PPP WatercolorBlog Hop and the 30 day Coloring Challenge

I water colored this Altnew Stamp: Persian Motifs with the Zig Clear Real brush pens.

The sequins are from Pretty Pink Posh the clear both 4mm and 6mm I bought the 6mm ones when I was in Seattle visiting my BFF...we went to Impress and I loaded up on some fun colors from PPP, I do think my favorites are the clear though!

Since I am not an artist, I find it easier for me to use one color and draw it out to get the shading.  So that is what I did here with these flowers and leaves.  

The sentiment is a die from SSS.

I am joining in the fun over at Pretty Pink Posh with the Watercolor Blog Hop and also entering this in the 30 day Coloring Challenge.

 

Online Clean & Simple Day 3 ~ Velveteen stamping

The cards for day 3 were all about background stamping.

I chose Karolyn Loncon's velveteen stamping for my first card.

Now, you do need some full size background stamps to make this work the easiest for you.  I tried the narrow  background strips, but I couldn't get them to line up good because you are stamping white ink on white paper and it was very difficult to see.

I took a close up so you can see how the background stamp shows through the solid color images.

Very nice technique, if I had more background stamps, I would definitely play around some more with this. 



Dynamic Duos # 71

I first saw Tracey McNeely's card and thought, WOW!  But since I am still in need of sympathy cards, I thought I would go that route.  Great color combo for sympathy cards.

You can go HERE to access the Dynamic Duos Challenge...kraft and black!!
                                                                                                           
And once again here is the inside of my card (can you tell I am getting ready for more inspiration from the OCC:  Insider?  It starts this Wednesday!!

PTI paper:  kraft, Bitty Box basics black
stamps:  MFT Peaceful wildflower, PTI With Sympathy
May Arts twine, scotch brand dimensional tape, zing embossing powder
                                                

A Sympathy Card

I need more of these type of cards in my stash...
Papertrey Ink Soft stone paper and pattern paper was used.  MFT Roses was stamped with berry sorbet for the outline, then sweet blush for the filler.  The leaves were stamped with soft stone ink.  The sentiment is from Beautiful Butterflies stamped with Memento london fog ink.

and now for the inside:

 

I decided not to use the outline for the inside of the card, so I stamped the roses with the sweet blush ink and the leaves with soft stone.  With Sympathy is a Think Big Favorite # 3 stamped with the Memento London Fog.

Random cards...

I sold some cards at Bible Study this morning and the ones that disappeared are the Sympathy Cards...so I came home and quickly made this one.  And of course, the insider looks like this:

Stamps are MFT Peaceful Wildflowers.

Another Sympathy card for the stash

The vase is cut with vellum paper and then I sponged on some Autumn rose ink.  The flowers are from a Hero Arts Quatros "real wildflowers" rubber stamp set that I have had for many years.  I hand drew the stems with a memento marker.  The sentiment is from PTI Beautiful Butterflies.  The card base is Sweet blush paper and the layer on top of the card was run through the cuttlebug with the swiss dot embossing folder.

Sweet Roses

This is just a random card made for my sympathy stash...I used the Sweet Roses from MFT,  I white embossed the outline and then colored in with my copics.

Sympathy Cards

These cards are for my 'stash'...actually I will be bringing all my cards to Bible study tomorrow and selling them to donate the money for our monthly cause.  I noticed I was kind of short on this type of card...is it my age that is requiring more of this type of card? 

stamps:  PTI crackle, Turning a New Leaf, Birds and Blooms, Beautiful Blessings
Ink:  fine linen, ripe avocado, pure poppy, melon berry
paper:  PTI Rustic cream

Stamps:  CAS-UAL Fridays (leaf), Beautiful Butterflies (PTI) and Background Blocks (PTI)
Inki:  soft stone, blueberry sky, melon berry, zesty orange
paper:  PTI rustic cream and black

With Sympathy

I know there has been a lot of talk about sympathy cards and how hard they are to make, especially at the time one is most needed.  So when I won a free set from PTI...from a Make It Monday post, I decided to get With Sympathy as my free set...it just arrived and I have been making some cards...to keep in my stash...some that will be ready and I won't have to think about it...

I think this is my favorite...I love the simplicity of it...I love the soft colors...I stamped the image on rustic white and backed it with fine linen..I used fine linen satin ribbon...

the inside of all the cards are stamped with the Think BIG sentiment:  With Sympathy!