Baby Card

I colored the cute bear image with my new set of Derwent Watercolor Pencils that was on a great sale on Amazon earlier this week.  I used this beautiful card as my sketch inspiration.  I don't typically make cards specifically for a person, but this one is for a special little baby girl that will be born in a couple weeks.  

Supplies:

Gina K Designs "Oh Baby" stamp set (bear)

Gina K Designs "Basket Blessings 2" stamp set (sentiment)

Archival Jet Black Ink

Derwent Watercolor Pencils

My Mind's Eye "The Sweetest Thing - Tangerine" 6x6 paper pad

Lace ribbon and button from my stash

Distress Ink Worn Lipstick & Tattered Rose 

Spellbinders Circle die

Spellbinders Labels Three die

This card will be entered in the following challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes

Stamp & Create Spring Colors

Little Violets

 I decided to color this cute little violet with my Derwent Metallic pencils, but not blend them with water.  I stamped the image onto lavender cardstock.  I used  a base color of silver on the violet petals and then blended in purple.  The leaves are yellow and green.  

Supplies:

Gina K Designs Stately Flowers 1 (small violet)

Archival Ink Jet Black

Derwent Watersoluble Metallic Pencils

Patterned Paper from Anna Griffin

Lavender and Green Cardstock from Gina K
Spellbinders Lacy Circles Dies

Pearls from my stash

I hope you might be able to see the very subtle sheen in this detail photo from the Metallic pencils when you do not blend them with water.  (Click on the image for a larger view.)

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Clean & Simple - Shades of Brown

I stamped the frame stamp, then the flowers.  I cut out each square by hand.  I then "smooshed" the Soft Sand ink on my craft sheet and picked up the ink with a Dove Blender pen to apply this color around the frame.

Supplies:

Gina K Designs Stamps You're My Favorite

Gina K Designs Stamps Mega Squares

Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink Chestnut Roan

Hero Arts Shadow Ink Soft Sand

Dove Blender pen

Burlap roll from Michael's

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

MIUM- Stamp TV Challenge - 50-no-3-shades-of-brown

ModSquad - Gettin' Sketchy (Sketch Challenge)

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Botannical

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Watercolored Flower Card with Derwent Watersoluble Metallic Pencils

Today, I made a card using a gorgeous flower stamp.  The stamp is drawn as a poppy, but I stretched the idea of that flower and colored it pink with Derwent Watersoluble Metallic pencils. These pencils, when blended out with water, are not really metallic looking.  If you color on dark cardstock and do not wet, they look a lot more metallic.   However, they blend out really nicely!

Supplies:

Gina K Designs Stately Flowers 1

Archival Ink Jet Black

Derwent Watersoluble Metallic Pencils

Distress Ink Antique Linen

Spellbinders Oval

Gina K Designs Kraft Cardstock

My Minds Eye Bramble Rose 6x6 Paper pad

Prima Nature Garden 6x6 Paper pad

I also lined my envelope with a sheet of the same paper I used in the card.  It  is easier than you think!  Here is a tutorial from StampTV.

This card and envelope are entered in the following challenge:

Gina K Designs June Guest Design Team Challenge 1

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Chickadee Christmas Card

Stamps:

Our Daily Bread Chickadee

Hero Arts Sentiment

Inks:

Archival Jet Black (image)

Versafine Onyx Black (sentiment)

EK Success Punch

Sakura Stardust Glitter Pen

Gems from my stash

Spellbinders Oval Die

Darice Embossing Folder

This card has been submitted to the following challenge:

Tuesday Morning Sketches #247

Acrylic Block Stamping

For this one-layer card, I used an easy technique called acrylic block stamping.  I made a base of watercolor paper.  Then I inked up one of my clear acrylic blocks with distress inks, sprayed it with water and stamped it on my paper. Using a heat tool to partially dry the area, moving around the excess ink and re-stamping with the same acrylic block, I got this result.

Stamps:

Gina K Spring Blessings

Gina K Assorted Greetings

Ink:

Versafine Onyx black

Distress inks: Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick and Tea Dye

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

 Mod Squad Challenge Blog - One-Layer Wonder

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes!

One Layer Simplicity - Fabulous Flowers