Faux Hand Painting

Well, its Day 7 of the Watercolor for Card Makers (at Online Card Classes) Faux Hand Painting. I find myself really stretching myself.  I'm also finding it harder to find stamps that will work with some of these techniques!  (It may be time to order some more stamps!)

So far, I have only completed one of the techniques for Day 7.  Here is the card that I made using one of the Faux Hand Painting Techniques:

I used the following to make the card:

• Close to My Heart Floral Happiness Stamp Set
• Distress Ink: Worn Lipstick, Bard Door, Fired Brick, Crushed Olive, Forest Moss
• Memento Ink Angel Pink
• Versamark
• Stampendous Detailed Gold Embossing Powder
• Close to My Heart Framed Stamp of the Month Stamp Set

Water coloring Stamped Images (Day2)

Day 6 of the Watercolor for Card Makers (at Online Card Classes) was water coloring Stamped images. 

Here are my versions of the cards from Day 6 of the class.  I won't go into specific of how the cards were made (for this you should take the class), but will provide the supplies I used. Here are the 3 cards I made using the techniques from the class.

Card 1:

 Card 2:

 Card 3:

For Card 1 (One of my favorites!) I used the following:

• Versafine Black Onyx Ink
• Zing Clear Embossing Powder
• Penny Black Blooming Garden Stamp Set
• Distress Ink: Wild Honey, Tumbled Glass, Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold, Worn Lipstick, Mowed Lawn
• Close to My Heart A Little Note Occasions Stamp Set
• Spellbinders Square Dies

For Card 2 I used the following:

• Simon Says Birthday Celebration
• Versafine Black Onyx Ink
• Kuretake Water Colors: 10, 20, 34, 63, 54, 58, 139, 43
• Close to My Heart Joyful Birthday Occasions Stamp Set

For Card 3, (this one has a lot of sparkle and shine, since I used perfect pearls in the water used), I used the following:

• WPlus9 Flora & Fauna 2 Stamp Set
• Versmark
• Stampendous Detailed White Embossing Powder
• Distress Ink: Weathered Wood, Shaded Lilac, Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Candied Apple, Salty Ocean
• Perfect Pearls
• Close to My Heart Just to Say Stamp Set

Bird Crazy Anniversary Card

Here is a card I made for my husband for our Anniversary.  Unlike most of my cards, this on is 5.25 x 6.5.  I needed the extra space for both birds.

I used the following to make the card:

• Tim Holtz Bird Crazy Stamps and Dies
• Tim Holtz Crazy Things Stamps and Dies
• Copic Markers:  E50, E53, E57, E59, Y11, Y13, Y15, YR16, YR18, YG63, R20, R21, R24, R29, R59, R81, R83, R85, B0000, B95, B97, C3, C5
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Lawn Fawndementials Mermaid
• Seaside Stampin' Ink Cloud Stamp
• Distress Ink - Lowed Lawn
• Lawn Fawn Scripty Sayings Stamp Set
• Taylored Expressions Many Mini Occasions Stamp Set

To make the card, I stamped the birds with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink,  I also stamped the accessories that I would be using.  The birds and the accessories were then colored with the various Copic Markers.  I then cut out the birds and accessories using the dies.

The grass on the card base was colored with Mowed Lawn, and the sky was stamped with a Cloud stamp and Mermaid ink.  The Birds and accessories were added, a bit of shadow added under the birds, and the the sentiments added to complete the card.