Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Day two - Pattern On Pattern Card

This is possibly my last card for today, somebody has to clean do the housework and go shopping, eek (forgot about the shopping!). I need more hours in the day haha!

I used Spellbinders A2 Divine Eleoquence and Fancy Framed Framed Tags One. The sentiment is from House of Mouse, Mice Wishes by Stampendous and is stamped with Archival Jet Black ink. The string is from Hemptique.
Purple

Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Day 5 - Card One

This is another super easy technique, I plan to revisit this when i get better brushes! I think I add too many stems though lol.

I used Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles, a random Lifestyle Crafts dies for the rounded rectangle and the sentiment is from Stampendous' Hot Rocketz.
Purple

Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Day Three - Lifting Card Three

Hi, this is my third card from the lifting class, I have one more panel but I think I want to maybe frame and keep that one...

I used some string from my stash, Spellbinders Fancy Framed Tags One and Archival Jet Black ink to stamp the saying from Hero Arts Birthday Sayings.
Thanks for looking.
Purple

Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Day Three - Lifting Card Two

I like this card because I managed to paint it with no stamps, I think I do better without them for the most part. Still not that confident with full flowers though but I will keep practicing!

I used a spellbinders die, a tonne of Kooltak clear foam tape chopped into itty bitty bits behind every round part of the die and the corners (that took a while) and a Valentines Day die that I bought in a Facebook group that's unbranded.
Thank
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 2 - Wet on Dry Roses Card

This was my third attempt at the rose on not so great paper, I've since tried again with better results on artist grade paper :)

I used Hemtique bakers twine, Spellbinders Fancy Framed Tags One and Wilted Violet Distress Ink with a Hero Arts sentiment.
Thanks for stopping by.
Purple

Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Day Two - Simple Round Brush Flowers Card

I still love how quick and easy these flowers are! I tuned this mini panel into a mini Thank You card.


I used a Spellbinders die to make the panel prettier, a Heo Arts sentiment and Donna Salazar Colorbox ink in Patina. I freehand cut the banner :)
Thanks for looking.
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

A Little Leafy With Cloud 9 and Archival

Hiya everyone, This month at Ecclectic Ellapu the Purple teams theme is Leaves/Foliage. I have had this great stamp set from Cloud 9, called Leaves, for years and it was still brand new in it's packet lol. So basically as you can see I stamped a pretty much random scattering of leaves about using Archival Inks in Viridian, Potting Soil, Library Green, Watering Can, Plum and Leaf Green. It doesn't show to well in the pic but I didn't clean my stamps in between each colour which in some cases made whole new colours and in others gave a nice mottled effect.

I used a Spellbinders Lacey Square die for my sentiment which is from Inkadinkado's Expessions set. I added some more leaves around the words and mounted the die cut with foam tape for some dimension. A nice easy one this time... Stay tuned though because I also have another more feminine card featuring one of my all time favourite stamp sets :)
Happy Scrappin'
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 Stamped Die Cuts Part 2

So the other day when I was out and about I made another stamped die cut card from day 3 of Stretch Your Stamps 2 at Online Card Classes. I wanted to make a male version so I switched up the colours and the die cuts I used. I used Distress Inks in Fired Brick, Mowed Lawn, Frayed Burlap and Vintage Photo. I used stamps from Fiskars and Mpress as well as dies from Lifestyle Crafts and spellbinders. I also used a mini stencil from Heidi Swapp.
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

Stretch Your Stamps 2 Easy Watercolour Outline and Debossing

So we are at my second card from day 5 of Stretch Your Stamps 2 at Online Card Classes and I have chosen to use an Mpress stamp set, same flower again I know lol. It looks good what can I say?  I used Distress inks in Pine Needles and Aged Mahogany for the flower and Tumbled Glass for the border. I have used some Hemtique Twine and a Buttuerfly border punch I have for the itty butterflys. Really need to start writing on my dies what brand they are . . . I coloured the butterflys with Aged Mahogany so they tied in with the flower and sentiment from Whimsy Stamps.
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 Multi Coloured Embossing

Onto day five of Stretch Your Stamps 2 at Online Card Classes. For this card I used Embossing powders I got a very long time ago in tiny little vials from Spotlight. Unfortunately the red has a tendency to soak into cardstock but I don't have another red in that deep shade so I used it anyway lol. I used Spelbinder Gold Labels Four, Hemptique Black Twine, Herot Arts White Embossing Powder, Hampton Art Footlong Thank You stamps, a corner rounder and my Ebosser for die cutting.
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 1

Still on day 2 of Stretch Your Stamps 2 at Online Card Classes. This card uses resist with paint but my paint wasn't cutting the mustard so I switched to embossing powder. I used Hero Arts embossing powder, Dried Marigold Distress ink, versamark, spellbinders In'Spire die, Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Scalloped Hearts, A bunch of hearts within a heart die that I can't remember the name of off the top of my head :( and Glossy Accents. At 3-4 cards a day I'm fallig well behind but I have loads more to post :)
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

Stretch Your Stamps 2 Metallic On Black

Another technique from day 2 of Stretch Your Stamps 2 at Online Card Classes. For this technique I again used Stampin' Ups Floral Background stamp. I used Perfect Pearls in Blush, Ranger Superfine Clear Embossing Powder, Spellbinders D'lites sentiment and Xcut Bloom dies as well as my Ebosser, oh and perfect medium.

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

Stretch Your Stamps 2 Faux Watercolour Stamping

Another card from day 1 of Stretch Your Stamps 2 at Online Card Classes. I used Stampin' Ups Floral background stamp along with some ink spots I have from years ago, older colours. I used spellbinders and Hero Arts dies in my Ebosser and the sentiment is from whimsy stamps.
Happy Scrappin'
Purple