Kitties In Flowers With Art Impressions Watercolor Technique

 

Hello friends!  

One of my favorite techniques is the Art Impression Watercolor process.  I love how each piece comes out with it's own personality, and no two ever look exactly alike.  It seems daunting at first, but in very little time, you can master this technique.  You can find many tutorials in this method on YouTube.  You can find a wealth of tutorials on Bonnie Krebs' YouTube Channel HERE.

 

For my card, I used various stamps from the Art Impressions Watercolor series.  You can check them out HERE.

 

To 'ink' my stamps, I used Tombow markers.  I started with the basket, and filled it with some greens and flowers.  I left a space for the kitty, than stamped him.  I built up the ground with grass and flowers, and stamped another kitty there.  I added a watercolor ground and sky, and stamped the Thinking Of You.  The full process is explained in the above linked videos.  

 

INSIDE of card:

 

I am adding my card to the 30 Day Color Challenge at The Daily Marker.

I am also adding it to:

The Paper Funday Challenge - Spring has sprung

Sunday Stamps - Spring bloom

The Flower Challenge - Pretty pastels

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  This technique is so fun, and the options are limitless.  I hope you will give it a try.

 

Blessings,

 

 

 

Art Impressions Birds & Flowers

This morning I heard birds singing!  I ran to my window, and there they were; three bluejays, singing in our tree...I think they wanted the suet basket refilled!  I thought they may have been a sign that spring is near.   But, alas, this afternoon, another blast of wintery snow!  Uggggh.  I retreated to my studio and pulled out my Art Impressions stamps to create a more pleasing scene for my back yard, and hopefully coax the jays back.

I used several of the Art Impressions watercolor stamps and Tombow markers to create my card.  I have been watching Bonnie Krebs' videos, and practicing my technique.  I have a long way to go, but am having so much fun with these amazing stamps!

 

The verse is also from Art Impressions.  There are several verses on the Sentiments Set WC-4903.

I also stamped an inside, however, my card base is not watercolor paper, so they colors didn't blend as nicely as they do on watercolor paper. 

Have you tried these stamps?  I would love to hear from you to see what you think.  Or if you have any tips that work for you with them.

I am adding my card to these challenges:

Allsorts Challenge  - Spring flowers

Little Red Wagon  - Stamp something you love (my garden)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes

Sunday Stamps - Nature's hues

Freshly Made Sketches - Sketch

Addicted To Stamps - Photo inspiration 

 

Thanks so much for visiting.  I appreciate your time and your inspiring comments.

Blessings,

 

Easter Blessings

Hello, and welcome.  My card today is all about textured cardstock.  I used Bazzil cardstock for the card base, and Bienfang Paper Canvas Canvasette for my image.  

I love stamping and coloring on canvas types of backgrounds.  The texture can be challenging, but I love the way the texture makes the art look.  

I stamped the bunny (Art Impressions Easter Blessings 4886K set) onto the canvas paper and colored him with Tombow markers, using my paintbrush and some water.  I used the Spellbinders egg die, and mounted it onto the card.  The embellishment die is also from Spellbinders.

Some gems finish off this simple card.

I am adding my card to:

Art Impressions - Perfect pastimes (napping!)

Addicted To Stamps - Holiday

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Easter inspired

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I appreciate your comments and encouragement.  

Be blessed,
 

Celebrate Watercolor Card

I'm back with another card today.  I wanted to get this card in for the Art Impressions Challenge , which is Watercolor Wonders.

I just adore these little stamps.  They're perfect for a quick little card, simple, yet artsy looking and pretty.  They look as though you actually painted the images, but, they are stamps.  I can't get enough of these.  Anyways, on to my card for this challenge....

I used stamps from the Art Impressions watercolor series from several different sets.  I have taken the stamps out of the packages, and put all of the flowers in one cd case, leaves in another, cats in one, birds in one, you get the idea here.  So much easier to just grab what I need and they are all in one place, rather than pulling from different sets.  

I used Tombow markers on mine.  The celebrate verse is one I found in my stash, and do not know the company.  The die is from Spellbinders.

I'm dreaming of spring, when our birds return to our garden, and we can finally ditch the jackets and boots.  These last few weeks of winter just drag by, and we always get hit with a noreastern in March....which we have now.  Ugggh.  Well, more time to make cards!  Silver lining!

I hope you are able to do what you love today.  Make it a good day.

Blessings,

Let Us Give Thanks Card

Following along with fall card making, I couldn't resist making a card with this stamp from Art Impressions.

I am adding my card to the Art Impressions challenge, 
which is stamp a scene.  This fall scene takes me back many, many falls ago, when I was a child, growing up next door to my grandma's farm. 

I am thankful for a childhood full of loving and joyful memories.  We worked hard, and played hard, and there was an abundance of love and joy in our days.

I embossed the image onto watercolor paper, and watercolored it with Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils.  I love the vibrancy of these pencils.  The image stamp is Art Impressions #fUMM3180, and the verse is from Art Impressions Sentiments Set # 4903-WC.

I am also adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes

Splitcoaststampers Falliday Fest Challenge - Fall splendor

Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Challenge - Anything goes optional gold
 
Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Let me know in the comments what you are thankful for this fall!

Blessings,

lynda

Spring Thank You Card

This little kitty is waiting for some important mail, it seems.  Or maybe it's just a good spot to see the birds!  Either way, he seems content, perched on top of this mail box.

Stamps:  Art Impressions watercolor stamps
Other:  Watercolor paper, MFT dies, Tombow markers, watercolor brush, stamp positioner

I stamped the mailbox onto the watercolor paper, using a sepia Tombow marker to ink up the stamp.  I painted the mailbox with markers.  Using a stamp positioner, I stamped the kitty on top, painted him, then added foliage and flowers, inking the stamps with the markers, and dabbing them with some water from my brush.  

A handwritten thank you, and some die cutting and layering finish off my card today.  I am enjoying my Art Impressions watercolor stamps.  I will keep practicing, and hopefully will get better.  I think it will take some time to really get good at this technique.  In the meantime, I am having fun with them.  

I am adding my card to  The Daily Marker 30 day color challenge.  I am also adding it to:

Art Impressions Challenge - Springy cards

Stampin' Royalty Challenge - Spring

House of Cards Challenge  - Make a scene and/or colors

Thank you for visiting.

Blessings,

lynda





 

Warm Wishes Wobbly Snowman Card

I don't mind saying, I've fallen in love with Action Wobble springs and the snowmen from the Art Impressions stamp and die snowman set.  They just scream to be used together.  So....

I had to make a card from them!  I am going to send this to my little great-niece...she will enjoy the wobbling snowman.

I stamped the snowman onto white Copic-friendly card stock, and colored it with Copic markers.  I used an Action Wobble spring to adhere it to a die-cut oval, which I had stenciled snowflakes from the Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil, using white ColorBox pigment ink.  I also stenciled the snow onto a red panel (they turned pink when they dried, but I kind of like the look), and layered all the pieces onto an A2 card, which I had embossed with the Darice snowflake embossing plate.  The verse on the tag is from the same snowman set, and I embossed it with white embossing powder.

A little glittery shimmer from my Crystal clear sparkle pen from Spectrum Noir on the punched snowflakes and the snowman finish off the card.

I am adding my card today to these challenges:

Art Impressions Stamps Challenge - Shake a little

Addicted to Stamps Challenge - Use die cuts/punches with stamps

Mojo Monday Challenge - Sketch   

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge - Make your mark

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes

Mod Squad Challenge Blog - Holiday dimension

Lil Red Wagon challenge - Chilly friends

My Favorite Things Color Challenge - Red, green, aqua, pink


I'm so glad you stopped in today.  Thanks for visiting, and leaving your comments.  I wish you could see this little snowman jiggle when you touch it!  Too cute!  I hope my great-niece likes her card as much as I had fun creating it.

Blessings,

lynda

More Hands, More Candy Halloween Card

This stamp just made me smile, so it had to come home with me when I saw it!  Since I absolutely fear and dread spiders, I'm surprised that this stamp even made it into my cart...but it was just too cute to pass up.  Besides, it's not creepy and crawly.
Here is the card I made with it....

I started by stamping the spider lady (Art Impressions (4641 More candy) with India Ink black, then colored her with Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencils.  I added some lines around her pupil to create an iris in her eyes, added some white dots with my white Signo gel pen, and some black glitter with my at you Spica black glitter pen to her gloves, collar, and boots.

Then I created a mask for the image with Judi Kins masking paper, and masked the image.  I used my Clarity stencil brushes, and The Crafter's Workshop stencil Mini Reversed Branches, to create the tree background.  I used TH distress inks on the background.  Next, I brushed green around the edges, leaving the center white, which created a highlight for the cute little spider lady to take center stage.  I used some Art Impressions grass for her to pose on.

Some bats finished off the panel.  I trimmed the panel down, and layered it onto some matching card stock, then onto an orange card.  The happy halloween is a stamp from my stash, which had been taken off the wood, so I'm afraid I do not know details about it.

I am adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon - Best Witches!

Addicted To Stamps  - Photo inspiration

Cas-ual Fridays - One in eight (eight dots on spider and eight legs)

Virginia's View  - Focal point

I'm so glad you stopped by today.  Thanks so much for visiting.   

Blessings,

lynda

 

Potted Flowers Friend Card

I love to build scenes with my Art Impressions stamps.  The stamps come in sets, and you can mix and match, and use them any way you like.  They are made to create little vignettes using the stamps with markers.  In my card today, I created a scene of potted flowers......

In real life, the trellis panel is the same color as the card.  It did not photograph well.

The card took it's own direction, and is nothing like I had envisioned when I had finished my stamping.  I originally created the potted flowers in the bottom right corner of my watercolor paper, and intended to just add a verse and some watercolor background.  

I'm not sure what happened between the finished stamping, and the finished card!

To create the scene, I used Art Impressions stamps, and Tombow markers.  The pot was stamped first, then watercolored with color from the markers rubbed onto a palette, then used as watercolor.  For the flowers, I used the markers on each individual flower and foliage, and arranged them in the pot the way I wanted them.  Each element was inked, then stamped onto the arrangement at least five times, creating dimension and depth. This technique is demonstrated beautifully in the YouTube video Watercolor the Art Impressions Way.  Bonnie really does a great job of showing how to build up the scenes, and how to use the stamps.

I used my Spellbinders circle dies for the image, and my Impression-Obsession die152-N with glitter card stock for the border piece behind the image.   I embossed friend, from Printworks friendship and flowers set, onto a scrap piece of card stock.

The little 'sprinkles' are the middles of the trellis background.  I just glued them around here and there for interest.

I hope you will take a few moments to look up this technique on YouTube.  It really is very fun, and there are so many possibilities.  I am addicted!

This card is for these challenges:

Art Impressions - Challenge 190 Glitter/Shimmer

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Let's Go Wild (wildflowers)

Addicted To Stamps - Anything Goes

Sunday Stamps - Sketch 132    

Thanks for stopping in today.

Blessings,

lynda