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Saturday, 10 May 2014

Watercolour Note Cards

I'm taking the Online Watercolor Class, I'm a little behind on the classes, but I did manage to watch a few videos and play with a couple of different mediums. I have come to the conclusion that Gelatos hate me, and I should just stop trying. What I did have fun with though, are the old Marvy markers that I haven't used in years. I happily slopped around until I had a few, kind of nice little images, and decided to make myself a few more of the small cards that I like with the Spellbinders Captivating Squares. For two of the images, I applied the markers and then spritzed the stamp with water. On the other two, I applied the markers to the stamp, stamped the images and used a wet paint brush to move the colour around. I used a larger paint brush to apply a very wet mix of water and light blue marker around three of the images. On the fern card, I applied TH distress ink to an acrylic block and smooshed it on my paper. These were fun and very simple!

I cut my card stock from two different greens, it was supposed to be one green, but I didn't have as much as I thought. I picked green because it suits my mood.  :)
All the images and sentiments are from my new Unity stamp collection, and I used a bunch of stamps from different sets, including two KOM sets, an Itty Bitty, and Moments in Bloom and Tulips and Daisies. I am thrilled with these stamps, as there are lots to choose from to use with watercolours. Moments in Bloom has solid images so it works beautifully when you paint on the stamp. It's the one the lilacs and ferns came from.
I did add some Wink of Stella to a couple of the cards, and some Stickles to a couple as well. I usually like WAY MORE layers, so I had to add something!



I'm putting these in Unity's Friends with Flair (at the last minute!)
















19 comments:

  1. WOW Shona!! These are so pretty!!! You make laugh with your crafty experiences... I have yet to take the Online Watercolor card...I really want to...Soon, though, really soon, I will make time for them..Beautiful cards!!

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  2. Durn girl, those are incredible! Seriously! Wow.

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  3. Wow, these are all so nice. Great colors.

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  4. Love water colored images. I love the look of the smooshed distress ink background. I will have to try it.

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  5. What a wonderful set of cards! I love that each has it's own distinctive look and colors!

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  6. These are gorgeous! Love the watercoloring and the frames!

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  7. Is everyone but me taking that class? Watercolor everywhere I look! These are wonderful! I love the stamps you chose bad the look you achieved. The colors are gorgeous!

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  8. I am not a Gelatos girl either, but then I only have two colors a friend gave me so maybe I didn't give them enough of a chance. But Watercoloring is really fun, I enjoy the water brushes myself. These are all very pretty, you're doing great at your class!

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  9. Super cute! I'd say you are a great watercolorist!

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  10. Shona, your note cards are beautiful! I just got some gelatos and can't wait to try them. At first I thought they might be on tiles, but then realized the beautiful die cut. Lovely!

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  11. Wow, what beautiful cards! Looks like I need to take this class!

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  12. Hi Shona, these are beautiful, I love the water colour effect and your colour choices. Have a wonderful week, Shirleyx

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  13. These cards turned out great, so pretty! I guess I have to get on the watercoloring bandwagon,

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  14. These are all wonderful…what lovely masterpieces! I'm guessing I need to take several classes because not only do Gelatos hate me but water colors are next in line! Thank you for the inspiration!

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  15. Your cards are so gorgeous!! Love each one of them...they are all so fabulous!

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  16. OMG OMG OMGOMG!! These are BEAUTIFUL Shona!! I LOVE the Water Colored Designs!! What BEAUTIFUL Arrangements and the colors you've used are AMAZING!! I LOVE the BRIGHT Colors!! =) I LOVE the Background Designs and the Spellbinder's Frames!! WELL DONE!! =) I haven't had any time to play along with the class which makes me SO SAD!! Oh Well, I'll be able to play soon!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

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  17. I love these note cards. Gelatos dont hate you. They present you with opportunity to create a creative mess lol.

    I really enjoy reading your blog

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