distress spray. (That doesn't show up very well in the photo.) I die-cut the butterfly piece and also the sentiment. The sentiment is layered with three die-cuts and also has a vellum shadow layer.

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September Calendar Page

Here is my calendar page for September. The image is stamped with a Repeat Impressions stamp using a Kaleidacolor ink pad. I colored the line-art images (the pinecone and small-leaved branch) with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. I added it to patterned paper.

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Just For You

This stamp is an old, wood-mounted stamp. I colored it with Zig Clean Color markers, matted with orange and mounted on foam squares.

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