Greetings From Arizona!

Hello!  Today I'm sharing a project that I started a long time ago and yesterday I was looking at that watercolored panel and knew I needed to get it on a card.  I actually watercolored that awesome image pre-COVID... lol... probably one of our last in person crops we had.  Today I decided it was about time I got it onto a card... so I did!

All of the images on this one except for the postmark are from a couple sets from Scraps Of Love by Artist Ann Corbiere -Scott... I used Advice From a Cactus and the sentiment is from one that I don't see on the website any more, but there is a similar one called Greetings From Arizona.  I added the postmark/date using an old CTMH set that I've also had for a long time.

That's it!  I only used 3 Copics on the Love stamp and the rest was watercolored so I didn't take a pic, but they were YG61 YG63 and YG67.  I can't even remember for sure but I believe I watercolored these with a waterbrush and some watercolor pencils.

Thanks for stopping!  Come again tomorrow for more fun!

 

A Jillian Vance Design Elegant Christmas

I'm up on the blog over at A Jillian Vance Design with this slimline.  If you'd like more details and links hop on over there and join me!

Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!

 

Miss Ink Stamps - Have a Grande Day

Welcome back!  I've got some more caffeinated Miss Ink Stamps for you again today!  I'm linking it up to the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  Today is the last day to link up and you can get all of the details here!

I decided to use the bleach technique again because it's been a while.  I stamped the images onto the cardstock with Memento Ink and then without removing the stamp or image from the Misti stamped it again with Versamark.  Then I heat embossed with clear gloss embossing powder.

Then I used a paint brush and some bleach and applied it over the image which bleached out the brown from the cardstock.  I splattered a little bleach over the card. Then I went in and watercolored the images with a different water brush and my watercolor pencils.

Finally I used the Diamond Fade stencil and some Rusty Hinge Distress Oxide to add some interest to the background and stamped and embossed the sentiment using my Misti.

That's me for today!  Be sure to link up your newly created coffee, tea or cocoa themed creation before the end of today!

 

A Jillian Vance Design - A Watercolor Hug

I'm up on the blog over at A Jillian Vance Design with this one!  If you'd like links and details hop on over there and join me!

Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!

 

An Autumn Hello - Miss Ink Stamps

Hello!  Welcome back!  I have some Miss Ink Autumn goodness for you today!

I started with the Fall Bouquet stamp set!  I stamped it using Versamark onto a panel of watercolor paper and embossed it in Wow Gold Embossing Powder.  I lightly blended on a few Distress Oxide Inks and in broad areas... blue for the sky... yellow over the floral and green at the bottom just to lay a base of color.  Then I colored it in using Albrecht Durer Watercolor Pencils and a water brush.  After it was dry, I splattered on some water and soaked up the excess droplets with a paper towel.

In between background layers I stamped, cut and colored my images from the Pumpkin Spice Gnomes stamp set.  I also used the birds from the Springtime Banners set!  I thought they went perfectly with this friendly fellow!

Then I layered all of the images over the background trying to be sure some of it showed giving a feel of the pumpkin house being nestled in the leaves and flowers.

Finally I added a sentiment from the Pumpkin Spice sentiment set... I stamped and fussy cut it out for just a little sentiment that wouldn't take up too much space!

That's me for today!  I hope you enjoyed your visit and that you'll come again soon for more inspiration!

 

Miss Ink Stamps - Hope

Hello!  Welcome back!  Today I'm sharing this one using the beautiful Fall Bouquet stamp set from Miss Ink!

I stamped the floral and stems onto mixed media paper with Versamark and embossed it with Wow Gold Embossing Powder.  Then I colored it using my watercolor pencils and a water brush.  I fussy cut both out when they were dry.

For the background, I blended Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, and Vintage Photo Distress Inks onto the panel and then applied more Spiced Marmalade through the Art Deco Stencil.  Then I splattered some Heidi Swapp Color Shine over it with a paint brush.

Finally I popped the images onto the base after stamping one of the sentiments from the Fall Bouquet set directly onto the background using some Color Fuse Ink.

And that's me for today!  Don't you just LOVE that pretty floral??

Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon for more inspiration!

 

Turner Syndrome Awareness Blog Hop 2020

Hello Blogging Friends!!

Welcome to my project for the "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness 2nd Annual Blog Hop!  

Turner Syndrome is a genetic disorder where a female is born with only one X chromosome, instead of two, leaving her with life-long medical issues and learning disabilities. This condition occurs one in 2,500 female births worldwide, but is more common among pregnancies that do not survive to full term. That is why Turner Syndrome Females are considered MIRACLES!

Prize Winners will be announced on February 15, 2020.

Thirty-six caring Sponsors and nine DT Members are offering prizes to commenters and they are helping bring Turner Syndrome Awareness to the Public. For details on how you might win any of these fabulous prizes, please see Lori's TS home page. Thanks for learning About Turner Syndrome. 

Nine designers are offering prizes on their personal blogs as well:

My TS related project is inspired by the TSA official color board:

Here's how I was inspired:

I did some watercoloring using my Albrecht Durer watercolor pencils and a water brush.  I stamped that beautiful image from a Hero Arts/Gina K Designs collaboration set in Versamark onto watercolor paper and heat embossed it using some Wow embossing powder.

I am far from being an expert at watercoloring so if you are... don't look too hard...lol!  But I love the way it turned out and I'm glad I stuck to it.  I almost threw in the towel and opted for coloring the image with my Copics a few times, but I didn't give up and I'm so happy that I didn't!

I knew I wanted to add a butterfly, and after searching through my pretty well stocked craft room, I came across that beautiful Butterfly Flourish die from Elizabeth Crafts and it turned out to be exactly what I wanted.  And finally a simple sentiment from the collab set.

I just scattered around a few of those beautiful sequins from Trinity and called it done!

This one is one its way to a special young lady right now!

I'm playing along over at A Blog Named Hero's January Anything Goes Challenge!

Thank you so much for stopping and hope you'll head on over to the "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness Blog Hop 2020  page to become eligible for prizes and find out more about this genetic disorder.  I was amazed that just living with this Syndrome is a miracle in itself since only 2% of babies born with it survive past birth!

Happy hopping and good luck!