Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Day Four Lost and found Details Card

While not as soft as the teachers card in class I still love how this card tuned out :) I made my own custom colour mixing Windsor and Newton Cotman pans.

I used Kaisercrafts Leaves stencil, WRMKs Corner Chomper, Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink on a Stampendous Birthday Wish sentiment and some bling.
Thanks for taking the time to look :)
Purple

Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Day Three - Lifting Card

This was my first attempt at lifting, it's on a paper that colour would lift from if rewet so I cheated lol. I got some Brushos for christmas and had played around with them . . . a lot lol. Anyway I loved the amount of colours in the leaf green one so just made a panel of that and thought hmm wonder what the KaiserCraft stamp and cuts I got for Christmas would look like on that. As a result the precut leaves were sitting on my desk and I thought why not. I cut the branch up and used them as my leaves for this flower. They are stamped with Archival ink.

I also used Distress Ink in Worn Lipstick on a Mpress Sentiment stamp. I used a Spellbinders die and the circles I added to the front of the card are from die as well.
Thanks for stopping by.
Purple

Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Day One and Two - Wet On Wet Card and Varigated Wash

Here is the start of the cards I have made from class :) This one was made from well . . . rejects. I had been testing each of my paper to find one I could possibly do the wet on wet technique with before I got a pad of Arches, none of them worked properly but I was able to salvage some by cutting out the butterflies :)

I used Lifestyle Crafts nesting butterfly dies to trace to make the wet on wet butterflies, Spellbinders lace ovals and Archival ink that I stamped off with a KaiserCraft sentiment.
Purple

Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Day Four - Lost and Found Details

This was a hard one, I made some mistakes and learnt some lessons along the way :) I mixed my own custom colour here using Windsor & Newton Cotman Intense Blue and Brushos in yellow and orange. I should have just mixed a dark mix and split in parts to make lighter washes but it didn't quite work out so I had to do a lot of fiddling but I got there in the end :) This one's on Arches 300gsm Cold Pressed paper.

I only had enough time for one technique from day 4 so far but I will come back to them. Day 5 and six are amazing techniques, again possibly only one from each lol...
Purple

Dried Marigold, Texture Paste and Spellbinders

Hi everybody, sorry I've been away for so long, but I've had a busy month! Been on holidays, my daughter graduated high school among other things lol. So we have a new challenge starting at Eclectic Ellapu and for the Purple team the the theme is to use Texture Paste. I was a bit challenged by this card, nothing seemed to balance out but I got there in the end.

To start this card I used a Heidi Swapp mini stencil, with Liquitex texture paste. Over this I used dried marigold distress ink. I also used distress ink around my card base. I then used my ebosser to cut Spellbinders dies, the top butterfly layer is vellum. I used more dried marigold on these as well as to stamp the Fiskars sentiment. I added some ribbon and bead string as well as bling from Kaisercraft to finish.
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

Captivated By Silence Goth Card

Ok, so I got an order for a goth birthday card the other day and this is my attempt at one. It's good because this month for the Purples at Eclectic Ellapu the focus is Lady's Birthday. After trawling through my stamps I found this Sweet Pea stamp by Anna Marine called Captivated By Silence, unfortunately I'm not sure they have it anymore . . . I coloured her with copics.

As I wanted some matching papers I had to hand create one to pick up the purple in the colouring, so I took a ruler and copics in 100 an V09 and alternated stripes. I also used a piece of paper from Kaisercrafts Violet Crush 6" stack. The doily behind the image is a die from Lifestyle Crafts, all other dies are from Spellbinders, including the D-lite sentiment which I cut from black cardstock and coated with Glossy Accents and adhered to another hand coloured piece of cardstock. The flowers are from I Am Roses and also coloured with copics. I also used plenty of foam tape between the layers for some dimension.
Happy to say my customer was very happy :) Thanks for stopping by.
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

Stretch Your Stamps 2 Layered Heat Embossing

Woooohoooo I made it to play day! For my first card for the last day of Stretch Your Stamps 2 at Online Card Classes I used a Kaisercraft sentiment Rangers with Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel in Platinum as well as their Red Embossing Tinsel. Lol short and sweet . . . My only advice is don't drop your panel while it's still hot, don't ask how I know ;)
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

Stretch Your Stamps 2 Random Patterns

I have to say this card for Stretch Your Stamps 2 at Online Card Classes posed a bit of a problem as I don't really have many graphic stamps but I found Fiskars Shapes n, Such in my stash and it had two patterned squares of differing sizes. I also used Distress Inks in Ripe Persimmon, Antique Linen, Tumbled Glass and Peackock Feathers as well as Archival Black to stamp the sentiment from Kaisercraft. I wasn't wholly happy with this one so stay tuned fo Take two!
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

Stretch Your Stamps 2 Watercolour Spotlight

Hi we are at the bonus day and the final stretch of Stretch Your Stamps 2 at Online Card Classes. Panicking a bit as I have 6 cards still to make (I wanted to do more but time is of the essence lol) in the next 24 hours lol. Sorry in advance for the glut of close together posts!

So the storu behind this card and the next one is that I had a specific stamp set I wanted to use that I put somewhere so I could find it . . . and promptly lost it lol. I had to borrow some stamps off my friend to do this one, but may after class finishes now that I found my stamps in a spot I looked five times I will make this card with my original vision.

I have used Stazon Jet Black to stamp my stamps, the sentiment is from Kaisercraft and the flowers are freebies off a mag I think but I'm not really sure. I used Dylusions, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists and a home made glimmer mist as well. Oh and it's on Ranger Watercolor Cardstock, my new fave watercolour cs! I need to get the hang of this technique a bit more.
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

Special 200th Blog Post Mini Easel Card With Drawer Featuring Candy Lane

So for my 200th blog post I thought I would have a break from SYS2 and post my Daughters 11th birthday card. As you can see it has a bit of a twist. It's an Easel box card so that you can put whatever you want in the little drawer that comes out. Here is a link to the youtube vid I watched to show me how to do this. I used two colours however because that's what miss 11 wanted lol.

I used KaiserCrafts Candly Lane 6" paper pad for this card 'cause if you can't tell . . . my daughters favourite colour is hot pink lol. I also used dies from Spellbinders and Lifestyle crafts as well as archival ink for the sentiment and prima flowers nd some resin floers from Ebay.

For the foam insode I just used some that came in something new once upon time. I have a box full of this stuff just for that purpose. She also got a ring and bracelet in this so I cut slots using my Tim Holtz Scissors and my Prima Knife.
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

Stretch Your Stamps 2 Arched Greetings

So I only chose to do two cards for day four of Stretch Your Stamps 2 at Online Card Classes and this is the second one ;) lol. For this card I used Spellbinders Heart Circles and Lifestyle Crafts Nested and Rounded Squares, Kaisercrafts Black & White Timeless, Memento Tuxedo Black and Distress Ink Black Soot. When I find the Stamp set I used I will let you know . . . Hopefully ;)
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

Stretch Your Stamps 2 Resist Part 2 Bonus

So the last card was resist and not wanting to waste the negative I decided to use it to make another card. Waste not want not lol. Along with some of the products I used on the last card I also added a Kaisercraft Stamp and some I Am Roses coloured with distress stain.
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

Stretch Your Stamps 2 Ombre Effects

Onto day 2 of Stretch Your Stamps 2 at Online Card Classes and today we are doing a little ombre. I used watercolour for this but you can use any colour medium. I used Windsor & Newton Cotman watercolours in turquoise. The background stamp is from Fiskars, white embossing powder from Hero Arts, a Spellbinders die cut in my Ebosser and the sentiment is from Kaisercraft.
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

More of My First Mini Part 5

Getting there :) The next images we got a little Australian followed by a lil camp :) lol

 Ok so we started with Prima and KaiserCraft papers, spellbinders butterfly circles, a tag cut with my ecraft and some brads and pearls.

 Flowers close up ;) I added white adirondack paint dabber around around the edges of the mini albums mini album lol

 The first page flips open for some journalling with some more flowers and brads. The darker pages you see here are from a magazine from years ago lol.

 The lace holds the book in place as it is fully removable.

I guess this is where we get camp haha. I used Lifestyle Crafts dies for the lettering and corner flourish. I love this KaiserCraft paper, all the white lines are flocked.

 A little Priscilla with both my girls.

And some Dame Edna for the Aussies and Brits who know who she is lol.

 And then we went a little Gaga. The panel that says Gaga is actually a little teeny pocket to hold the tag that's behind in place.

The tag has a Lifestyle Crafts Tab It Kit tab on it.

The back was done with Distress Stains and edged and stamped with distress inks. Hopefully all these journalling spots have been put to good use . . .
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

Sweet Treats Gate Fold Flip Card with A Little Whimsy

This time at Eclectic Ellapu the challenge is Birthday. I made this card for little miss's 10th birthday. I used KaiserCrafts Sweet Treats stack for all the papers. The card is a Gate Fold with a flip panel and a pocket.

 I started with a piece of A4 white cardstock. I used my Martha Stewart Scoreboard to work out where my folds needed to be and then cut the two unneeded portions off with scissors. I inked around all the edges inside and out with picked raspberries distress ink.

 I then chose two coordinating papers and cut panels for the card and inked around them as well.

 I coloured this whimsy stamp with watercolour but I forget which medium lol, it was a freebie from a magazine and is slightly smaller than the rubber mount version. I used my Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circles and then from the same paper I used for the inside panels I cut a Spellbinders Butterfly Circle, again inking the edges with picked raspberries.

 Front panels before the image is added.

 I cut some tattered banners and used my blending tool to add some picked raspberries. I then stamped in picked raspberries as well.

 This is the flip panel before you lift it stamped with carious sentiments.

 The open flip panel with a more stamping and a quickly put together pocket for some money.

All finished with the Image and sentiments added with foam tape. I am thinking I used a combination of Derwent Inktense and Watercolour pencils but don't quote me!
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

More of My First Finished Mini Part 3

So I started posted pics of this mini and never got to the end... What a slacker lol. I had to fit many photos into a small space so you will see many flip out, pull out or and opening pages. I tried to make them all different too :)

A day at the Aquarium in Sydney with some pretty prima papers.

A lifestyle crafts window die to reveal the dugong :)

I made a flip out book and decorated it with a spellbinders butterfly circle and prima flowers

Added lots of pearls to this page with Kaisercraft papers.

A spot for journalling. All edges are inked with either Adirondack white paint or Distress ink or a combo of both lol

Fully opened with my youngest getting touchy feely with the local wildlife. We never know from one trip to the next if she will touch anything or not lol. I will Schedule a post a month to finis showing my Mini :)
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

Belles and Whistles Pen Friend With KaiserCrafts Candy Lane

First off, sorry for the not so good pic, think my lens was a bit smudgy :( all the pics I have for this card are like it, siiiigh . . . Any how this card was for a young lady I knows birthday. I let her pick the stamp and the main colour theme.  The stamp is from Belles and Whistles and is called Pen Friend. I started by stamping the image onto Neenah Solar White cs as well as onto my marker pad so I could get an idea of colours that would work together.

And the I got to colouring with a bunch of Promarkers and Copics. As you can tell my lil friend loves hot pink, so does my daughter lol. I find it a challenge to work with so thank goodness for colour co-ordinated paper pads lol. I used the marker pad to help find a suitable blending family as you can see.

Lucky I did as the marker I used for the ribbon was extra juicy and a lil leaky lol. If I had used it right on my image I would have ruined it! I solved the problem by putting the fine tip on the promarker and using a very light stroke over the ribbons. I was very lucky when I took the tip off as ink went everywhere but on the image! lol

I went around the whole image with nice soft pink copics for a nice halo effect. Just so you can see how many colour I generally use on an image . . . Here ya go lol! Actually this bunch on the small side.

Next up I grabbed  bunch of spellbinders dies and began cutting my layers with my Ebosser. I used Labels Four to cut my image, I used a Timeless Rectangles die on the pink layer and a Floral Ovals die on the teapot layer.

I used foam tape behind my image and the pink layer for dimension as you can see from the shadows in the pic.

I then took a Fiskars stamp and two Tim Holtz Tattered Banners from Sizzix and stamped the sentiment. To do this I carefully inked up the one line at a time so I could put one on each banner. I used a baby wipe very carefully to remove any excess if I got it on the line I wasn't using at the time.

I added foam tape under the banner so it was in line with my 2nd raised layer, cut another co-ordinating piece of pp for my background and stuck it all to my card base :)

 Apologies again for the out of focus pics, hopefully I don't have any more like that! Anyhow time for me to get some shut eye so . . .
Happy Scrappin'
Purple