Home Sweet Home

Another card for a co-worker, Jeri, who just purchased a home.  Although these Lawn Fawn dies weren't specifically made for the Scalloped Pop-up Box, I was able to come up with a plan that seemed to work pretty well.

There are 3 layers as you move from front to back:
Row 1 - Spring flowers
Row 2 - Main Image (House and tree)
Row 3 - A row of buildings

I used two tree top dies to make clouds for the background sky. 

The banner that is included in the Scalloped Pop-Up Box is ingenious.  Too, too cute!

I threaded some ribbon through the popped-up sentiment on the front of the box so the flaps could be contained if the recipient doesn't want to display the card in all of it's popped-up glory.

Since I typically case other projects and try to replicate them as closely as possible, I was pretty pleased with the design I came up with for this card.

Supplies

Stamp Sets

Papertrey Ink: Boards and Beams

Lawn Fawn Dies
LF1361 - Simple Grassy Hillsides
LF1369 - Flower Hillside Pop-up Add-on
LF1376 - Scalloped Box Card Pop-up
LF1489 - Village Border
LF1502 - Stitched Hillside Backdrop - Landscape

Copic Markers
B - 34, 91
BG - 000, 0000
E - 55, 57, 59
Y - 32, 35, 38
YG - 11, 13, 17
YR - 12, 15, 18
RV - 32, 34
V - 06

Paper

Lawn Fawn - Perfectly Plaid Rainbow Patterned Paper

Lawn Fawn - Watercolor Wishes Paper - Four Leaf Clover

Papertrey Ink - Stamper's Select White Cardstock

X-Press It Blending Card Stock

Other Supplies

Acrylic Blocks

Pop Dots

Sharpie Ultra Fine Point Marker - Black

Sookwang Scor-Tape

More Co-worker Cards

A birthday card for Lynn, a retirement card for Sue and a special request by Lynn to make a housewarming tag for a friend of hers meant I was able to get my Art Impressions watercolor crafting on this week. (Supplies listed at end of post.)

First up, the housewarming tag. I didn't follow a specific tutorial for this tag, but am relatively pleased with how it turned out.  I cut the tag shape out of watercolor paper and again out of a colored cardstock.

The housewarming sentiment from the movie "It's a Wonderful Life" was printed on cardstock and mounted to the back of the tag.

Next up - the retirement card. Tricia O'Bin has posted a few tutorials recently on creating watercolor frames.  My card was modeled after hers.

This is a very simple design that could be used for many occasions. I corner rounded the finished design and mounted it on colored cardstock, also corner rounded. I'll be making more like this.

Lastly, a co-worker had admired the housewarming card I made a few weeks back and said she wanted a house card too. This time I added a Happy Birthday sentiment on the signpost.

I wasn't trying to make the house look like it's on a hill, but that's how it ended up.  Rather than just brush in the path, I tried to make it look more like a sidewalk. Not sure that I'm crazy about how it turned out.  The yard is very overgrown with grass and flowers.  I need to plan my white space better.  I am pleased with how the sky turned out on this one.

All in all, it was a pretty productive Art Impressions watercolor week for me. What's really nice is how much I am enjoying this process.

Supplies

Housewarming Tag

Stamp Sets

#4958 - Art Impressions Cottages

#4052 - Art Impressions Flower Set 1

#4051 - Art Impressions Foliage Set 1

#4867 - Foliage Set 2 (New)

Marvy LePlume II Markers

#15 - Olive Green
#20 - Magenta

#36 - Manganese Blue

#45 - Sepia
#86 - African Violet

Other Supplies

Art Impressions Watercolor Palette

Art Impressions Watercolor Brush #4

Papetrey Cardstock - Simply Chartreuse

Papertray Ink - Tag Sale Quilted die

Strathmore Watercolor Paper

Acrylic Blocks

Retirement Card

Stamp Sets

#4868 - Flower Set 2

#4867 - Foliage Set 2 (New)
Papertrey Ink - Celebrations Stamp Set (Retirement Sentiment)
Papertrey Ink - Luxe Letterpress (Congratulations Sentiment)

Marvy LePlume II Markers

#15 - Olive Green
#86 - African Violet

Other Supplies

Art Impressions Watercolor Palette

Art Impressions Watercolor Brush #4

Papetrey Cardstock - New Leaf

Spellbinders Oval Die (for tracing oval frame shape)

Strathmore Watercolor Paper

Versafine Onyx Black Inkpad

Acrylic Blocks

Corner Rounder

Happy Birthday House

Stamp Sets

#4034 - Art Impressions Series 8 - Set 1
#4035  - Art Impressions Series 8 - Set 2

#4052 - Art Impressions Flower Set 1

#4051 - Art Impressions Foliage Set 1

#ML-7005FUM - Cornish Heritage Farms - Birthday Centers

Papertrey Ink - Tag-its #1

Marvy LePlume II Markers

#8 - Violet
#29 - Prussian Blue
#36 - Manganese Blue

#45 - Sepia
#72 - Pine Green
#86 - African Violet
#107 - Eggplant

Other Supplies

Art Impressions Stamp Positioner

Art Impressions Watercolor Palette

Art Impressions Watercolor Brush #4

Papetrey Cardstock - Royal Velver

Strathmore Watercolor Paper

Photo Corners

Acrylic Blocks

Two Cards for Co-Workers

I needed two cards for co-workers, and rather than run to the store like I usually do, in spite of the craft room full of supplies I have, I went the handcrafted route.  Supplies for both are listed below.

The first card is for a co-worker, Stephanie, who has accepted a wonderful job opportunity at another Library. She will be missed.

Inspiration for this card was taken from Amy Sheffer, Pickled Paper Designs, PTI Release Post, https://tinyurl.com/q9j2nlq.

Amy's sample used the Hooray stamp set, which I do not (yet) own, but luckily I did have the Hooray patterned paper pack, which made for very quick assembly.

The second card is for a co-worker who just lost a loved one. I had this project idea saved to a Pinterest board for awhile now. https://tinyurl.com/y7w6ywwl

A very light green Stampin Up pastel chalk was used on the leaves on the embossed tree. These photographed much darker than the color appears in person. This card also went together quickly.

Supplies - Congratulations

Stamp Sets - Papertrey Ink

Celebrations

Congratulations

The Skinny

Paper - Papertrey Ink

Hooray Patterned Paper Pack

White Stamper's Select

Other

Lawn Fawn Sequins

Versafine Onyx Black Inkpad

Supplies - With Sympathy

Stamp Sets - Papertrey Ink

Think Big Favorites #3

Words of Comfort

Paper - Papertrey Ink

Royal Velvet

Soft Stone

Other

Darice - Leafy Tree Embossing Folder

Papertrey Ink - Royal Velvet Inkpad

Stampin Up - Light Green Pastel Chalk

Papertrey Ink March 2018 Blog Hop

I decided to play along with Papertrey Ink's March 2018 Blog Hop Challenge using a card I made during a paper crafting morning with some friends.

I love the flowers in the Gran's Garden set and inked them up in some of my favorite spring colors.

Supplies:

Papertrey Ink: Gran's Garden Stamp Set and Dies

Papertrey Ink: Bigger Blooms - Happy Birthday Sentiment

My Favorite Things: Striped Sentiment Strip Cover-up die

Stamp Pads:

Papertrey Ink Hibiscus Burst

Papertrey Ink New Leaf

Papertrey Ink Raspberry Fizz

Stampin Up Daffodil Delight

Stampin Up Pumpkin Pie

Versafine Onyx Black

March Cardmaking Day

Every other month or so my daughter-in-law and I along with another friend get together to make cards. We each choose a design of our choice, make a sample and prep enough supplies so everyone can make three of each. It's a lovely way to spend a Saturday morning, visiting, sharing snacks and having a nice assortment of cards to show for our efforts.

These were my creations from this month's get together:

Supplies:

Papertrey Ink: Botanical Silhouettes Stamp Set

Stamp Pads:

Papertrey Ink Bright Buttercup

Papertrey Ink Green Parakeet

Papertrey Ink Hawaiian Shores

Papertrey Ink Lavender Moon

Papertrey Ink Pale Peony

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad

Supplies:

Papertrey Ink: Gran's Garden Stamp Set and Dies

Papertrey Ink: Bigger Blooms - Happy Birthday Sentiment

My Favorite Things: Striped Sentiment Strip Cover-up die

Stamp Pads:

Papertrey Ink Hibiscus Burst

Papertrey Ink New Leaf

Papertrey Ink Raspberry Fizz

Stampin Up Daffodil Delight

Stampin Up Pumpkin Pie

Versafine Onyx Black

Supplies:

Papertrey Ink: Sending You Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink: Fancy Flourishes Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink: Year of Flowers: Violet dies

Papertrey Ink: Framed Out #3 Stamp Set and die

Darice Embossing Folder: Checkerboard

Papertrey Ink Stamp Pads:

Dark Chocolate

Plum Pudding

Royal Velvet

Tropical Teal

Here are a few variants of the above projects:

One less small flower bloom in this design.

Enchanted Evening instead of Royal Velvet Ink on small flower

Green Parakeet Cardstock instead of Bright Buttercup

Thank You Sentiment

Stamper's Select White Cardstock

Easter Sentiment from Papertrey Ink Take Three: Spring

Congratulations on New Home Card

This is a congratulations card for a co-worker who is moving into a new home.  I followed the Art Impressions Watercolor Wednesday Tutorial #27 - Bright Cottage, except I used #15 Olive Green for the trees and grass and also brushed in a sky.  Because I wanted to personalize the card, I added in the signpost (also from Series 8 - Set 2).

Supplies

Stamp Sets

#4035 - Art Impressions Project Series 8 - Set 2

#4051 - Art Impressions Foliage Set
#4052 - Art Impressions Flower Set 1
Sentiment from Papertrey Boards & Beams
(Congratulations on Your New Home)

Marvy LePlume II Markers

#15 - Olive Green

#29 - Prussian Blue

#45 - Sepia
#48 - Leaf Green
#79 - Grape

#86 - African Violet

Other Supplies

Art Impressions Stamp Positioner

Art Impressions Watercolor Palette

Art Impressions Watercolor Brush #4

Papetrey New Leaf Carstock

Strathmore Watercolor Paper

Acrylic Blocks

Art Impressions Challenge 217 - Watercolor Wonders - Happy Mail

This is my second entry for the Art Impressions Watercolor Wonders Challenge.

I thought I would challenge myself to create a project without benefit of following along with one of the Art Impressions' Watercolor Wednesday tutorials, however I did use the instructions in the Project Series 5 booklet. I think I'm still at the follow along with the tutorial stage.   (Supplies listed below.)

I couldn't locate my Molotow Masking Liquid until after I started my project, so I just left some open spaces when adding the green background and vines so I'd have some white space available when I added the flowers..

Take aways from this project - I'm still overworking the sky and I need to improve my shadowing when adding color from the palette. I also lost some of my lines when I stamped the image (not enough ink on the stamp pad and overworking things when pulling color from the lines.)

I still have a long way to go, but even seeing all of the areas for improvement, the final product still makes me happy.

Supplies

Stamp Sets

#4058 - Art Impressions Project Series 5 - Set 1

#4052 - Art Impressions Foliage Set

Papertrey Keep It Simple Happy Mail

Marvy LePlume II Markers

#8 - Violet

#15 - Olive Green

#28 - English Red

#29 - Prussian Blue

#40 - Brownish Grey

#43 - Brilliant Yellow

#45 - Sepia

#86 - African Violet

Other Supplies

Art Impressions Watercolor Palette

Art Impressions Watercolor Brush #4

Watercolor the Art Impressions Way - Project Series 5 Booklet

Strathmore Watercolor Paper

http://artimpressions.com/

Art Impressions Challenge 217 - Watercolor Wonders

This is my first blog post as well as my first time participating in an Art Impressions Challenge.

Watercolor Wonders

I love the little bunnies in the Art Impressions Bunnies set and thought the Watercolor Wednesday tutorial #62 - Stump with Bunny would make an adorable tag to accompany some Easter treats for my co-workers.

I am still a newbie when it comes to watercoloring the Art Impressions way, or watercoloring any way for that matter, so I'll be following Bonnie's tutorials before I branch out too far on my own.

Please pardon the photo quality too.  I'm still trying to find the best lighting to avoid shadows.

I created six "paintings", die cut them with Spellbinders dies and mounted them on patterned paper.
(supply list below)

I stamped an Easter sentiment on the back, accented with the long stem flowers used on the main image.

Supplies:

Art Impression Sets

http://artimpressions.com/

#4874-WC - Bunnies

#4868-WC - Flower Set 2

#4051 - Foliage Set 1

#4867-WC - Foliage Set 2 New

#4871-WC - Rustic Containers

Marvy LePlume II Markers

#6 - Brown

#8 - Violet

#15 - Olive Green

#29 - Prussian Blue

#40 - Brownish grey

#45 - Sepia

#55 Iris Purple

Other Supplies

Art Impressions Stamp Positioner

Art Impressions Watercolor Palette

Art Impressions Watercolor Brush #4

Strathmore Watercolor Paper

Papertrey Ink - Take Three - Spring - "Happy Easter" Sentiment

Papertrey Ink Raspberry Fizz Inkpad

Papertrey Ink- Pretty Pastels patterned paper

Dies

Spellbinders Oval dies - Large

Spellbinders Scalloped Oval dies - Large

Spellbinders Circle dies - Large

Spellbinders Scalloped Circle dies - Large