A Dragonfly and a Bird in a Hat

Colorful Options wants lovely shades of blue, mauve, and green.  I decided they worked well for a dragonfly.

It's stamped in archival ink, watercoloured with Twinkling H2Os, trimmed with a stitched rectangle die, bordered in pale gold glitter cs, and popped up with fun foam on cream cs.

For the Triple B Birds, Blooms, and / or Butterflies challenge, I was inspired by the winter bird in the right hand image of their mood board and the shade of blue in the left hand image.  And Stencil Fun's theme is Birds.

I stamped and watercoloured the image. Then stencilled the bubbles around it, stamped a few bits of a snowflake along the edges, and sponged a bit of colour around the edges to darken them.

 

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Unity Stamp Co. Be the Best set
Ink - Archival Jet Black
Paper - hot press watercolour paper, pale gold glitter cs, cream cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Twinkling H2Os, Lil Inker stitched rectangle, fun foam

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - PaperArtsy bird and sentiment, Penny Black branch, TH snowflake stamp
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne, Distress Speckled Egg
Paper - watercolour paper, green and off-white cs
Size - 5.75" square
Accessories - TH Bubble stencil, watercolour paints, Spellbinders square die

Pet Sympathy and Poinsettias

A close friend just had to put her 10 year old dog to sleep so I made this card for her:

Festive Friday Challenge is celebrating National Pet Day.  They require three elements from their list.  I chose dog, paw prints, and embossing folder.

I stamped the dog in solid black first, then second generation inking, then third generation inking to depict the dog's departure from life.

I have a second card and it's for My Time to Craft Christmas challenge "poinsettias".

The poinsettias are coloured with Twinkling H2Os so have a lovely sparkle in real life.  They are die cut with an oval die and popped up on a gold panel cut with a stitched rectangle die.

Festive Friday Challenge "National Pet Day"

My Time to Craft Christmas "Poinsettias"

Supplies for Card 1:
Stamps - SU D is for Dog
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - unknown embossing folder

Supplies for Card 2:
Stamps - SU Bells & Boughs; SSS sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - white and gold cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Twinkling H2Os, Spellbinders oval die, fun foam, Lil Inker stitched rectangle die

More Metallic Colours on Black

Here's another of my final results of painting with metallic watercolours on black watercolour paper.

Like the earlier one, the image and sentiment are heat embossed in gold on black watercolour paper and then painted with Twinkling H2Os.  I splattered with watered down gold and white acrylic paint, bordered in gold shimmer cs, and mounted on a white card base.

Linking up with:

The Flower Challenge "Christmas"

Penny Black Saturday Challenge "Christmas"

Supplies:
Stamps - Penny Black poinsettia / holly stamp, Paper Smooches sentiment
Ink - ColorBox gold
Paper - white cs, gold shimmer cs, black watercolour paper
Size - A2
Accessories - Twinkling H2Os, white and gold acrylic paints

Christmas Colours on Black

At a recent crafty zoom get together, we used metallic watercolours to paint images on black watercolour paper.  I loved it and have since continued to use the technique. 

I used the colours of the newest Color Throwdown - red, black, green, and gold.

I heat embossed the image with gold embossing powder on black watercolour paper, then coloured with my Twinkling H2Os.    I added some gold splatter but decided it also needed a some white splatter to lighten it up a bit.  I trimmed the panel, popped it up on fun foam on a gold card base, and added a Tim Holtz stick-on sentiment.

Color Throwdown

Jingle Belles - Anything Christmas

Winter Wonderland - End of Year Anything Christmas Goes

Sweet Stamping - Christmas Creations

Supplies:
Stamps - Serendipity holly
Ink - ColorBox gold
Paper - black watercolour paper, gold shimmer cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Twinkling H2Os, white and gold acrylic paint, TH stick on sentiment, Spellbinders square die, fun foam

Silent Night Sky

My goodness, even in these strange times time is flying by and here we are at May already.  CAS Watercolour is asking for a Night Sky this month.

I decided to dig out my neglected Twinkling H2Os as they give a nice subtle shimmer.

I did a watercolour wash alternating Black China, Blue Flame, and Periwinkle Twinkling H2Os.  I spritzed the paints liberally and kept the watercolour paper quite wet so the colours would run together.  I put down a layer, dried it with my heat tool, then repeated layering and drying until the colours were rich enough and I was happy with it.

I took the Solar Gold Twinkling H2O and spritzed the paint with only a bit of water to keep the paint thick, and then splattered the gold onto the sky.  I die cut a square out of it.

I die cut a Sizzix village die out of white, added a dark blue sentiment, trimmed it to fit the bottom of my square of sky, and popped the square up on fun foam.

Please come and join us at CAS Watercolour.  I'm looking forward to seeing how you create watercoloured night skies.  There's more inspiration from the rest of the Design Team and this month's Guest Designer, Tina (Treebug blog).

I'm also linking it up with the Christmas Kickstart "Winter Wonderland: Create a Scene" challenge.

Supplies:
Stamps - unknown sentiment
Ink - Versafine Clair Twilight
Paper - watercolour paper, white cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Twinkling H2Os (Blue Flame, Periwinkle, China Black, Solar Gold), Sizzix village die, fun foam