Pink Ink Designs Christmas Baubles

 

 

Hello crafty friends! Ericka from Strangely Creative here with one last Christmas card. It's been a stressful week getting ready for the Christmas and the last week of school/teaching before the holiday break. So many presents to make/buy, parties to organize, and small kids to calm down lol. I found a little time this weekend to do some relaxing coloring to de-stress.

I started by stamping the Pink Ink Designs Bauble stamp on paper with light ink so I could do some no-line coloring with my colored pencils. This is such a pretty and large Bauble that I made it into a slimline card in order to use all the details.

I finished the card by stamping the included Christmas sentiment and then used my same colored pencils to trace it to make it look handwritten.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you are enjoying the season and find some time to relax.

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used

Studio Light - No Line Watercolor Butterfly

Hi Everyone and welcome to the Topflight Stamps blog! It's Jenny here, and today I have a card project that uses a simple but effective 'no line' watercolor technique to give a soft and pretty effect to a beautiful stamped image.

The stamp I'm using today is the Studio Light So Spring Mixed Media Butterfly Collage.  This is a great set which has a main 'collage' butterfly stamp, a separate smaller butterfly stamp, and unique and versatile sentiment. 

To create the card, I first stamped the main image in the centre of an A2 panel of coldpress watercolor paper (I used Canson XL) using a soft ink - Antique Linen Distress Ink.  Basically a light ink that is watersoluble and therefore fades out when you paint it, but leaves some of the stamped image behind.  I also stamped the small butterfly image on a separate scrap of watercolor cardstock.

I then used pan watercolors and a waterbrush (I'm using the new set by Altenew) to color in the image.  I used the wet on wet technique, wetting each area with a paintbrush first with clear water, then dropping in the colors and letting them wick out.   When dry I trimmed out the small butterfly, and added some white gel pen highlights to the butterfly wings and the florals.    I also stamped the main sentiment over the top in Versafine Onyx Black ink. 

I adhered the main panel to a card base, then popped the small butterfly up on foam tape.  As a finishing touch I added some clear confetti sequins. 

Hope you like it! I love no -line watercolor, it really is easier than it looks - I strongly recommend you give it a try!  You can check out the other supplies that I used over at my blog. 

Have a wonderful day!
Jenny x