Resist Embossing with Watercolour background & LOAD514

Hello Friends,

Gosh I'm busy, thank goodness I don't work full-time!  It's May tomorrow (I can't bear it, the year is going so fast), which means LOAD514 begins!  This will be my first ever LOAD and I really want to join in on all the fun, which means I am going to try and make a layout each day, for the whole month of May!

This is going to be some challenge, it usually takes me the whole month to make one layout, which  is actually created for inspirational purposes for the lovely ladies who attend my Crop!  So, to try and make 31 layouts in a month, well, it's going to be a little tough, but a challenge, something to work towards is a good thing, right?  We'll see!

On top of LOAD514, I will be starting the latest Online card class on Monday, which you will already know about if you are following me on my little crafting journey here!

Because there is a pre-class gallery in the classroom of the Watercolour class for cardmakers, I can post pics as often as I like, so here is another card I made yesterday.....

I heat embossed, with clear embossing powder, the floral image, which came from  the Morning Meadow Stampin' Up stamp set and made a wash from Stampin' Up inks which I "washed" over the area.  I love this resist technique and even though I have perhaps overdone it a bit with the wash, I'm still pleased with how the card turned out.

I hope you like it.

Thanks for popping by, have a great crafty day.

Carole x

New Baby Card - Watercolour background

Hello Friends,

I'm back with another pre-class card, practicing for the upcoming "Watercolor for Card Makers" class.  I watched this great video presented by the lovely Julie Ebersole last night and thought I'd CASE her style.

I used Hot Pressed Aquafine smooth watercolour paper by Daler Rowney.  Someone mentioned in the pre-class discussion that Hot Pressed watercolour paper didn't warp and they were right!  I love it and am a complete convert!

The stamps I used are from Stampin' Up - they came from these sets "Queue Up", "Sweet Essentials" and "Gorgeous Grunge".

I used Stampin' Up ink for my watercolour, the colours used were Pistachio Pudding, So Saffron and Pretty in Pink.

Thanks for stopping by today and happy crafting.

Carole x

Water Colour for Card Makers - On-line Class

Hello Friends,

I'm so happy, I've signed up for this class which starts on 5th May. They opened up the classroom yesterday giving us lots of details and information, so that we are ready to go on the day!  I love that, I like a little prep time ;)!

To get us all started they suggested we go and check out our water colour supplies.  I searched and searched for a set of Hero Arts Water colours that I, like Jennifer McGuire bought about 10 years ago.  Could I find them?  No, I couldn't, but I did find all my old water colour stamps from Art Impressions.  I thought as I found them, what cards would I make with them, if I used them now, with the other supplies I own?

Well, without further ado, I set about and made this card......

I combined my old Art Impression stamps with my new Stampin' Up stash!  I used Stampin' Up markers, mostly the current In-Color set, along with Stampin' Up water colour paper, Naturals Ivory and Crisp Cantaloupe card stock.  The shape is cut from the Stampin' Up Framelits - LabelsCollection (125598) and I couldn't resist using the matching Stampin' Up Paper-Piercing template to prick all those little holes.

Of course, as usual, using my Crafty Envelope Punch Board Calculator, I made a perfect envelope, which I pricked and stamped on too!

Here is a picture of the card and envelope together.

I hope you consider joining the class, I can thoroughly recommend all the On-line Card Classes, I just love 'em!

Have a great day and please leave me a comment if you like what you see.

Thanks for popping by.

Carole x

Cameo Silhouette - 60th Birthday card

Hello Friends,

It's my mate Peg's special birthday today, so to celebrate I made her this card, which I feel is perfectly elegant for the occassion.....

I used a file bought from the Silhouette on-line store, cutting the butterfly and extra time to be able to run it through my Stampin' Up dotty embossing folder.

The card was made using Very Vanilla card stock from Stampin' Up.

I hope she likes her card and has a wonderful day.

Happy crafting,

Carole x

Stampin' Up Backyard Basics and Envelope Punch Board Calculator

Hello Friends,

Having my Crafty Envelope Punch Board and calculator is really helping me to use up lots of Stampin' Up paper stacks, I seem to have accumilated so many!

Here is a picture of an envelope I've made using one of the papers from one of my many stacks....

I have been cutting out sticky backed label paper, using my Stampin' Up Ovals Collection Framelits, for a white space where I can write names and addresses, but today to make the envelope a little extra special, I stamped the tulip image from the Backyard Baiscs set onto a scrap of the label paper, coloured it and cut it out using the Backyard Basics Framelits set of dies.

Enjoy and happy crafting.

Carole x