Bibi Cameron : a watercolour cards

Perfume Bouquet by Colorado Craft Company | Salt Watercolour Background

May 19, 2020

Hello everyone, welcome to my blog! I hope you are doing well.

Today, I'm sharing a card made using the absolutely gorgeous Big & Bold~Perfume Bouquet stamp set by Colorado Craft Company.

This is a 6x6 inches stamp set.
Include 28 stamps.
Price: $19.99
Postage to the UK is only $5 from the USA at the Colorado Craft Company here!

Last year, have the chance to join Simon Says Stamp Stamptember's collaboration with Colorado Craft Company in my post here since then my heart started beating for these stamps.

Early this year, I saw on Instagram a card made by one of my crafty divas and good friend Yana Samakula using this set. I just wanted it so badly but sadly it was sold out after I saw Yana's creations!!!

I was patiently waiting for it to come back to stock but it wasn't happening and then my dear and talented friend Daniel West send me a happy mail and this stamp was in it!! Bless him!!!

This set is from the Big and Bold Collection and I also love the "Lovely Legs collection here"

I decided to dedust my Schminke watercolor paints to add colour to this beautiful image.

Schmincke are considered the top best watercolour paints available and so the price could be from 5 and up to 10 times the price of other paints I got in my stash.

Regardless of the price, I love them just as I love all the coloring mediums I share in my blog.

The color intensity of this pain is great but what makes a huge difference from others is the dispersion and granulation of this paint. It is simply incredible!!!!!!

These paint also have the highest possible lightfastness rating (4 and 5 stars). This means that when the pigments are exposed to light or weather, they could last from 50 to100 years or over.

You can use any medium to add your personal touch to this image. I wanted to do something arty so that water-based mediums are always a good choice.

The Cardmaking Process

I stamped the image using Versafine Black Onix Ink on 300 grams Arches cold-pressed watercolor paper.
I then added a couple of quick colour washes over the flowers.
To make the background, I simply added washes of blue and purple paint around the image (masking fluid wasn't necessary)
When the paint was still wet I applied salt ( kitchen salt).
I allowed the panel to dry with the salt over until the next day and I removed it.
I finished painting the bottle just by adding a wash of yellow paint over and a shadow for the label.
Using the stamping platform, I stamped the small banner on smooth cardstock, I fuzzy cut it and glued over the center of the image.

The sentiment says: "Sending you happy little thoughts" ... The letters are so tiny and still crisp and clear over the paper. I'm really impressed with the high quality of this stamp set.

Loving the texture created by the salt too!

Supplies Used

Big & Bold~Perfume Bouquet stamp set by Colorado Craft Company.
Versafine Black Onix Ink.
Schmincke: Horadam Watercolour Paint: 36 half pans
Arches Watercolor Paper
Escoda Reserva Round Travel Brush 2
Escoda Reserva Round ravel Brush #4
Escoda Reserva Round Travel Brush # 6. These brushes also are available in sets of 3 or 6 brushes.
Kitchen Salt.

That's all for today.
I hope you like this project.
Happy Crafting!
x
Bibi

Supplies

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Framed Watercolor Card | Nuvo Aqua Flow pens tips and Woodland Walk Colour Collection Sneak Peek

April 05, 2019

Hello everyone, Today I'm over the brand new Tonic Studios Blog here. This was our first-week blogging and you can find more inspiration using your favourite Tonic products over there. I hope you can pay us a visit.

I made a C6 standard American size ( 4-1/4 x 5-1/2) card using a Magnificent Magnolia Stamp set, Nuvo Aqua Flow Pens and other supplies from the new Tonic's colour collection called Woodland Walk.

This new colour collection was released today in the Tonic Studios USA Shop and it will be available soon on the Tonic Studios UK shop.

So this card has loads and loads of easy to apply details and I want to share the cardmaking process with you in a 7 minutes -video.

As a bonus, I also made an envelope using the beautiful Yellow Bamboo speciality paper from Woodland Walk Colour Collection.

I used an old die set by Tonic called Sweet Nothing Delicate Embrace to make the envelope (sadly discontinued) but there is a similar die set called Christmas Envelope Die set,

You might be wondering why Tonic releases are not simultaneous on both sides of the world?

This was my first question when I started working for Tonic a couple of years ago. I have been moaning and complaining about it all these years... just like you might have been doing lol

I realised that this is due to the way Tonic has been operating for almost 2 decades. Tonic used to sell products through retailers "only", they didn't have an online shop with direct sales to customers. However, as the demand for Tonic products increases the company have decided to open for the very first time their online shops last month ( March 2019).

Now, you, me and everyone can buy directly from Tonic with access to great promotions and discounts and you can still buy Tonic from your favourite shops as well.

Tonic operations in the USA and UK also have a demand for different products. While Nuvo colouring tools are in high demand in the USA, the UK operation has been focused on promoting the die cutting industry so the warehouses in both countries stock different items. I noticed that there are not many dies in the USA and that the new Nuvo releases are always a priority in the USA. Actually, at CHA (Creativation - USA craft trade fair ) people can get to know the trends for the whole year round.

BTW, Tonic is a 100% British company. All Tonic products are created by British engineers and designers in the home office in Wales, UK.

When Mark Donavan, designer of Tonic dies and head of the design department in Wales told me they have more than 6K dies designs I almost fainted!!! That's too much for my crafty soul!

I make jokes with Owain Roberts (Tonic's Marketing Manager) when I say that British people are eccentric. Tonic is innovating and creating new tools for papercraft lovers all the time... it is seriously insane!!

So there is a reason behind everything and many Tonic fans know how things work at the moment. Many new people in the crafty community have a lot of questions.

The good news is that Tonic is working hard to align releases and soon we will have access to the whole product range and worldwide! All our moaning and complaints have been heard :)

For now, you can explore Woodland Walk new colour collection.