February Twofer

I'm sharing my twofer cards today. The prompt is Balloons and my friend, Greta is guest designing this month. I used a Memory Box hot air balloon die for these cards. I paper pieced the red, blue and yellow balloon and added a Lawn Fawn sentiment. The clouds were made by sponging with a LDRS stencil. My unconventional card is made by cutting two hot air balloons and turning them on their sides. I glued them together at their bottoms. I added lace and a flower to make a bra. The sentiment was computer generated and I used gingham pattern paper for the background.

Be kind to one another.

Water coloring - Whoopee

I'm still practicing my water coloring and this is the result today. Kara of 
http://karalynnecards.blogspot.com/ helped me out with getting the inks to blend by having me use Strathmore water color paper and that helped so much. I didn't realize the paper could make a difference. I really loved seeing these colors blend together.

Be kind to one another.

Valentines

On a recent play with my zoom mates we used Perfect Pearls so that is what I used on these cards. I stamped with a Penny Black script stamp on the top left, middle right and bottom left and swiped gold PP on the pink card and plain PP on the red card. Then using a SSS heart die I cut one in gold mirror and one in white c/s to add to the cards.  It was simple but PP add so much to a card. I added  a strip of Stampin' Up paper to the bottom of the pink card.

Be kind to one another.

Welcome

I'm delighted to welcome two new followers to my blog. It is so fun to "meet" new stampers. Diane is from Washington and has been crafting since childhood and her blog is http://charmingly-creative.blogspot.com/. Gibmiss lives in Gibraltar and has also been a long time crafter. Her blog is https://colledgeangel.blogspot.com/. 

This is a quick and simple Valentine today. I used pattern paper (I have yet to make a dent in my pattern paper) and shiny stickers. Not your usual colors but I like the way they blend together. 

Be kind to one another.

Watercoloring

I'm working on my goal of watercoloring. This stamp is Penny Black and I used my Sakura watercolors.

I was able to get a bit of shading in but the  flower image is kind of small. The leaves were a little better to add shading to. I'm not as afraid to try it now. I had to anchor down the corner so it would lay flat to get a picture.

Be kind to one another.

In hindsight

In hindsight I would not have added the red sequins. In my head it seemed like a great idea to add a bit of shine to the card. In real life it added a busy look to the card. Maybe I'll not think so much next time. Just die cut a black heart and added small white die cut hearts. It didn't seem like Valentines without some red on the card, so there you go.  Maybe the kids will like the bling.

Be kind to one another.

Rainbow hearts

Finally got my Valentines started and it's not even February. Nothing like waiting to the last minute. I only make a few for the grands so it's not to bad. The weather has been perfect for crafting with snow and ice . It has melted now but snow is expected again today. It took winter a while to get here but now it wants to be winter all at once. 

This is a simple card made with Distress Oxide Inks and a Simon Says stencil. I sponged in rainbow order with brushes and added a Stampin' Up sentiment. That's it!

Be kind to one another.