Rainbow Watercolour Spring Flowers 4 by Simon Says Stamp

May 28, 2020

Hi everyone, I hope you are doing well.

For today, I wanted to use gorgeous and super versatile images from Beautiful Flowers 4 stamp set by Simon Says Stamp.

I also used a sentiment from the new Hexagon Greetings Stamp Set and a pre-printed sentiment from CZ Designs Reverse Love.

I'm loving Hexagon Greetings Stamp Set released today as part of Crafty Hugs release by Simon Says Stamp here!

The set contains eight beautiful sentiments to create cards for different occasions.

Easy Rainbow Watercolor

This time, I wanted to do a rainbow watercolor while trying for the very first time Karin Markers.

I heard these pens were great for hand lettering but as I love trying new mediums I decided to give them a try for cardmaking.

These markers contain highly pigmented liquid ink that can be blended with water.

They are blendable.

They have a flexible nylon brush-like nib that made easy the color application on small areas.

They are transparent and the pigment has great dispersion.

The colors are vibrant!

I love the look and feel of the ink when it dries.

So I first stamped the images using Versafine Onix ink on 300 grams Cold Press Arches Watercolor Paper.
Then, I simply applied a little bit of the different pigments near the center part of the flower directly from the marker to the paper and I spread it towards the edged using a wet brush.
I didn't allow the washes to dry but instead, I tried to blend the different washes.
Once I applied colors I die cut the panels using the larger rectangle from Wonky Rectangles die set.

Here is another card using the same image from Beautiful Flowers 4 stamp set but this time I didn't stamp steam but the whole background.

I applied color in the same way for the card above and I added a pre-printed sentiment from CZ Designs Reverse Love.

That's all for today.

I hope you like these ideas

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Beautiful; Flowers Happy New Year handmade card / calendar cover | All you need is love 2019

December 31, 2018

Happy New Year everyone, I wish you health, joy, peace, success, love and the very best for you and your family in 2019!

May you have an amazing crafty year ahead, loaded with inspiration, creativity and good vibes.

For today, I wanted to make a desk calendar cover but at very last minute I decided to use the cover to make this oversized card. It measures 8"x 4-1/2" inches. So yay! It is huge.

I mixed and matched non-holiday supplies with the aim to enjoy Copic Colouring and to have the chance to relax a wee bit. December has been a very busy month and emotionally challenging as my mum has been very unwell and recently my father-in-law had serious health complications.

So I defo needed to ink paper more than normal but I also wanted to keep it simple.

I stamped the images using Memento Black ink and the sentiments using Simon Says Stamp Black Ink.

The floral image is from SSS Beautiful Flowers II stamp set, the sentiment is from SSS Ornate Love stamp set and the die cut numbers are from Journaling Numbers die set by Neat and Tangled.

First, I applied markers in the base of the flower petals and I didn't apply colour at the edge of the petals.

I also was trying different colour combinations using the shades available in the Copic Ciao Set B but after a while, I reached red and pink markers as these colours always look good to me.

I added a hint of yellow and peach marker here and there and at the very end, I used the blender marker to smooth any hardline. I also applied a light grey at the edge of the flower petals.

To add a bit more of contrast, I used a black, a purple and a warm grey Faber Castel Polychrome pencils at the base of the flower petals or any area I wanted to add shadows..

I also applied gold shimmer over the leaves using a Nuvo Midas Touch Pen. The shimmer is georgeous but impossible to show in pictures and even less with the very little light, we get during the cold winter days here in Scotland but this is something I defo will feature in further videos.

I also splattered the panel with this pen, with the ink of a white posca marker and with a dark blue Nuvo Aqua Flow pen so the paper got a beautiful, white, golden sparkled texture and some dark speckles as well.

I die cut the numbers out of Gold Mirror cardstock and I embellish with crystal sequins.

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