Autumn a Second Spring

Hello Stamping Friends!!

I'm on the Dare 2B Artzy Blog today!!

With Fall in the air here in WI, I thought for my post today I would feature the beautiful Tangle Leaves stamp set!

I collected a few supplies:

Paint Brush

Ink (Totally Black, Pomegranate, Bright Pumpkin, Sunset Yellow)

Watercolor Paper

Water

Stamp Set (Tangle Leaves)

I started by first deciding what leaf I was going to work with from the Tangle Leaves so I would know how to make the watercolor background!

I then used my paint brush to dip the tip of it lightly in my water and then lightly brushed the water on my water color paper where I was first going to add color.  I then lightly pressed the tip of the paint brush on the ink pad to grabbed some color!  Then you can brush the color on the paper where you added the water!

 Continue working with the color and water till you get a watercolor piece you like!

I was really happy with this:

 Now the hard part...letting it dry!  

I personally hate this step!  LOL.  I just would like to stamp the leaf right away, but warning if you would the ink tends to bleed a little because of the water used!

So if you are really impatient, like I tend to be sometimes, you can use your heat gun to make it dry faster!

After letting it dry I stamped the gorgeous leaf and sentiment! 

My finished card:

Isn't it beautiful?!

I sure think so!

I just love the lead images in the Tangle Leaves stamp set!!

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Have a beautiful day! 

You Are Loved with Honey Bee Stamps

Hello Stamping Friends!

It's my day once again to post on the Honey Bee Stamps Blog!!


For my post today, I grabbed my Color Burst powder watercolors and watercolor paper!

They are so fun to work with!

I thought it would be super fun to create a background for a card!

Look how fun it looks at first:

I kept adding water and powder, till I got a background I liked.

I then dabbed areas with paper toweling to take some of the color off so it wasn't too bright.

I then used the Beautiful Life stamp set to added hearts to the background!!

And now for my card.....

I LOVE how it turned out!!

The large "You Are Loved" sentiment goes perfectly with the watercolor background!

Close-up of the hearts:

So pretty!!

I absoluetly LOVE the Beautiful Life stamp set!!

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Happy Stamping!!




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Challenges
Addicted to Stamps and More: Anything Goes

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Honey Bee Stamps Products Used:

Beautiful Life

Alternative to Watercolors

Good Morning Stamping Friends!!

I am on the Inspired By Stamping Blog today, featuring a twist to use something other than watercolors!

So recently I was just "thinking" (yes, I know, sometimes bad!) while the kids were doing some painting on canvas's!  They have a ton of acrylic paints that they have gotten at Hobby Lobby that they absolutely love using.  

I thought, it would be cool if I could think of a way to use them on a card sometime.  So I decided to give it a try!

So I collected, in my case, two different acrylic paints I wanted to use, a paint brush, plate, stamps and water!

Acrylic paint can be very think and bright, so I used the water to thin it down to get more of a watercolor effect.  

Shown in the picture above are the acrylic paints I used on the left and right and in the center is one of them watered down.  

You do have to play with the paint and water a little to find a consistency you like.

Here are a few examples:

I decided I liked that black stamped and embossed image best.

So I created this fun and simple Sympathy card:

The elegant "With Sympathy" sentiment is part of the All Year Wishes II stamp set!

Sympathy cards are no fun to create.  But I do like how this one turned out.  Nice and simple.

The beautiful floral image I used is part of the Friends Forever stamp set!

So if you don't have watercolors around the house to watercolor with, try out some acrylic paints!!

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So many beautiful sets to choose from!!

Have a lovely day!

Happy Stamping!

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All Year Wishes II

Friends Forever