Tag: aqua pen

  • Easy Watercoloring with Birthday Blooms

    So, just last week I had my Terrific Techniques class focused on heat embossing.  I always forget how fun and how many options you get with heat embossing and when I remembered this card I made recently, I figured it was another great way to share one of the awesome things you can do with…

  • Watercoloring Thinking of You Card with the Rose Garden Thinlit

    Have I mentioned yet how super pretty the Rose Garden thinlit is?  I swear there are so many different idea and techniques you can use with it to make super fun and pretty cards.  After I started playing with it recently, I just knew I had to try the idea of watercoloring behind the outline. …

  • Easy and Classy Watercoloring with Remarkable You

    As I go to post this picture, I realized that if it was a poppy, it would have been even more perfect for Veteran’s Day today.  But that is ok… it is still fair to say to all the men and women who have joined our Armed Forces and been willing to do what is…

  • A Watercoloring CASE of You’ve Got This

    I’ll be the first to admit that sometimes you want to make a cute card but have NO IDEA what to create.  So what’s person to do?  Why hit up Pinterest and blogs… and if you are a Stampin’ Up demonstrator, check out the sample projects Stampin’ Up has created and shared for us to…

  • Wednesday Walkthrough: Watercolor Wash meets Beautiful Bokeh Techniques with this Lovely Amazing You Card

    I just love, love, love the font in the Lovely Amazing You photopolymer stamp set, and I thought it just went perfectly with this pretty way to get a background with the Watercolor Wash technique!  So today I just had to share this card with you, and I’ll have the video for the Wednesday Walkthrough…

  • One More Mother’s Day Idea With Mother’s Love

    One More Mother’s Day Idea With Mother’s Love

    Have I mentioned how much I enjoy the Mother’s Love stamp set?  Well, here is another card I made with it that was so much fun to put together: The stamp set in Photopolymer makes it so easy to look great everytime and add the dash of a watercolor background and you have a beautiful…

  • Watercoloring a Card for Hope with Vivid Vases

    I love my blendabilities but I wanted to play a little with another form of coloring- watercoloring.  And what better stamp to play with for that than the Vivid Vases set! Tips for this card: When watercoloring with water-based ink (so using your blender pens or aqua pens) make sure to stamp your image with…

  • Seasonally Scattered Valentine’s Box & NEW Product Shares!

    You’ve probably seen my projects and others using Seasonally Scattered and many of them were focused on the Thanks and Merry sentiments.  You know, because they fit so well for fall and for winter.  But before the stamp set disappears in a couple days (last day to snag it is Jan 5th!) I wanted to…

  • Fun with Vivid Vases

    Fun with Vivid Vases

    This week, I thought I’d share some inspiration for some of the fun new stamps from the Spring Catalog.  In my downline group (the demonstrators in my Fun n’ Crafty group) all created some amazing cards and I wanted to make sure everyone got a chance to be inspired by them! Today, I wanted to…

  • A Watercolored Sympathy Card Sneak Peek

    Like I mentioned last Thursday, I had the privilege of being tapped to be a guest designer for Cute Card Thursday!  They have some really fun themes and challenges each week, and I love that they are so open that you can really get inspired based on anything you have in your stash. This week…

  • My Little Valentine with Greeting Card Kids

    You may remember my somewhat recent watercoloring on glossy paper posting using this adorable Greeting Card Kids stamp set.  Well, I’m back at it again, this time with a Valentime’s Day theme.  I just loved this cute little girl and thought she needed to be colored up for the holiday. It was the same idea,…

  • Back and Blogging Again!

    Hello again!  Thanks for visiting again after my recent blog hiatus! :)  For those of you that didn’t know, I just finished a big move from California to Washington state.  Its been a crazy couple of weeks for finishing getting ready to go, driving myself, my hubby, my son, and 3 cats in a minivan…