Watercolor Thanks

Hey Sweets, it's Lindsay, and it's time again for a little Inspiration 101!

Since starting this series, we've looked at using Journaling cards and magazine ads.  This week, I thought I would use something most of use on a regular basis for card inspiration, Pinterest!  I have to admit, I am a Pinterest junkie!  I have two main boards I use for card inspiration, one of which is entitled such, and the other Color My World.  I know we can all agree, color is extremely important in setting the tone of your project.

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So today, I chose this fabulous watercolor image from among them.  Taking the colors, as well as the white sentiment on top of it, I created this card.  I started with using distress ink, on watercolor paper.

Using the sentiment and the circle image from Cookie Sprinkles, I stamped and embossed in both white and gold powder over top of my watercolor splotches.  

I let my panel dry well overnight and placed it under a stack of magazine to flatten it out.  To make sure that it adhered nice and flat, I used super strong adhesive to adhere it to my Kraft card base.

I hope you were inspired today, and will take an image you have pinned, and just go for it!  We would love to see.

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Using Stickers with You Sweet Stamp Shop Stamps

Hey everyone,

It's Danni here, and I am back on the blog to show you how easy it is to use your Sweet Stamp Shop stamps to accent your stickers, and if you are anything like me you probably have a TON of stickers just hanging out.  My favorite ones to use are the nice big bold ones, usually dimensional too, you know, the kind that really make a statement! They lend themselves more easily to stamps as well. You can really dress them up and turn maybe a somewhat boring sticker into a masterpiece with just a little stamping. I generally let the sticker inspire me and then find the stamp(s) I want to use to really enhance it. I love how with stamping you don't just have to stamp an image onto a card and call it done, you can stamp and color your images in, you can cut them out, there are just so many possibilities.

Well, here is what I did, and to see more inspiration head on over HERE to see my blog where I have bonus cards!!!!! :)

I had found these FUN holographic stickers from Joann's awhile back and knew they would go perfectly with the Dia De Los Muertos set! And they sure did!

To get the look:
 I first stamped a bunch of the roses on watercolor paper and colored them in with black and gray watercolor, and then fussy cut around all of them. (I wanted to go with a CAS approach to the card so the stamped images and sticker could really stand out.) Using a white background I adhered 2 roses down on either side using the sticker as a guide for the placement I wanted. Then once they were down I adhered the sticker onto the center of the card, then pop dotted two more roses in front of the bottom of the sticker.  Then, finished off with Dia De Los Muertos sentiment. Easy huh?!?! AND... I loved how much it came out that I made the companion (the wife :)  ) You know behind every good man is his wife, (well) I think that is the saying lol. If not it should be.

 

 And here they are together. I am so happy with the way they turned out and love them sitting next too each other. Not to mention how fun are holograms anyways?!?!

So how are you loving the CAS? Do you find that you neglect your stickers? Leave me a comment below on how you like to accent your cards, do you find you have a go to...you know like enamel dots, sequins, paint splatters (p.s.-those are all my favorites lol) ??

Remember the Use What You Have Challenge is still up so if you would like to enter just go HERE!!! It's easy and prizes are always involved :)

And don't forget to keep adding your projects to our Flikr. We all LOVE to go see what everyone is doing with their Sweet Stamp Shop stamps. :)

Til next time friends,
xoxo
Danni
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Just Add Ink: A Little Art

Happy Monday! It's Tyra and I'm here to kick off a new series, Just Add Ink, where I explore creative stamping techniques.  Today I am sharing two small scale art pieces.  Here is the first:

The first project is a framed art piece created using watercolor pencils and paper, water and a paint brush.

Simply use watercolor pencils to create shaded sections and paint with water.  Use a flat wide brush to create wide strokes.  Allow the paint to dry and stamp the sentiment.  I used the sentiment from Color Wheel:

The Oscar Wilde quote served as the inspiration behind creating simple strokes of color.  There are several Sweet Stamp Shop collections that would work well using this technique including, Fall Gratitude, Austen Obsessed and Chalkboard Sign. 

The second piece is mini mixed media art:

The "shades of love" sentiment from the Color Wheel set is perfect for this mini art piece. 

• Color the canvas with a gelato and blend.

• Place stencil on top of the canvas. Spread modeling paste over the stencil (similar to icing a cake) with a palette knife (or use an old credit card or hotel key).  

• Be careful to lift the stencil from the canvas. Allow the paste to dry. Drying time depends on how thick the paste is applied.  

• Stamp sentiment! Voila! You have created your own mini masterpiece! 

Stamp sets perfect for this technique include Admit One (create artwork for a child's room) and Zombies (create an art piece for a halloween candy table display)

Which technique will you try first? Please share your creations on our Flickr Page!!  There is still time to play along with the latest Use What You Have Challenge.

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Tutorial Tuesdays - Straw Watercolors

Hello, Sweet fans! It's Jessica here from Kissin' Krafts! I am excited to be part of the Sweet Stamp Shop's Tutorial Tuesdays for the next few months!

Today, I am talking WATERCOLORS! My newest addiction! I mean it! Cannot get enough!

So before we continue, let me give you a quick tip about watercolors. You need to 'prep' watercolors to get the most vivid colors possible. How do you do that you ask?

Simple...

Using lukewarm water, form a pool of water on the colors that will be used on you project. Once the water starts to soak in, it is time to get to work!

Today's watercolor technique is card 'Straw Watercolor Painting'. This technique is so simple and tons of fun to do! Reminds me of fireworks! Which brings me to this SWEET card using the Cityscape stamp set...

So where to you start? Using watercolor paper, add a puddle of watercolor on the paper. Using a straw to determine airflow direction, blow air moving the paint in a variety of directions. Repeat with as many desired colors for your project.

This is a very simple technique that is great to add fun colors to any project! Have you seen any current trends or techniques that you want to learn more about? Leave a comment on this post with a suggestion and it might show up in a future Tutorial Tuesday! Cannot wait to here what you come up with!

Today's project was created with the Cityscape stamp set:

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Hope you all have an awesome Tuesday!

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