Beautiful Day Butterfly

Hello, and welcome!

Today's project is all about the watercolour. 

 I'll be honest, these stamps weren't top of my must-have list.  It took me a while to decide to get them, but I'm very glad I did!

Playing with the wet-in-wet watercolouring technique was so relaxing.  It's not one for those who like to be in complete control of their colouring, though - you do have to "go with the flow"!

Here's the project -

I'm so happy that the Beautiful Day stamps are going to be with us another year so I can carry on playing with them. Have you seen the new catalogue yet?  (There's a link at the bottom of the page!) Do you have a returning favourite?  Let me know!

Keep crafting,

Keren



Make a Wish card- quick and easy!

Hello bloggists, welcome!

Sometimes you just need a quick and easy card.

That's what today's project is. One piece of card,some watercolour pencils, and a simple die cut

I'm really impressed with the quality of the watercolour pencils. They are so soft and easy to blend. 

The candles are sized to fit the sides of the window box , but it makes a great little panel to sit on the front of this simple card. Here's a tutorial- it's a nice short one today-

I do hope that you enjoyed it !

I used a stamp press when I made this card because the watercolour paper is quite textured and I wanted to be able to re-stamp in exactly the same place if it didn't stamp clearly. As it happened, it worked fine the first time. SU don't make a stamp press (yet!) but meanwhile, if you're looking for one, Amazon has the WMRK version -

We R Memory Keepers Precision Press Tool For precise Stamping, White

That's it for now but I hope to see you again soon.

Crafty hugs, 

Keren.

Resistance is ...

Hello and welcome to my blog.

Today's card is based around a "resist" technique, where the stamped image is heat-embossed before the colour is added - in this case, I spritzed on some SU re-inkers diluted with water.  I'm rather pleased with how it turned out.  I showed it to my husband and he just couldn't work out how the effect was managed - he was very impressed!

It's an easy technique;  you just need to remember to use a paper that can stand getting wet (I used Watercolour paper) and allow plenty of time for it to dry properly.  

Here's the tutorial - 

I hope you enjoy trying this one for yourself.  Please leave me a comment and let me know how you get on!

See you again soon!